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Re-import photos on lightroom cc

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July 7, 2018
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Is it possible to re-import photos previously imported in lightroom cc? I have gone in to edit my product photos this morning and the photos I need aren't there so I must have accidently deleted them... I have attached my camera to import again and the photos are blacked out with 'previously added' on them when I hover over with my mouse. I have right clicked and the option to 'import this' is there but it doesn't do anything when I click on it. any help would be much appreciated, I don't have time to re-take photos!

Correct answer JohanElzenga

If Lightroom says 'previously added', then that should mean the photos are still in Lightroom. You haven't deleted them, just hidden them from view somehow. Check if you don't have any active filters.

amaliag98858262

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I think I have found the solution. Simply copy all photos and paste in the same folder containing the old files. My MacBook automatically renamed them to 'copy of original' so they are technically new files. Now when I open up Lightroom CC it recognizes them as new files and am able to import them!

Just to clarify, my issue was that I could not import files that were already imported before (decided to do this when LR CC could not find my original files).

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KBR**

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that worked for me as well.

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Nate Stewart

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I FOUND THE EASIEST WAY! Trust me, I know how frustrating it is to import the photos, have something occur where you had to delete them, go to re-upload again....only to have it say "previously added" even though you've deleted the original pics and they're nowhere to be found in Lightroom

Here's what I did:

Go to where the original RAW pictures are stored...mine were on my hard drive

Select all your pictures and left click

Hit RENAME ITEMS

Type in part of the original name of the picture(s) - for instance, mine all had the word Hyperlapse in the name

In the "Replace With" section, change the original name of the file(s) to something else (Example: I changed "Hyperlapse" to "New Pics" - you can change this to whatever you want)

Reupload newly titled pic(s) to Lightroom

This worked for me and it saved me a LOT of time and stress. Let me know if it did for you.

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lorenbunjes

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Yep, that's essentially what I did as well. I went into the folder where I wanted to import from and just renamed all of the files it wouldn't import...I can not believe how stupid of a bug we have to work around for such an established program...it's hard working with a small independant company like Adobe. But it's nice to support the little guys!

jamesk65

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Solved it, cancel the attempted import of the darkened thumbnails of the photos. Then clicl on File, then Catalog, then Last photos imported. Then Develop on the upper/right side.

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Jao vdL

Community Expert

Are people saying that if you delete an image from Lightroom Cloud (just making sure since some of the posts here seem to talk about Classic) and then try to import that same image again, it will refuse to import it? If so that is a bug. It should only refuse to import if the image is actually in the Lightroom Cloud library and then it should just be a quick search away.

In Classic, you can always force the reimport of an image by unchecking the "do not import suspected duplicates" checkbox.

Update:

I just tested deleting an image from Lightroom Cloudy and subsequently reimporting it and it reimported it just fine. If you see anything else, I am almost 100% certain the image is indeed already in your cloud library. Could be a bug that only manifests in rare circumstances but I would urge to go to "All Photos" and search for the filename in the search bar.

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farahstop

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I think there are different scenarios. In my case (and others) is a brand new image to be imported on LRcc. LightroomCC says "previously imported" even when it has never been imported at all. LR grays out the image alone without possibility to select it for import.

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Jerry5FC9

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There is no "filter" blocking the files from view... the truth is that Lightroom developers do not recognize the authority of the end-user to add a file when the end-user says it's appropriate. Lightroom will not allow the re-import. If you delete the Adobe database, re-import will be allowed. Of course, you've screwed yourself with regard to all other things in the database that make the program work with regard to your other pics. In the Classic version, there is an option to ignore previously imported files, so you could possibly do it that way but then you are no longer in CC.

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Olivera5EB8

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Go to Lightroom Catalog and delete the photos you want to import again. 🙂

Fuji Frogbit

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The problem is that I have previously deleted them from the catalogue but LR still thinks they are there, even though it's not displaying them 🤷‍♀️

Fuji Frogbit

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But if I uncheck 'Don't import suspected duplicates' it's fine...

stacyg1604

Participant

I had a similar problem when I wanted to go back and do a new edit on photos. The photos were gray and did not show as new so I was unable to import and work on them. I looked for the catalog and, for whatever reason, I could not locate it. I was able to fix it by re-naming the files. Lightroom saw these now as new photos and allowed me to import them...again.

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farahstop

Participating Frequently

Same issue here, however when attempting to do a new upload on those "gray" images, it continued to say Previously Added. No solution on my end yet.

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MelanieMaria30

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Renaming them did not work for me... It keeps saying already imported. I downloaded mine from previous work Adobe account and want to add them now to my new account.

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beecamporese

Participant

I'm dealing with the same problem and there seems to be no workaround...I need to reupload them.

CreativePeg

Participant

I'm in the process of doing that now. Now it's a bigger issue because it's picking and choosing only certain ones to upload. Big pain in butt. I even renamed and made new albums and everything. Adobe please fix this.

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AndrewKR

Participating Frequently

I was having the same problem but then discovered that by selecting a different year from the 'By Date' filter I could bring them all back. For some bizarre reason some of my photos will only appear if I select 2019 as the date - even though the photos were taken a week ago and have the right date in their metadata.

CreativePeg

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Has this issue been resolved yet? I'm have IG the same problem and very frustrating. I have a 8 hour shoot with about 1700 photos. Upload failed so I deleted all the photos. Now when I ru to re import says some are previously added"

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defaultyqwtim7h703g

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I agree with those who say this is a deal-breaker. I use Lightroom for work and we have literally thousands of unfiled images in the system. If I WANT to re-import this photo so I can do quick edits, rather than scroll through THOUSANDS of images (totally inefficient; total time waster) to find the right image to edit, I should be able to do that, as a paying subscriber.

Please fix this. I'm not having it.