Question
Edited Images Saved as 'Broken'
Photoshop Elements 2022 Problem:
After editing a photo in the Editor, it shows in the Organizer as a “broken” unusable image.
This is not the case with every photo, but it’s happened to me twice so far.
Situation:
- My old Dell PC had become unbearably slow so we replaced it with a new Dell XPS 8950 with Windows 11.
- When the new PC was up and running, I logged into the Adobe website and downloaded Photoshop.
- Just before purchasing the new PC, I’d made a backup of my Photoshop catalog/images, so after installing the Photoshop Elements software, I restored the backup to the new PC. (There were more than 39,000 images; 149 of them did not restore, but that was not a problem for me because I found I could recapture them from the backup drive).
- I checked out the folders in the Organizer and all seemed to be in good order.
- Then I tried editing. The first two or so photos were without issue, but then I came upon one that went horribly wrong.
- I did the edits to the photo, which including adding a text date in the lower right corner.
- I did NOT flatten the image, but saved it as psd.
- I also specified it was to be saved as part of a version set.
- Then I closed the photo in the Editor.
When I looked at this photo in the Organizer, the image did not display. It showed as a “broken” image. Also, it cannot be edited. As far as Photoshop is concerned, I lost that photo.
How do I stop this from happening?
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