Gallery module error message

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Hi all, I am building my website with Hugo/wowchemy. In particular, I am trying to add an album to one of my pages. I followed the instructions here and that’s what my page says:

---
title: Photo album
summary: '' 
date: ''

reading_time: false  # Show estimated reading time?
share: false  # Show social sharing links?
profile: false  # Show author profile?
comments: false  # Show comments?

# Optional header image (relative to `assets/media/` folder).
header:
  caption: ""
  image: ""
---

{{< gallery album="<ALBUM-FOLDER>" >}}

However, I am getting the following message:

Error: error building site: "/Users/rp3650/Desktop/starter-hugo-academic-main/content/panini/index.md:20:1": failed to render shortcode "gallery": failed to process shortcode: "/Users/rp3650/Library/Caches/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/wowchemy/v5@v5.8.1-0.20230812165002-59b648791d3f/layouts/shortcodes/gallery.html:34:17": execute of template failed: template: shortcodes/gallery.html:34:17: executing "shortcodes/gallery.html" at <.Fit>: error calling Fit: this method is only available for image resources

I tried to use the demo album of the template I cloned, and it works, so it’s a problem related to my images, rather than the actual. I have tried to change the format (jpeg to jpg/png) and reduce the size (< 200 KB), but I still get the same error. Does anyone know what could be the source of the error?

Thanks!

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You are more likely to receive an accurate and timely response from the Wowchemy team:
https://github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/discussions

They also have an active Discord channel:
https://discord.com/invite/z8wNYzb

cc: @alcarazr

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Hi,

Thank you for replying. I had already posted a question both in the GitHub discussion page and the discord channel. No reply at the moment, apart from someone actually suggesting to post on this forum.

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Copied from Discord:

Try adding the images one by one until you find the offending one

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Hi @alcarazr,

Thanks for the message here too! I just replied to you on Discord!

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Ok, so people from Wowchemy Discord are suggesting to seek help here.

Try adding the images one by one until you find the offending one

I tried to do what @alcarazr was suggesting, but it looks like any picture would generate the error. Even more weirdly, I tried to put some of my pics in the built-in demo folder, and the same error popped up even when changing the folder. Now even after removing my pictures and having the default folder contain the default pictures only, I get the same error. Even removing all pictures from the linked folder, it would generate the same error.

Someone else from the Discord channel suggested that there are non-image hidden file(s) in the folder such as OS generated thumbnail files. But I couldn’t find anything like that in the folders, even after making hidden files visible.

Can anyone help?

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I am adding this message here just to ask for help on this.

Thanks!

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Hello there,

Would anyone be able to help? I have tried to posted it as a potential bug on the Hugo github page (because it really looks like it given my previous attempts to find the source of the problem), but it was closed and I was suggested to post on the forum… so here I am again here!

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Your chances to get help here are a lot better if you post a link to a minimal repository showing the problem. Given that many people work regularly with images in Hugo, its rather improbable that you found a bug in Hugo nobody else has noticed before.

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Hello! I have just spent over an hour debugging a similar error. I believe in my case, it was .DS_store file that was randomly appearing in assets/media/albums/demo for me.

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I had the same problem. That was the crucial tip to resolve the issue, thanks!
Maybe the gallery module should be changed to ignore these hidden file.