All Black Photos When Viewing/Editing

I recently moved my photo library into iPhoto from a PC formatted external hard drive and when I try to view/edit any of my pictures they come up as a black screen. However, when I play them as a slideshow or view them in Finder they appear normal. Anyone ever had this problem?

Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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