Unable Open Photoimpact File. Please Help. :(((((((((((((((

jimmichervyak · Post by **jimmichervyak** » Thu May 12, 2005 5:29 pm

Photoimpact 10
working whole day on picture. save. work save work save work. whole day.
at end of the day im doing - SAVE - and next step my computer is freezed.

(( trying to do something right and unfreeze comp.
wait 5 min wait 10. nothing happens. reset comp.
start comp. start photoimpact. trying open file stk.ufo (that was saved) and photoimpact saying me - Unable to ope file path\stk.ufo
[800:93:4525]

PLEASE HELP ME guys and girls. May be somebody know how to recover this file?

or may be somebody know what i hae to do?

also is there UFO file format ? header data footer. how much where and how.

if - "where is your corrupted file ?"

- here is my zipped ufo file - stk.zip - 629 Kb

http://omgups.***/stk.zip

thank you.

Masami · Post by **Masami** » Thu May 12, 2005 6:06 pm

Not much help now, but it's typically best to use save as to save a backup copy periodically (I personally use a "pong" system. Where I save to fileA and then the next save I do to fileB, then back to A, then B.. and so on. This way, if one gets corrupted the other one is just a couple steps behind)

keenart · Post by **keenart** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:03 pm

Yes I do the same, since so many creashes in the beginning. I save the UFO in one Folder and then as a *.PSD or *.BMP in another Folder as a backup.

Granted I lose features the UFO file contained, but at least I have something to work with when things go wrong. Also Backup to DVD.

PS: Are you sure the file didn't save in a different location than you expected? Did you do a File Search for *.ufo on your drive to see if it still survives in another Folder? Or are you saying the File was trashed and you can't open it, cause if you can't neither can we.

jimmichervyak · Post by **jimmichervyak** » Fri May 13, 2005 2:14 am

file stk.ufo is unique on my hdd.

overwrited. and no in any other folders.
file was trashed or corrupted i dont know how ulead team call it.

im viewing it with simple text editor. i see photoimapct header data, some phonoimpact preview data, and some more data. but what is data. real file's data or some garbage in file. i dont know.
i placed it to web
try to open it on your PI.

may be this would help. i tried to open it on PI6 on PI7 with no any good results.

its here http://omgups.***/stk.zip - 629K. ufo file 2,08M in archive.

MikeGunter · Post by **MikeGunter** » Fri May 13, 2005 2:55 am

Hi,

I can't open it either.

Sorry.

Mike

keenart · Post by **keenart** » Fri May 13, 2005 4:22 am

If Mike can't open the file then that would suggest the Header for the file is damaged.

PhotoImpact will only open what you give it and not try to repair damaged Headers.

I have several files that the Image Data was damaged but the Header remained intact and I can open those files, but the Image is garbage.

The Image Data may still be intact for your file but if the Header is damaged, then you would have to use a Data Recovery Service, as I don't know of any software that can recover corrupt UFO files.

Here is a URL: http://www.e-tech.ca/008-FileFormats-u.asp#U they can recover UFO file format.

I DON"T Know what they would Charge you financially! You can always query them first.

jimmichervyak · Post by **jimmichervyak** » Fri May 13, 2005 6:16 am

http://www.e-tech.ca cant recover my ufo file.

i wrote them. and they answered - we cant. currently we are not working with ufo files.
but they write file extension on thier page.

keenart · Post by **keenart** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:55 pm

That is/was the only Company I knew of that recovered corrupt UFO files. The UFO programmer must have quite.

There are a few File Recovery programs out there, don't waste your money, most will recover the file, but not repair the damaged header. That requires a programmer with the right knowledge and programming tools.

It would seem that your only hope is to contact ULEAD Tech Support and see if they can recommend a method of recovery or a service that could acccompish the task for you.

I tried to search the ULEAD Web Site for info but can't get through to the Servers.

LOL