Disappearing photos during editing

When I edit an image in iPhoto, whether cropping or adjusting, once I click "apply" or "done," the image disappears, leaving a blank screen—although the image has been adjusted to my command. If I back out to the main Events or Photos window, I can find the image again, which has been cropped or adjusted—but the effect means that I can do only one adjustment at a time, and is very disconcerting to say the least. This problem occurs whether I edit in the main window or a separate window. This problem arose after the latest RAW system updates—but as far as I know, I'm not editing RAW images. The "disappearing" occurs with image from any camera I have, including my iPhone.

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild.
Regards
TD

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