Cannot "Revert to Original" in iPhoto

iPhoto 11 (9.2.1)
After editing photos in Elements 4.0, I no longer can "Revert to Original" in iPhoto. It is blanked out. If I edit with iPhoto, there is no problem. Elements 4.0 is listed in iPhoto preferences as the default editor. As per a recent similar post, I created a new library by opening iPhoto while holding down the option key - no change, same problem.
Any ideas? Thanks.

Digging further, checking older edited photos which used to have the ability to revert, they no longer do.
Any help would be appreciated.

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I edited a JPEG photo in iPhoto (cropped). However later and after editing some other photos, I decided to revert the first photo to its original version. However, the option Photo>Revert to original button was not lit. In the Quick Fixes tab of the Edit pane, the “Revert to Original” was similary not lit and nor was the “Revert to Previous”. It appears therefore that I am unable to trevert the photo. Any ideas?

That worked fine. I have gone back through my library and the issue appears to relate to some (but not all) photos that I brought across from my old iMAC (Power PC) which used iPhoto '06 and onto my new iMAC purchased in the summer of this year and running Lion plus iPhoto '11. Photos uploaded since are all fine. All data from the old machine was copied across using the Mac transfer facility for new machines. Interesting that the issue relates to old photos pre the new MAC - some that I know I edited now no longer permit revert to original. Also, if I amend them further, these changes are saved so that, again, I cannot revert to original. Looks like an issue relating to the way these files were brought across and are being saved in iPhoto '11.

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I recently used Photoshop to edit a photo I had in iPhoto. After making my changes in Photoshop, I saved the photo and the changes were reflected in iPhoto. I now want to revert the photo to the original, but when I tried to do this in iPhoto it would not allow me. The message in iPhoto said I could not revert to original because it was edited in an external editor or an earlier version of iPhoto. I thought iPhoto was supposed to retain the option to revert to original even when edited and an external editor. Is this correct? I tried changing the default settings for editor from iPhoto to Photoshop, but that did not make a difference when I repeated the process. What other options can I try?

This explains how to use PS from within iPhoto:
Using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements as Your Editor of Choice in iPhoto.
1 - select Photoshop or Photoshop Elememts as your editor of choice in iPhoto's General Preference Section's under the "Edit photo:" menu.
2 - double click on the thumbnail in iPhoto to open it in Photoshop. When you're finished editing click on the Save button. If you immediately get the JPEG Options window make your selection (Baseline standard seems to be the most compatible jpeg format) and click on the OK button. Your done.
3 - however, if you get the navigation window
that indicates that PS wants to save it as a PS formatted file. You'll need to either select JPEG from the menu and save (top image) or click on the desktop in the Navigation window (bottom image) and save it to the desktop for importing as a new photo.
This method will let iPhoto know that the photo has been editied and will update the thumbnail file to reflect the edit..
With Photoshop Elements the Saving File preferences should be configured as shown:
I also suggest the Maximize PSD File Compatabilty be set to Always. In PSE’s General preference pane set the Color Picker to Apple as shown:
Screenshots are from PSE 10
Note 1: to switch between iPhoto and PS or PSE as the editor of choice Control (right)-click on the thumbnail and select either Edit in iPhoto or Edit in External Editor from the contextual menu. If you use iPhoto to edit more than PSE re-select iPhoto in the iPhoto General preference pane. Then iPhoto will be the default editor and you can use the contextual menu to select PSE for your editor when desired.
Note 2: editing a RAW file with either PSE or PS creates a new file which must be saved outside of iPhoto, i.e. the Desktop, and imported as a new photo into the iPhoto Library.

Cannot "revert to original" after editing in PS Elements

Hello
I just bought and loaded PSE v10.
I have just tested out editing a photo in PSE, having set preferences to choose PSE as my external editor. The new version correctly appeared in iphoto but when I click on it and go to "photos" in the menu, "revert to original" is greyed out. Also, how do i tell by looking at a photo that it has been edited - eventually I will forget.
Thanks
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Make sure you've setup PSE's preferences correctly for use with iPhoto:
Using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements as Your Editor of Choice in iPhoto.
1 - select Photoshop as your editor of choice in iPhoto's General Preference Section's under the "Edit photo:" menu.
2 - double click on the thumbnail in iPhoto to open it in Photoshop. When you're finished editing click on the Save button. If you immediately get the JPEG Options window make your selection (Baseline standard seems to be the most compatible jpeg format) and click on the OK button. Your done. 3 - however, if you get the navigation window that indicates that PS wants to save it as a PS formatted file. You'll need to either select JPEG from the menu and save (top image) or click on the desktop in the Navigation window (bottom image) and save it to the desktop for importing as a new photo.
This method will let iPhoto know that the photo has been editied and will update the thumbnail file to reflect the edit..
NOTE: With Photoshop Elements 9 the Saving File preferences should be configured as shown:
I also suggest the Maximize PSD File Compatabilty be set to Always. In PSE’s General preference pane set the Color Picker to Apple as shown:
NOTE: If you want to use both iPhoto's editing mode and PS without having to go back and forth to the Preference pane, once you've selected PS as your editor of choice, reset the Preferences back to "Open in main window". That will let you either edit in iPhoto (double click on the thumbnail) or in PS (Control-click on the thumbnail and seledt "Edit in external editor" in the Contextual menu). This way you get the best of both worlds.
OT

