exported image as jpg not readable on Mac

[Klaus Major]

Hi Tiemo,

> Hello,
>
> I am assigning PNGs from HD to an image in rev and export them as jpg.
>
> This does only work on Win. When running the standalone on Mac 10.5
> following happens after exporting:
>
> The preview in finder shows the jpg ok, when opening with IPhoto, I  
> can see
> also the jpg, but when doubleclicking the jpg I see only the Hexcode  
> of the
> jpg and not the image.
>
> Is this a lack of Mac know how

Yes :-)

> or a corrupted file export? But why is it
> only not readable when double clicking?

As in Windows, the Mac needs some file association to open the correct  
app when doubleclicking a document,
which is not necessarily the file suffix!

Image written/exported by Rev do not have this automatically.
So (some of) your exported images do not have this association!

You can force it by adding a simple line to your export routines:
...
set the filetype to ""
## empty string
## Has no meaning on Windows, but the more on the Mac!
## This way ths Mac Finder is forced to use the file suffix as the  
file association.
export image...
...

> Any ideas?

A LOT! :-)

> Thanks
>
> Tiemo

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de