# Need Help, Begginer
**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/need-help-begginer/9548
**Category:** Compositing
**Tags:** shake
**Created:** [October 30, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/need-help-begginer/9548 "2006-10-30T18:26:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@user\_deleted](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/user_deleted)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/need-help-begginer/9548/1 "2006-10-30T18:26:55Z")
Hello,
I'm new with shake and I have a problem, I try to work with jpg images, but every time I click filein and select this kind of images and click ok shake suddenly closes so I cann't do anything. I've been workin with tiff images but theu are too big.
Can some one please help me?
Thank you very much,
Mario, from Spain.
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### Author:  [@director](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/director)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/need-help-begginer/9548/2 "2006-11-04T01:32:15Z")
It might be bennificial at this point to uninstall and reinstall shake. I would try to use a higher quality image like a .tga (targa file) instead.
It really sounds like you have some bad bugs in there.
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### Author:  [@user\_deleted](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/user_deleted)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/need-help-begginer/9548/3 "2006-11-04T19:05:32Z")
Did you try to drag and drop the jpeg/tiff image over the node workspace? Maybe that'll work... as a temporary solution
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### Author:  [@user\_deleted](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/user_deleted)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/need-help-begginer/9548/4 "2006-11-04T20:44:58Z")
cant be of much help other than suggesting trying jpeg generated by different applications or checkin the console to troubleshoot..
it tiffs are too big, then i doubt tga will be of much use. you could try iff (fast) or png (bit smaller) though.
++ christoph
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### Author:  [@user\_deleted](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/user_deleted)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/need-help-begginer/9548/5 "2006-11-07T09:21:45Z")
QUOTE(brossy @ 10/30/06, 10:26 AM) [snapback]251088[/snapback]
Hello,
I'm new with shake and I have a problem, I try to work with jpg images, but every time I click filein and select this kind of images and click ok shake suddenly closes so I cann't do anything. I've been workin with tiff images but theu are too big.
Can some one please help me?
Thank you very much,
Mario, from Spain.
Try using png's and premultilpy them...could work out for ya!
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### Author:  [@user\_deleted](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/user_deleted)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/need-help-begginer/9548/6 "2006-12-28T13:10:52Z")
Wow ! Interesting !
Yes, As some one said reinstall shake first
and according to shake user manual
use iff or rgb(sgi) as your inputs so as to increase the interactivity.
these files doesnt create cache ( time saved )
other file formats take a lot of time to scrub thro ( pic, tga, tif etc )
you know why?
" go thro the topic, Image Formats That Support tTmp Files
in
Shake User Manual.pdf at page 168-169 "
Good Luck
thanks
Nishok A
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### Author:  [@deke-kincaid](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/deke-kincaid)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/need-help-begginer/9548/7 "2006-12-28T19:04:39Z")
QUOTE(nishok @ 12/28/06, 05:10 AM) [snapback]255931[/snapback]
use iff or rgb(sgi) as your inputs so as to increase the interactivity.
these files doesnt create cache ( time saved )
other file formats take a lot of time to scrub thro ( pic, tga, tif etc )
you know why?
" go thro the topic, Image Formats That Support tTmp Files
Because those file formats are written top down instead of bottom up.