2869724 - Error: 'Could not insert this file as a picture' when attempting to add TIFF image to a report in Crystal Reports

• Unable to insert TIFF image.
• How to add TIFF picture to a report?
• In Crystal Reports, when attempting to add a TIFF image, it fails with the error:
      
    "Could not insert this file as a picture: < File Name.tif >
      It is not a supported image file."   

• SAP Crystal Reports 2016 
• SAP Crystal Reports 2020
    
• SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.2
• SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise 4.3

1. In Crystal Reports, create a report off any data source.
2. Under the menu "Insert", select "Picture..."
3. Select a TIFF image, and click "Open"
     
   It then display the message: 
     
   "Could not insert this file as a picture: < File Name.tif >
     It is not a supported image file."

• TIFF image is not supported in Crystal Reports, and in Crystal Reports for Enterprise. 

• In an image application, convert the TIFF image to a supported image format by Crystal Reports, like bitmap (BMP) 

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