My images "disappeared" in Develop Module while using Before and After

[Summerlee340]

Hi all,

I'm three days in to using LR Classic Version 9.3 - in other words, a very big newbie. I use Windows 10.

I've started watching tutorials and also played around a little in the program.

I was editing a photo that I imported and when I was done I clicked on the "Before and After" and I tried to get my single "after" photo - so I clicked on the backslash key and now I have no photos - no "Before" and no "After".

Can someone help please?

Summerlee

[GoldingD]

Press the backslash key again

Hmm, supposed to work like:

https://lightroomkillertips.com/lightroom-tip-quick-and-easy-beforeafter-view/

https://fstoppers.com/originals/simple-lightroom-trick-beforeafter-preview-key-344164

[GoldingD · Accepted solution]

Which keyboard character

a. (backslash)  \

or

b. (slash)  /

[Summerlee340]

Thank you, David G for your quick response. I used the "slash" (/) on the numeric keyboard and I think that made it disappear. Then after the fact I used the back slash and still no photo showed. This was yesterday and I sort of just gave up after spending way too much time on it. Today I went back into "Develop" and I see the History of my editing and that I imported it and exported it, and the photo is "back". Just now I toggled Before and After and then hit the backslash (\) and it worked!!! Thanks again for your help. I am going to to post another question separately about how I have duplicate photos in LR - I'm thinking I may have imported photos twice.  If you have time, I'd like to hear your opinion about the duplicate photos. Donna