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Millward Shoults
Millward Shoults
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April 20, 2019
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RAW files missing from LR Classic folder?

  • April 20, 2019
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I'm experiencing a curious glitch in LR Classic. A folder I created some time ago, and imported photos to from my external HDD, as usual, is only showing 17 video files, of around 2.5k photos that it contains (mainly RAWs). When I check the HDD, the files are all there. When I try to import again directly to the folder within LR, it knows they are there and says they are all duplicates - nothing to import. So why aren't they showing up? There don't seem to be any filters applied in the library module. When I first imported there was no problem, and I happily viewed, flagged/rated/edited these files. Now, I did do a big folder restructure about 3 weeks ago, which is probably where something went pear shaped - but I don't seem to have any issues with any other folders. I painstakingly updated the locations of all folders after I'd done the restructure, including this one. Since then I've tried re-importing, updating the folder location, synchronising it, I think I even tried removing and re-importing the whole thing. Nada.

Any ideas?

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Correct answer dj_paige

sshoults  wrote

I'm experiencing a curious glitch in LR Classic. A folder I created some time ago, and imported photos to from my external HDD, as usual, is only showing 17 video files, of around 2.5k photos that it contains (mainly RAWs). When I check the HDD, the files are all there. When I try to import again directly to the folder within LR, it knows they are there and says they are all duplicates - nothing to import. So why aren't they showing up?

You have accidentally imported the photos into a different folder using the COPY, that's why Lightroom thinks they are duplicates. You need to find the photos in the Lightroom Library Module, by follow all four (not one or two or three, but all four) of these steps.

1.   In the Lightroom Library Module, on the left, under Catalog, click on All Photographs

2.   Turn off all filters (Ctrl-L once or twice)

3.   Turn off all stacking (Photo->Stacking->Expand All Stacks)

4.   Search for at least one of these photos by file name using the Lightroom Filter Bar

Once you find them, we can explain how to fix the problem.

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dj_paige
dj_paigeCorrect answer
Legend
April 20, 2019

sshoults  wrote

I'm experiencing a curious glitch in LR Classic. A folder I created some time ago, and imported photos to from my external HDD, as usual, is only showing 17 video files, of around 2.5k photos that it contains (mainly RAWs). When I check the HDD, the files are all there. When I try to import again directly to the folder within LR, it knows they are there and says they are all duplicates - nothing to import. So why aren't they showing up?

You have accidentally imported the photos into a different folder using the COPY, that's why Lightroom thinks they are duplicates. You need to find the photos in the Lightroom Library Module, by follow all four (not one or two or three, but all four) of these steps.

1.   In the Lightroom Library Module, on the left, under Catalog, click on All Photographs

2.   Turn off all filters (Ctrl-L once or twice)

3.   Turn off all stacking (Photo->Stacking->Expand All Stacks)

4.   Search for at least one of these photos by file name using the Lightroom Filter Bar

Once you find them, we can explain how to fix the problem.

bigpixsure
bigpixsure
Participating Frequently
August 12, 2019

Ok, I found how to locate the 1 image I searched for and is in it's right place now. so I don't see the answer as to how to correct for hundreds of images?

dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
August 12, 2019

Before I provide additional instructions, please explain in detail your situation and what you found.

Have you imported the photos twice, and so the above search shows two (or more) copies of a specific photo?

or did LR not let you import the photos because they were already imported, and so the above search shows only 1 copy of a specific photo?

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