# pics and   mgi photosuite 8.05

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 21, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-and-mgi-photosuite-8-05/137995 "2002-11-21T19:16:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-and-mgi-photosuite-8-05/137995/1 "2002-11-21T19:16:37Z")

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I have some questions about some pictures I downloaded.

1. I downloaded some that were .bmp files. I changed them to  
.jpg and now they open in mgi photosuite 8.05 (I think that’s  
the version I have) which is what I want. I can’t add them to  
an album, however. It says, “Unknown or invalid file type.” How do I add them to an album?

2. Some pics that I downloaded wouldn’t open at all: “The selected file is not a valid image file. The image could not be read”  
But Windows Explorer would generate a preview in the left-hand  
side of the window. Why would the image show there and not in Photosuite? And can I get them to open in Photosuite?

Thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-and-mgi-photosuite-8-05/137995/2 "2002-11-24T22:31:41Z")

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Can anyone help?

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**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-and-mgi-photosuite-8-05/137995/3 "2002-11-24T23:11:25Z")

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Don’t rename them. ie. Leave the extension as .bmp.  
Launch photosuite.  
File, Open and select the file name with the .bmp  
File, Save As .jpg

It looks like your changing of the file extenstions causing your programs not to recognise BMP’s as JPG’s - mainly because they’re not.

Changing the extension does not actually change the attribute of the file. It only associates it differently.

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**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pics-and-mgi-photosuite-8-05/137995/4 "2002-11-25T05:31:28Z")

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Thank you Caught@Work!

It worked perfectly.