When downloading an image from WhatsApp and opening it in Photoshop, you may encounter an error like this:
Photoshop may have trouble opening WhatsApp images directly, possibly due to how these images are saved. It seems they're often compressed and stored in a format that's best suited for viewing on mobile devices and sharing over messaging apps.
This software fixes it.
Installer (The installer will add Wazzapp to the context menu)
Right click inside/on a folder, or select multiple files.
Wazzapp im1.jpg [im2.jpeg ...]
or
Wazzapp directory
- The only difference between the executables is that one displays the messages via tkinter messagebox, while the other does so via the console.
- The JPEG files are overwritten by the software with the fixed versions. It creates a backup in the same directory as the original image, using the extension '.bak', and deletes it once the new file is successfully saved.
- The only affected files are JPEG/JPG images, other files/directories will be skipped.
- The identification of the JPEG format relies on the
imhdr
library, which can sometimes overlook JPEG formats. I didn't experience any issues with it on WhatsApp images. If you're facing false negatives with WhatsApp images, feel free to open an issue, and I'll look into changing it.
[ ] Create a macOS version.