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March 7, 2012
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Photos won't display in Parent folders or All Photographs

  • March 7, 2012
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After upgrading to LR4 from LR3 when I go to the library and click on "All photographs" none of my 86000 photos show up.

The same thing happens in folders module....for example:

1. My photos are in folders titled 20120306

                                                20120201

2. Those folders are siored in a single "parent" folder called 2012

3. All the "parent" year folders are in a folder called MAIN

When I click on main it does not display any photos but it tells me how many photos are in the folder

When I click on 2012 it does not display any photos but it tells me how many photos are in the folder

When I click on 20120306 it then dislays the photos.

I am not sure why clicking on 2012 it would not show me ALL of the photos taken in 2012, that is what LR3 did......

PLEASE help as I am very puzzled by this!

Kevin

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    Correct answer Benjamin Warde

    This issue has been fixed in Lightroom 4.1, which is now available.  To download the 4.1 update, go to the Help menu in Lightroom and choose "Check for Updates".

    Thanks,

    Ben

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    gryphon1911
    Participating Frequently
    March 7, 2012

    I too am having this same issue.   I tried what selps03 recommended and still nothing.

    Also, the main foilder that holds the physical files does not display what is in the sub folders.  If I go to each individual folder, it will show the data.   The "All Photographs" selection in the catalog shows the 29,000 number, which is correct, but does not show me the previews.

    The other odd thing is that if I type in a keyword in the text filter box, I get image previews to display.

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    selphs03
    Participant
    March 7, 2012

    Well, I had the problem fixed, but now it's back. It won't show me the previews for the images in the "All Photographs" section. If I go down and click on the actual folders, it will show the images. Anyone have any idea what's going on?

    chholmes57
    chholmes57
    Participant
    March 7, 2012

    I have the same issue.  The All Photographs collection under Catalog shows the message "Click the Import... button to begin", although the numerical value of total images is there.  I tried re-optimizing, and restarting, but this did not work for me.  When I first upgraded, some of my other top level folders (2011, 2012, etc) showed a message "no photos in selected folder", but this seems to have resolved itself.

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    selphs03
    Participant
    March 7, 2012

    I had the same problem. All I did was optimize catalog, restart lightroom and then restart the computer. After that all of the images come back in the main folder and are visible. Hope that helps.

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    Gregg Mack
    Known Participant
    March 7, 2012

    I don't yet have Lightroom 4 installed, but I know how to get Lightroom 3 in and out of the mode you are now in.

    Be in the Library module and select your MAIN folder in the Folders panel.  Go to the Library menu and choose

    "Show Photos in Subfolders" to toggle that option on and off. I suspect right now it is turned off on our system.

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    Anonymous
    June 27, 2012

    Brilliant thanks! 

    Didn't know about the option.

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