IPhoto 6 loss of pictures

I recently purchased iLife 06, which i have successfully installed. However, the automatic upgrade to iPhoto 6 has caused all my thumbnail pictures to dissapear except for the most recently uploaded ones.
The thumbnail file names are still showing but the actual images can not be seen?
The pictures are still present in Finder/Pictures but I can not retrieve them in iPhoto.
Please help!

Craig:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Try copying one of the folders in the Originals folder to the desktop. Then launch iPhoto with the Option key depressed and create a new, temporary library. Now drag that folder on the desktop into iPhoto's window and see if they act as they should. If not then then there's an issue with the files and you can try this.
Run freephotoconverter, setting the size to original and the quality to lossless (will increase file size, however) and where (custom to a new folder on the desktop). The Max setting reduces file size and would not be desireable. Now delete the photos from the temporary library and import this new batch of converted files. If they work OK then you can do the same for each roll of originals, replacing the original files with the converted ones. If the file size increase is a problem you'll have to look for another application which will convert the files somehow with minimal increase and, certainly, no decrease in size. Since I've not experienced these types of files I've not been able to do a proof of concept. Let us know if any of these suggestions work. Good luck.
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