Have you been sent an image via WhatsApp and when you want to edit it in Photoshop, it doesn't open? You may see the following message on the screen: "Failed to meet because no SOFn, DQT, or DHT marker was found before the SOS JPEG marker." If this has happened to you, don't lose your cool. In this entry we will see the solution regarding how to open WhatsApp images in Photoshop.
The situation described above is very common among graphic design professionals, who receive images from their clients through WhatsApp. When they want to edit such images using Photoshop, the program does not allow opening the files due to the absence of a bookmark. Next, and without dwelling on unnecessary details, we explain what can you do to fix this error in your images and open them without problems in Photoshop.
Solution! How to open WhatsApp images in Photoshop?
WhatsApp is, without a doubt, the most used messaging app worldwide. It's free, easy to use, and packed with great features, like the sending video notes and screen sharing in video calls. For its part, Photoshop is one of the most popular photo editing programs among design professionals. Advertisers, photographers, designers and students use this software to create, modify or touch up all kinds of images in their projects.
These two very different applications cross paths when it is necessary to edit a WhatsApp image in Photoshop. It may happen that a client sends you one or more images via WhatsApp for you to use in an advertising project. So when you want to open the images in Photoshop for editing or retouching, the ad appears: "Failed to meet because no SOFn, DQT, or DHT marker was found from before the SOS JPEG marker". What can you do to solve this problem?
Before exposing the solution on opening WhatsApp images in Photoshop, it should be remembered that this problem does not occur with all photos shared through the messaging application. Whether they send you one image or a batch of images, you may be able to edit them without issue from Photoshop. But, if on any occasion, it is impossible for you to do so due to the error described, you can apply the two solutions that we describe below.
Open the image with Paint
The first solution to open WhatsApp images in Photoshop consists of open the image using paint, the famous Windows default graphical editor. With this simple action, the photo in question will receive the missing markers for Photoshop to accept it. Starting from the assumption that you use WhatsApp web version while you are on the computer, these are the steps you should follow:
- Save or download the image on your computer from WhatsApp web.
- Locate the image and right click on it.
- Hover over the 'Open With' option and select 'Paint'.
- Once in Paint, click 'File' > 'Save As' > 'PNG Image' or 'JPG Image'.
- You can now open the image from Photoshop without getting any error messages.
As you can see, all we've done is open the image in Paint and save it from there in PNG or JPG format. You don't even have to rename it or perform any other editing actions. With this simple action, the photograph acquires the necessary markers for Photoshop to allow us to open and edit it.
This solution is especially useful when you have to edit a few images that you have received from WhatsApp. Now, sometimes dozens of images may be sent to you through the messaging app, and you have to edit them all in Photoshop. Opening one by one in Paint to fix the bookmarks issue can be slow and exhausting. This is when it is convenient to use the second solution to open WhatsApp images in Photoshop: rotate the images.
Solution to open WhatsApp images in Photoshop: Rotate the images
Imagines a client sends you a batch of 50 images via WhatsApp and, when you try to edit one by one in Photoshop, they won't open. It is very likely that the entire batch of images will have the same error, so there is no point in trying to open them anymore. In this case, you can apply the first solution and save each image using Paint, but the process will take too long. What can you do then? Let's see.
In order for the entire batch of images to acquire the necessary markers to be editable in Photoshop, just select all images and rotate them. This is another simple action with which you can correct the error of markers in images, especially useful if there are dozens of photographs. Next, we explain step by step how to apply this method:
- Download the images from WhatsApp web to your computer.
- Locate and select all images.
- Right-click on the selection and click on either of the two options: 'Rotate Right' or 'Rotate Left'.
- Ready! Now you just have to try to open one of the images in Photoshop and you will see that the problem has been solved.
As you can see, this method is very simple, it is special because no need to use a program to rotate the images. The same menu that opens when you right-click on the selected images incorporates the options to rotate to the right or to the left. It will only take you a few seconds to select all the photos and rotate them.
Undoubtedly, you will want to return the rotated images to their original position. You can do this immediately after rotating them for the first time, or when you have them open in Photoshop. Be that as it may, the image will already have acquired the necessary markers so that Photoshop has no problem opening it.
Copy in WhatsApp Web and paste in Photoshop
A third and last alternative to eliminate the problem of markers in WhatsApp images is copy it from the app and paste it directly into Photoshop. That is, instead of downloading it to your computer, right-click on it in WhatsApp web and select 'Copy image'. So, open Photoshop and look for the 'Paste' option or press the key combination Ctrl + V.
The only drawback with this option is that the quality of the copied image may decrease a little. Otherwise, it is a simple solution to the problem of opening WhatsApp images in Photoshop. We hope these suggestions will be useful for you to be able to edit or retouch your images without setbacks.