Full screen view not working...please help!

Question

When I try to edit pictures or view them in the full screen, they do not appear. It's just a grey screen with an exclamation point in the middle. Any help that can be offered is much appreciated. thank you.

Answer 1

Murph3g
iPhoto is a database, with a built-in image viewer, version control and lightweight editing. Like all databases it is designed so that you manipulate the data, in this case your photos, via the application. If, as you have done, you manipulate the data via another app., (the Finder), iPhoto loses track of the files and you get the exclamation point.
The point of iPhoto is that you do you organisation in the iPhoto Window - there you can create your albums, slideshows etc., keyword, edit and so on, and leave the File Management to the application.
To correct the problem that currently exists:
In The iPhoto Window:
1. Get rid of the thumbnails that no longer connect to a pic by putting them into the iPhoto trash.
2. Move the pictures from your Originals Folder inside the iPhoto Library Folder to you Desktop, and import them again. (File -> Import)
3. Empty the iPhoto trash (iPhoto -> Empty Trash)
This should at least get you to a point where the thumbnails match to a photo again.
A Note about the iPhoto Library Folder:
In this folder there are various files, which are the Library itself and some ancillary files. Then you have three folders
Originals are the photos as they were downloaded from your camera or scanner.
(ii) Modified contains edited pics, shots that you have cropped, rotated or changed in any way.
This allows the Photos -> Revert to Original command - very useful if you don't like the changes you've made.
(iii) Data holds the thumbnails the the app needs to show you the photos in the iPhoto Window.
Again, any organisation you wish to do, do it in the iPhoto Window. If you have any difficulty achieving something consult the Help or post again on here.
Regards
TD