Help opening pictures

[hello]

Hi

earlier today i spent an hour making a banner on Paint.Net for another forum.when i was finished,i saved the banner and closed Paint.Net.then i came back on and tried to open the image but it wouldent open and this the message i got"there was an unspecified error while opening this file".can anyone help me?

[david.atwell]

What format did you save it in?

[hello]

PDN

[Ash]

And are you using Paint.NET to open the PDN file?

[hello]

And are you using Paint.NET to open the PDN file?

yes

[Myrddin]

Hello, hello!

Sorry, I had to...

As for your problem, two things:

1) what version are you running (3.10, 3.20 Alpha 2...)? And;

2) did you insert a period into your file name, for example: test.1? If you did then that is the problem; Paint.NET saved it as a .pdn but with the 'extension' of whatever what after the period as well - it saved it as two different file types which would, naturally, conflict. Does this make sense?

I could be completely off with number 2), but it's worth a try. Also, isn't this more a Troubleshooting issue than a general discussion?

I also used Search as I recall a similar problem arising only recently, however the circumstance was different in the only topic I could find. Have a gander anyway:

http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&p=111573

EDIT: clarification.

[hello]

Hello, hello!

Sorry, I had to...

As for your problem, two things:

1) what version are you running (3.10, 3.20 Alpha 2...)? And;

2) did you insert a period into your file name, for example: test.1? If you did then that is the problem; Paint.NET saved it as a .pdn but with the 'extension' of whatever what after the period as well - it saved it as two different file types which would, naturally, conflict. Does this make sense?

I could be completely off with number 2), but it's worth a try. Also, isn't this more a Troubleshooting issue than a general discussion?

I also used Search as I recall a similar problem arising only recently, however the circumstance was different in the only topic I could find. Have a gander anyway:

http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&p=111573

EDIT: clarification.

1)3.10

2)ammm im not sure i understand this question but i save it as "ffffffban".pdn

[Myrddin]

2)ammm im not sure i understand this question but i save it as "ffffffban".pdn

That's fine, nothing wrong there. Sorry, but I cannot think of anything more to suggest.

[wes]

I had a similar problem with a few saves recently.

The files were corrupted (some wouldn't open at all, some would open but with bands of 'noise' across).

My guess is that it was because I was saving directly to a usb drive (as it's only ever occured in that scenario).

[david.atwell]

I think that something in the save process corrupted the file; Wes' input somewhat confirms that.

[orangekoolade]

Hi

This isnt really a reply but ive have the same problem i made this picture for a friend of mine and i was goin to show her and i cant open it other then in paint.net and i dont know ne thing about the PDN stuff you guys were talking about :? . So could someone walk me thro on what to do ^.^

[david.atwell]

Hi

This isnt really a reply but ive have the same problem i made this picture for a friend of mine and i was goin to show her and i cant open it other then in paint.net and i dont know ne thing about the PDN stuff you guys were talking about :? . So could someone walk me thro on what to do ^.^

This is slightly off topic, but the PDN file type is only viewable in Paint.NET. You need to save it as another filetype to be able to open it in another program.

[orangekoolade]

Oh man i feel stupid >.< thanx for the help