keywords not migrated

Question

I am using Lightroom for years, my latest version was 5. By the end of last year I changed to the all new Lightroom CC 2018. I migrated a catalog containing 16.000 pictures. Everything works fine, but soon I realized, that there were no keywords shown. I did not bother, because I trust in Adobe. And I had other things to do than to organize my pictures. Somewhere I would find them. I thought it was just a matter of understanding the concept.

Now I have to say, that all my keywords are definitely gone. I have no idea, what Lightroom did to them.

Is there anything I can do? It is 16.000 pictures. To lose the keywords would really a nasty thing.

What about these IPTC-Keywords? Where are they?

thanks

Stefan

Jim Wilde · Accepted Answer

No, I see nothing when I open the keywords. The list is empty.

OK, then you need to clarify how you did the migration into LRCC. Did you use LRCC's "catalog migration" tool, or did you just sync all the images from LR Classic, or did you add (import) you photos into LRCC?

If you used the catalog migration tool then any existing keywords in the Classic catalog should have been included in that migration, but using the other methods it rather depends on various other factors. So let's get the method clarified and we can work from there.

99jon · Answer

Which version did you migrate from? Normally LR6 is required as a minimum, or a previous catalog which has been upgraded to Lr Classic.Did you get any error messages during migration?

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