Where are my pictures???

[Wraygunn]

Can someone help me? I was resizing some pictures and inadvertently resized them very small, When I tried to resize them back I got pretty blocks of color but no discernible images. Of course I had the parameters set to replace the files, Are my pictures permanently lost or is the information still there and I just am manipulating them incorrectly? I appreciate any help anyone can provide...once you've stopped laughing that is!

[Clo]

Hello, welcome aboard!

Where are my pictures???

- In the case, I fear they be in the Limbo of the PC…

- With "Resize" (and other functions), you can use the "Undo" button, as long as you have not saved the changed file !

- Moreover, when you have resized an image, you see the result on the screen, and I don't understand very well why you continued while that result was wrong…

- XnView doesn't keep an auto-backup for each processed image when "Save" has been used.
- Hence, I'ld recommend you to make a backup in an appropriate dedicated folder to attempt such operations. If you mistook, you'll have still originals in this folder…
- You can make the opposite too : make copies and try the handlings with these copies…
- Anyway, it's not a subject to laugh, it's pretty annoying

Kind regards,
Claude
Clo
* 900 ! *

[Wraygunn]

Thanks for your kind words. Most frustrating is the fact that the thumbnails in th epicture folder are fine; however, when I try to view a pic or otherwise work with it I get the corrupted version I created with XnView. Maybe I can find a way to restore the pictures from the thumbnail. Ah well. a man can dream!

[Xyzzy]

No way, they are dead and gone.
Thumbnails look good because they are so small.

X.

[ckv]

I assume that you used 'Batch convert' right? If you did, then did you save your pictures in the same folder as the originals?

No way, they are dead and gone.
Thumbnails look good because they are so small.

X.

Or the thumbnails are from EXIF data...