IE8 not displaying images (red x) … sometimes

Question

I\'m going mad with the following problem which does not happen on any other browser (Chrome, Firefox):

• IE8 cache is cleared
• browser starts opens HTML/Jav

Answer 1

Check what color mode your images are in.

I have accidentally switched the color mode of an image from RGB8 to CMYK in Photoshop, and ran into the same problem. IE8 would fail to display the image, while Firefox would have no trouble at all.