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Edited files when clicked they disappear. Photoshop

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May 18, 2024
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HELP!

After a month or two, I opened Photoshop 2022 v24.7 again to work on images.
All my previous edited images are gone, only the original file remains in "recents".

The first time when opened photoshop the edits where there, but as soon i clicked on them they vanished. Now even when re-open photoshop they are missing

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Carlo37481342y1u1Author

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Is it possible that the problem is that i moved the edited saved files in another folder?

Stephen Marsh

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The recent files are just a listing of aliases/shortcuts, they are not the originals. If the original images have been moved or renamed then the links will break/disappear when you attempt to access them as they are no longer valid/available.

You need to find the originals again where you saved them, or renamed or moved them.

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Carlo37481342y1u1Author

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Thanks for the response. Maybe i didn't explained myself well.
I have the orgininals and i know where the edited ones are saved. That's not the issue.

The problem is;

Even thought i have edited an image a month ago let's say, photoshop doesn't show the editing in that image anymore, it deleted the editing already done, which means i can't go back to work on that image from where i left. It's like i never done anything to it. This happend with all the images
I need to have those editing on photoshop to pick up from where i left.

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Carlo37481342y1u1Author

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Guys i'm trying to explain it better with screenshots

1. That's where all this mess happened

With history i mean all the edits i have done in an image. But forget about it that could confuse ideas

In that exact place you see in the screenshot, which in english should translate in "Home", in "recents" (where you see the images in the screenshot) if everything was working properly and nothing happened there were copies of those images with the edits done (layers, dodge and burning ect ect ect), something photoshop do normally. In different days i opened photoshop, and the modified files where there, with layers ect, as i left them. All good so far.
2 days ago I opened photoshop, clicked in the modified files and the suddently disappeared in front of my eyes. They never came back. That's the situation as today.

Things to take into consideration are.

1. When you save an image like this, just with "save", it creates a copy in LR, a .psd, with all the layers and PH edits. I deleted those files (the copies with edits not the originals). But, the problem didn't occured after that. I still went on PH, work on the files as i left them (with edits previously done in different days) and saved them as .tiff

2. Another thing to take into consideration are probably .xmp files that appeared by them self, after the modified copies vanished in PH

kglad

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in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

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 (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.

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D Fosse

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It cannot be emphasized enough. Note where and in which folder you save your files. They are not "in" Photoshop, they are at a certain location on disk. You need to know where they are.

You cannot rely on recent files. It's a convenience feature to let you pick up where you left off before lunch, nothing more. It is not for file management.

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Carlo37481342y1u1Author

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Thanks for the response. Maybe i didn't explained myself well.
I have the orgininals and i know where the edited ones are saved. That's not the issue.

The problem is;

Even thought i have edited an image a month ago let's say, photoshop doesn't show the editing in that image anymore, it deleted the editing already done, which means i can't go back to work on that image from where i left. It's like i never done anything to it. This happend with all the images
I need to have those editing on photoshop to pick up from where i left.

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