Can't open recent photos to view, explanation point shows up!!

Hello!
I have no idea what happened! I uploaded 1500 photos to iphoto after my vacation yesterday and made 2 seperate folders in iPhoto for them so I could send them off to friends and family and then I deleted them off my camera once uploaded. I got a message shortly after I downloaded DropBox saying that there were 1400 photos not dowloaded yet and do I want to download them, I said YES and now I can't even open the photos in iPhoto, but I can see the thumbnail small ones, when I open the photos it is an explaination point!!! I have never had this happen in 5 years since I've owned my computuer, please HELP!!!
Thanks!!!

The ! turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
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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