Can't Open Image After Download?

[Sousa69]

Why cant I open image after downloading. It says file unsupported or corrupted when trying to open it.

 

[Winterfire]

It depends on where you downloaded it from, could have broken header. Just drag it inside MS Paint, and save it again and it should fix it. If MS Paint cannot load it either, it means the image is corrupt or fake.

 

[Sousa69]

It depends on where you downloaded it from, could have broken header. Just drag it inside MS Paint, and save it again and it should fix it. If MS Paint cannot load it either, it means the image is corrupt or fake.

I just tried to save the image i posted here and its the same thing. any other site i have no issues>

 

[Sousa69]

It depends on where you downloaded it from, could have broken header. Just drag it inside MS Paint, and save it again and it should fix it. If MS Paint cannot load it either, it means the image is corrupt or fake.

tried dragging it to paint. didn't go.

 

[Count Morado]

codec

You likely need the AV1 codec, since we now convert most images to AVIF to reduce space and bandwidth, as well as improve speeds.

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[Sousa69]

It depends on where you downloaded it from, could have broken header. Just drag it inside MS Paint, and save it again and it should fix it. If MS Paint cannot load it either, it means the image is corrupt or fake.

 

[Sousa69]

codec

Holy shit It works now. Thank you so much

 

[anne O'nymous]

Holy shit It works now. Thank you so much

Note that your browser mislead you when saving the image. He used the file extension proposed by the name of the image (png), instead of the one matching the actual format of the image (avif).

It's a detail, but it's still something important to know since the image are not what they looks like; something that matters more that it seem, like you experienced firsthand. Would the images have been named "avif" like they should have, you would have wrote your thread totally differently, and possibly even found the answer all by yourself.

 

[Krauzerko]

codec

god bless u my friend

 

[losmigabi]

Hello , i have same problem, but installing codec didn't help me? Is there anything else?
I have same problem on win11 on desktop and win10 on laptop.
I use chrome, but i tryed edge too , same thing...

p.s. It started to make problems around January....

 

[Winterfire]

Hello , i have same problem, but installing codec didn't help me? Is there anything else?
I have same problem on win11 on desktop and win10 on laptop.
I use chrome, but i tryed edge too , same thing...

p.s. It started to make problems around January....

Try dragging the saved screenshot in ms paint, then resave it.

 

[losmigabi]

Try dragging the saved screenshot in ms paint, then resave it.

It didn't work, but even if it works, that is not solution for the problem...?

 

[Goeffel]

It didn't work, but even if it works, that is not solution for the problem...?

but the only other solution is using other software:

- modern firefox or based-in-modern-firefox webbrowser - seems to be the only browser that by default when saving files gives them extension-names according to what they really are. (in this case: avif)

(maybe workaround: in other browsers use "save as" and manually correct the file extension to avif each and every time.)

- use an image-viewer who handles files by what-they-are and not by how-they-are-named.
So eg. irfanview will open misnamed images just fine.