I have a problem saving images that I have sharpened in QU using batch.

1. This problem emerged toward the end of the v 2014.
2. The problem doesn't occur when I sharpen images straight out of the camera.
3. However, it does occur when I process them in PS Elements 9 and save them under a new name.
4. I load the modified images into a queue in Qimage Ultimate.
5. Sharpen the first, then press Done. 
6. In the new window I apply the changes to all images and select Create New Images and press OK/
7. Then after a passage of time I get the screen with the image below.

I can't figure out what is happening

Any help will be appreciated.

Looks like it might be a bad image header.  It's possible that QU is just unable to read some header element that PS Elements is saving, but Adobe does have some history of not following established standards in image headers and expecting the rest of the industry to work around those errors.  I can't know which program to blame, however, unless I get a sample of an image that causes this problem as Fred suggested.  If you are "applying to all", you may not know which image is causing the problem so please try creating one image at a time and be sure to send us one that creates this error.

P.S.  You're not trying to enter anything "funky" into IPTC fields are you?  I've seen this sort of problem once in the past where someone/program tried to mix Unicode characters into a non-unicode field.

Regards,
Mike

Hi Vlady,
This seems easy to diagnose for me.
There is some fecal matter in the IPTC fields.

1) Hover the mouse over the ADJ. image (the one that was adjusted in PS Elements). Read the hotbar at the bottom of Qimage's main screen.
It says, IPTC.
2) Select the thumb and right click for INFO in the drop down.  The EXIF opens and so does the IPTC box indicating there's something in there.
It is invisible!!
I can clear the IPTC in Qimage, and the hot bar no longer shows IPTC, but it is still stuck in there.
Mike will have to do the real exploratory in a little while.

3) I took your original and adjusted the image in the Editor in Qimage, made it beautiful using Curves and Levels, and a touch of DFS sharpening, and created a new JPG as you tried to do.
No Problem at all.!!
4) You can even look at the INFO in Irfanview and it shows seemingly blank IPTC boxes, yet it has the asterisk that alerts the user that there is IPTC info embedded in the IPTC fields.

I will give these to Mike ASAP for the proper official assessment.
Thanks for the extra effort to solve this.

Fred

Vlad,
That is the reason I redid your "original" in Qimage. Since it's a JPG, I used only a touch of Curves and Levels, a dash of DFS sharpening, and a pinch of Noise reduction noticeable only in the deep shadows.
I was asking why would Vlady, run out for a new version of PS Elements when Qimage Ultimate made a better finished image in far less time, and far easier?
... and Qimage wont add noxious characters to an IPTC field ....

Fred

Thanks Mike,

Earlier I tried to find the junk but couldn't.

However, here's an interesting development.  I went out and shot with my Nikon D40.  I downloaded all the images using QU as I usually do.  Then pp'd three images in PSE 9.  Went back to QU, sharpened them, and saved them.  There was no problem.

So, I went back to the Canon S90 and shot RAW.  Then downloaded them and let QU develop them.
The developed jpgs were processed smoothly.  Then I pp'd several of them, saved them, opened QU, sharpened them.  Voila,  no problems.

My tentative conclusion is that when I shoot with the S90 in jpg the problem arises.  Not sure why?

By the way, I went over to jpg in the S90 because I had problems processing the developed jpgs.  It seems that certain colors just didn't come out right.

The long and the short of it:  You've made changes to QU and I'll see what happens then.  I seem to have narrowed the problem to the S90 in jpg only.  I'll try to find out what I can, but no promises because I'm not that good at some of this.

edit:  I did more experiments S90 jpgs.  The original S90 jpgs have no problems in QU.  The problems occur when I adjust them in PSE 9. 

Thanks again to you and Fred for all your help.

Vlady

Mike,

v 104 solves the problem.   I experimented jpg photos taken over several days, including today, with the Canon S90.  When I processed them in PSE 9 and sharpened them with QU 2015 v103 I had the problem.  Then when I sharpened the same photos with v 104 it worked like a charm.

Many thanks to you and to Fred for isolating and solving the problem.

Best,

Vlady