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Are the "Documents" and "My Pictures" directories ones you can write to?  Perhaps it is having trouble because it can't create the Scratch Thumbnails file.

how do i check that?

I know the problem. I don't know why it happens, but the latest version of Scratch does not supports bitmaps (.BMP files) anymore. But it does supports PNG, GIF , JPEG, ... I think it is a bug. If you want to import bitmap images in Scratch, you can use image editors such as fotoshop etc. , but Microsoft Paint works fine for this.


Right click the image you want to import. (From the explorer, not the Scratch program). Select

open with > Paint

Now select

File > Save as

In this window, drop down the "Save as type: " list. Select

PNG     -   (Don't select GIF, MSPaint will destroy your image if you select that    The PNG format will not cause any data-loss)

Type in your file name etc. Click save .

Now you can import the PNG image in Scratch.

I hope this information was usefull to you (and many other scratchers, working with bitmap images...)

Joren

Scratch Team: Please read this as a bug report.

Last edited by JSO (2007-12-19 03:19:44)

Hmmm... It's strange. On my PC (winXP pro)I'm not able to import bitmap files, but I do am able to import PNG images...

oops, i even can't import some GIF's... Maybe they are too big??? (in resolution)

Last edited by JSO (2007-12-19 05:10:01)

Hi, beandude202.

Kevin's idea that the folders you are visiting are read-only (maybe they belong to a different user) would definitely explain why you are not seeing thumbnails. However, an image should still import if you select it by name, even though you cannot see its thumbnail. Another way to get an image into Scratch is to drag and drop it from the desired folder onto the Scratch window. This will import the image as a costume of the currently selected sprite.

Joren, Scratch should be able read uncompressed BMP files (which is most of them) but it cannot read compressed formats. If you have a BMP that Scratch cannot read, you could try opening it in Paint and doing a "save as" being careful to not use any compression. The uncompressed version should read okay. I would love to look at one of the BMP files that doesn't read. Could you send it to scratch dash feedback at media dot mit dot edu. (I spelled out all the punction in that email address to prevent spam robots from finding it.) Thanks!

Jens, could you send me one of the PNG files you found that would not read? Thanks!

  -- John

johnm  I have (maybe another, maybe the same) image problem in Scratch. The thumbnails don't show up. If you click the name, select it, and then click OK to import it, nothing happens...

beandude202 -  wich images are failing? You can still read the name, isn't it? Try to check the name appearing in scratch, and then check in windows explorer wich filetype it is... Maybe I can help you thatway .

Joren

Last edited by JSO (2007-12-20 02:53:33)