Revert to Original not working

I am contemplating upgrading from iPhoto5 to iPhoto6, but have noticed a bug in my iPhoto5 directory that I think that I should fix before the upgrade. A number of my edited photos will not allow me to revert to original. The option is grayed out. Looking in the iPhoto directory structure, I see both the edited photo and the Original photo in the Originals directory, both where they belong.
It seems that iPhoto has lost track of the Original. If I do more edits to the photo, a new "Original" file appears in the Originals folder with the identical name as the true original, with the exception of a "_1.jpg" extension on the file. I can now perform a "Revert to Original", but iPhoto chooses the _1 file. I can never get back to my true original. This is happening in several, but not all, of my edited files and appears to be the result of a recent crash.
It seems to me that one option is to find all of the originals where this is happening, delete the photos from the library and then re-import them. Because of the number of the affected files, I'd like to avoid this if possible.
Has anyone seen this behavior before? Is there an easy way to fix the file/directory structure so that I don't have to do this manually (I have a lot of photos)? Or will the upgrade from iPhoto5 to iPhoto6 fix this (which I read chages the directories from date-based to roll-based)?
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PowerMac dual G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)
PowerMac dual G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)
PowerMac dual G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

rpb11234:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Did you by any chance do any renaming or moving of those file via the Finder?
You're right in that iPhoto has lost the original link to those files. What I'd try after making a backup copy of your iPhoto Library folder is to rebuild the library and select the option to include orphaned files. This will rebuild your library and add those files that have lost their links to a new roll and album. From there you can move them to their correct roll before upgrading to V6.
V6 does change the folder system and creates a folder of original files based on each roll in your library. These go into and "Originals" folder. Any file modified gets the modified file placed in the "Modified" folder in a sub folder with the same name as the roll. If you rename a roll from within iPhoto those folders get renamed also.

How do I revert to original footage in Final Cut Pro X version 10.0.9, for some reason I have lost some audio in my timeline and would like to start again but cannot get the original footage?

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IPhoto 7.1 has fixed the iPhoto 6 "revert to original" bug

Over a year ago I posted on an iPhoto bug, possibly related to use of importing Libraries.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3031479 was the original thread, but it's long been archived.
Basically, iPhoto would show the 'revert to original' command even on images that had never been modified. This had odd side-effects with some software. A contributor to one of my blogs found that "file Library6.iPhoto and concluded that the conversion of a field "idED" went wrong. I was able to repair the file using a HEX editor."
The good news is that when I converted a test Library that had an image showing this behavior, iPhoto 7.1 converted correctly. The incorrect 'revert to original' status was gone.
Nice to find something fixed!

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I use iPhoto for all my images, and need to get my head around how it stores images, particularly when edited. If I rotate a photo, for example from horizontal to landscape, then I think it stores the old version, and the new version. I can use the menu to 'Revert to Original' - which shows the unrotated image.
According to iPhoto, my library size is 24.8gb.
According to Finder, the library size is 34.2gb
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I have heard of iPhoto diet, but that does not work reliably for newer versions.
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For those that are already in the library the only way to do what you want is to replace the original file with a copy of the edited file inside the library package and then do a revert to original on that file.
To facilitate replacing the original files with a copy of the edited (modified) files put all of the files you want to replace into one Event. That will put them all in one folder within the Originals folder and Modified folder. Then copy the contents of the Modified subfolder into the corresponding Originals subfolder.
You run a big risk of damaging the library if an error is made during the process. It's really not recommended. In other words *proceed at your own risk and make a backup of the library before proceeding*.
The reason the finder reports a larger library is that it is reporting the original, thumbnail and modified files as well as the database, cache and data files.
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Note: There's now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

After editing a photo, I sometimes get an error message that the "File is empty". Can revert to original and start again, but file disappears after editing.

So frustrating! I open the photo. Edit by cropping, adjusting color, etc. It's perfect. I click DONE and move on to the next. When I come back, the first photo is gone. I can see it in the album but cannot open it. When I look at the file information, it shows zero KB. If I move it to the desktop and try to open it, the error message says the file is empty. I can revert to original and there it is. Edit again, and again it disappears. What am I doing wrong? I am using iPhoto 09

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Make a temporary, duplicate copy of the library and try the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
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Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
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In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
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How much does iPhoto require free disk space on the boot volume? I currently have about 1.37 GB free. When I tried to burn I had over 2 GB free disk space.
Has anyone reported this problem to Apple yet?
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1.37G is way too little! The system needs at least the size of the DVD as free space to burn. It's highly recommended that you have a minimum of 15% or 10G, whichever is greater, as free space to assure efficient and trouble free operation. If you get down really low and the system tries to write needed files to the HD you can trash you HD with little hope of recovery. I would do whatever it takes to get your free space up to around the recommended limit.
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1 - run either Cache Out, OnyX or Mac Sweeper to clean out the various cache and archived log files.
2 - run Monolingual to remove the unneeded language modules. I saved 900+MB the first time I did it.
Do you have a camera that has an autorotate option? if so and it's turned on that may be the reason for the rotation issue. The 5.0.4 update corrects this but only for subsequent imports.
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The ! turns up when iPhoto loses the link to the original image - and that's why you can move it to the desktop.
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
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I am trying to go through my iPhoto Library of about 1000 photos and find all of the photos that have the option to be "reverted to original", ie. I have made changes to them. I realise that I could go through them one by one, but I am trying to avoid that!
I have realised recently that I should duplicate a photo before changing it, so that I leave the original untouched. However this doesn't help me with all of the old ones that I DIDN'T duplicate.
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I don't think it can be done from within iPhoto but there's a way you can do it from outside. First download and launch QPict. Then do the following;
1 - open your iPhoto Library folder and type Command-F.
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a - Kind is Folder
b - Name contains Original
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