My catalog shows 2k+ images labelled "Photos That Failed To Build a Smart Preview" however when I create Smart Previews of these images they do not get removed from this set nor does the quantity of photos decline.
Screen grab shows an example. Any suggestions for a fix are welcome.
LR sometimes soils its preferences file, and resetting it can fix all sorts of wonky behavior. That article explains how to restore the old preferences if resetting doesn't help.
2. Use the free trial of the Any Filter plugin to see what the catalog internally reports for the presence of the smart previews. Select the built-in collection Photos That Failed To Build A Smart Preview, run the Any Filter > Filter command, click the magnifying glass, and select the Has Smart Preview criterion:
If Any Filter reports that all those photos in fact have smart previews, then the problem is just that the built-in collection isn't getting updated. But if Any Filter reports that those photos don't have smart previews, then the problem is more serious.
Hi John, perhaps you saw my note to Johan, I tried moving the Smart Preview and rebuilding. No luck.
Right now, I decided to select all the Smart Previews in that collection, discard and then rebuild (or not). However, the app is stuck on the Discard function (it started but then shows no status chnage). Screen grab attached
Hi John, any thooughts on the above?
Recap:
Photos That Failed To Build A Smart Preview shows 2,549 images some of which have Smart Previews.
65 images show no preview and for metadata display the same data for whatever photo I last looked at. I can't remove or delete these "ghost" images from the catalog
I can't Discard any Smart Previews for images in this catalog whoch have Smart Previews
p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post if it helps you get responses.