Known Participant

Question

There has to be a way to restore the edits of 700 photos I just accidentally removed from LR catalogue, right?

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
August 7, 2017
4 replies
3066 views

Please tell me that I did not just WASTE the last 24 hours of my life. I have been editing over 700 photographs since yesterday morning. I was going through them one last time to make slight adjustments and found a photo that I hadn't noticed was put of focus before so I decided to remove it. Well, I guess I had accidentally selected "select all" and send all 700 photos, edits and all, in the trash....

Hahahahahahaha... not funny.

So, anyway, what is the keyboard shortcut that undoes this in one second? Because there has to be one, right? I didn't just waste an entire day of my life that I won't ever get back, right?

Can't wait to hear what button to press to make tis problem go away instantly! Thanks!

-Perer

This topic has been closed for replies.

dj_paige

Legend

Ok, please clarify something. Did you delete the photos from inside LR (using the same dialog posted above by DAR)? Or did you delete the photos using your operating system? Which?

degiboxAuthor

Known Participant

Deleted the files from inside Lightroom as DAR has demonstrated. All of the original files are alive and well both on the SD card and in my Trash folder. However, I just spent almost every waking moment since yesterday morning editing every single file; crops, white balance adjustments, retouching, etc. When LR moved them to trash it removed all of the edits. The dialogue box I saw was similar to DAR's. He's right, I did not notice the number of files being deleted. So, I am still in possession of all of the original RAW images both on SD card and now in my Trash folder, but I have lost all of my edits.

D.A.R

Legend

degibox wrote
but I have lost all of my edits.

Correct. Unfortunately. The edits are gone.

D.A.R

Legend

Assuming you got this dialog and didn't read the first line noting the number of images.

If so, the images are in the trash but the you will have lost the edits unless you have the Catalog Settings set to Automatically write changes to XMP. In which case the edits will be available to as .xmp files next to the image files.

If your images are on a server then they will not be in the trash folder on your desktop and will be gone (subject to the server having its own trash folder)

degiboxAuthor

Known Participant

Um...what?

99jon

Legend

The editing is stored in the catalog database. So if the photos are on your hard drive, or can be put back from the trash or you have a backup copy of the originals; it should be possible to re-link the files with your develop settings.

degiboxAuthor

Known Participant

Thank you so much! If I re-import the files from their original disk, will it restore the edits do you think?

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Check your computer's Recycle / Trash Bin.

You have posted in the non-technical Lounge.

I'm moving this discussion to the Photoshop Lightroom product forum.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

degiboxAuthor

Known Participant

All of the files are there, yeah, but my edits are gone. It's not the files that I have lost, it's the entire day and half's work. Any way to restore?

dj_paige

Legend

No, don't import. Just move them back to their original folders, using your operating system. (In Windows, if the files are still in the trash, you can open the trash, right-click and select Restore)

Remember.

DO NOT IMPORT

One more time with emphasis

DO NOT IMPORT

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Scanning file for viruses.

This file cannot be downloaded