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▷ How to fix $ 0027The file cannot be opened due to a header error $ 0027 in Adobe Premiere

Adobe is a multinational company known primarily for its multimedia products. These products offer a very broad list of functions that are used in today's modern world of entertainment.. Adobe Premiere and Photoshop have to be the most popular and used Adobe products yet. Features offered in Photoshop can't rival. In the meantime, Adobe Premiere is not far behind in the world of video editing software. While these two excel at what they do, certain problems with them annoy their users often. One of the problems that can arise when using Adobe Premiere is the error message $ 0027 Unable to open file due to header error $ 0027.

The file cannot be opened due to a header error

The error message usually appears when trying to import images to Premiere. This can be due to a number of reasons, one of which is the wrong file extension format. However, the above mentioned error message can be easily dealt with through some simple solutions which will be provided below. These have also solved the problem for others.

What cause “The file cannot be opened due to a header error” in Adobe Premiere?

As we mentioned, the error occurs when using the importer to import image files into Adobe Premiere. This may be due to the following factors:

Image file extension: for most users, the problem is due to the image file extension. This can be fixed by changing the image file extension.
Image color mode: the error message may also appear if the images you are trying to import have CMYK or another color mode. To solve this, you will need Photoshop to change the color mode of photos.
The image is corrupted: Another cause of the error may be image file corruption. If the image being loaded is corrupt or damaged, the mentioned error message may appear. In this case, you just have to use a different image.

Now that you know the causes of this error message, let's move on to the solutions you can implement to resolve the error. Please try to follow them in the same order they were provided.

Solution 1: change the image file extension

The error message can sometimes be caused by the .JPEG format of the image file. Most of the users had this issue and it was resolved after changing the image file extension. Therefore, to solve the problem, just change the image extension from .JPEG to .PNG. This is how you do it:

To change the extension, make sure the option $ 0027 Hide extensions for known file types $ 0027 is not checked.
To do this, open File Explorer.
Click File in the upper right corner and select $ 0027 Change folder and search options $ 0027.
Switch to the View tab and uncheck $ 0027 Hide extensions of known file types $ 0027. Folder options
Click Apply and then OK.
Now navigate to the directory where the image files are located and change the extension from .jpg to .PNG. Yes ... PNG does not solve it, try changing it to .PSD.
Try importing again.

Solution 2: change color mode to RGB

Adobe Premiere is very careful with color modes. Only accepts RGB. Then, if you are trying to import images that have a different color mode, you will get the error message. Therefore, you will need to make sure the image files are in RGB color mode. Here's how to do it: