All my albums on iPhoto have merged into one. Could anybody help me restore the albums as they were?

Hello,
I'm hoping anyone can help me with my iPhoto issue. I tried to select photos from a particular album and apparently by mistake I selected all existing photos in the library. What happened next is all albums merged leaving me with one single album consisting of all photos.
Could anybody help me restore the albums as they were?
Thank you,

Do you mean EVents or albums?  In either case the only way to get them back is to restore your backup library created just prior to this occurring.
OT

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