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September 4, 2024
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png won't show up on illustrator + unknown error occured (parm)

  • September 4, 2024
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I'm trying to open PNG filed directly through illustrator by rightclicking the png file and opening them on illustrator, but I keep getting the "unknown error occured (PARM)."

 

Plus when I just open an empty illustrator file and try to drag png files on there they don't show up. Only a blank "frame" (with the control points at the corners, nothing else) shows up without the contents.

How do I fix this?

 

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Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 4, 2024

Is it a specific PNG or all PNG's?

Did you try to resave the PNG in Photoshop?

Participating Frequently
September 4, 2024

all PNGs.

I've even opened the png in photoshop and it was fine.

But when i saved it as a png on photoshop and opened the new png file again in Illustrator, same problem occurs.

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 4, 2024

And if you use File > Place instead of Open or drag in Illustrator?

Participating Frequently
September 4, 2024

btw I've already tried renaming the "Extensions" folder to "old_Extensions" in the program files

as well as renaming the "UXP folder" to "00UXP" (i found this on youtube)

but still nothing works