IPhoto 5.0.4 Grey thumbnails

upgrade to iPhoto 5 shows 1900 grey thumbnails and 100
pictures in my library from iPhoto 4 with 2000 photos
I rebuilt the iPhoto library and have 1900 grey thumbnails
and 2000 photos the albums if selected bring up
the grey thumbnails
Anyway I can fix it?

Hi CozMacRay,
The upgrade to 5.0.4 and the rebuild of the Library are two of the fixes for the gray thumbnails. You have tried both and they didn't help.
You can check out these two pages and see if there is anything else you can try.
If nothing works, you may have to follow the instructions on Page 2 to create a new library.
iPhoto Help
iPhoto Help 2
good luck and get back with any results.

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