Empty thumbnails - Snow Leopard

Hi,
Before upgrading to Snow Leopard, I transferred my Iphoto Library on my external drive.
Thus I made a clean install of Snow Leopard, and I copied back the Iphoto Library in the "Pictures" folder on my MacBook.
Since then, the pictures are not showed anymore in thumbnails, i.e. I got empty pictures. But the library still exist, indeed when I click on empty thumbnail I access the original picture.
I tried the repair options in Iphoto (Alt+Cmd while opening the software), that didn't solve the issue.
How can I get back all the library thumbnails ?
Thanks for your answers,

It can take several attempts to rebuild the thumbnails using the command-alt on launch trick.
If that fails:
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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