Just wanted to share something that worked for me. Not sure if it's right solution or just a workaround.
![Undecided :-\](http://odusergroup.org/forums/Smileys/default/undecided.gif)
The colored JPEGs were opened using MS Paint (in Edit Mode) and were "re-saved"
![Lips Sealed :-X](http://odusergroup.org/forums/Smileys/default/lipsrsealed.gif)
as a JPEGs again.
Now the AFPs generated using these "re-saved" JPEGs were viewable in the CMOD viewer without any issues. The viewer did not crash or anything!
![Shocked :o](http://odusergroup.org/forums/Smileys/default/shocked.gif)
From what I could see, the re-saved JPEGs were having JFIF metadata in addition to whatever other attributes the image already had.
I would be grateful if anyone else has faced the said issue and has a better solution/workaround than what I have seen. Please do post here!
![Cheesy :D](http://odusergroup.org/forums/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)