Lightroom CC 2015 HDR merge not importing into Catalog

When I use the new HDR merge in LR CC 2015, the new xxxxx-HDR.dng image is created but not imported into the catalog. All of the demo videos I've watched show the image being immediately imported into the catalog and visible on the filmstrip. Suggestions? TIA for your help.

Here is a +/- 3 EV HDR that both LR6/ACR9 and PS-HDR Pro do a reasonable job with, where the only adjustments are clicking Auto in LR:
Here are the three images, EV+0, EV-3, EV+3, where to get a reasonable view out the windows, the interior was nearly black and to get a reasonable view of the interior, the windows are nearly white.
Here is a side-by-side of the EV+0 shot with various adjustments applied vs the LR6/ACR9 HDR result with Auto clicked. Tonally they look similar. What is better with the LR6/ACR9 version is the view out the windows has more detail and less clipped, and the noise in the darker areas is much better, meaning LR6/ACR9 used more of the brighter image for the floor and more of the darkest image for the view out the windows, which is exactly what HDR is supposed to do:

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I have tested the HDR merge feature in Lightroom CC 2015 using photos taken inside rooms with windows that provide a view of a sunny outdoor area. Both HDR Efex Pro and Photomatix render the rooms interior and the details of the exterior as seen through the window. Using LR HDR the window is just one big blown out highlight. Other problems include:
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3) If you click the reset button in the Develop module you get an image with both the highlights and shadows completely blown out instead of the tone mapped image you would see in HDR Efex Pro or Photomatix.
I am stunned that Adobe would provide a feature that works so poorly. With the images I have tried it really does not work at all. What's the story?

Here is a +/- 3 EV HDR that both LR6/ACR9 and PS-HDR Pro do a reasonable job with, where the only adjustments are clicking Auto in LR:
Here are the three images, EV+0, EV-3, EV+3, where to get a reasonable view out the windows, the interior was nearly black and to get a reasonable view of the interior, the windows are nearly white.
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Lightroom 5 - JPEG files saved to folder but did not import into catalog

I am using Lightroom 5. My camera is set to save each image as RAW & JPEG. At import, I chose to "Copy as DNG". In the Lightroom catalog only the DNG files are imported. However, in the folder there are DNG files and JPEG files. Why didn't my JPEG images import to the catalog?

Because you probably haven't selected the option on the General Tab of the Preferences to "Treat JPEG files next to raw files as separate photos".

I keep getting the error: "lightroom could not import this catalog because of an unknown error" when trying to import from a catalog?

I have around 400,000 photos of 15 years so given the high number, I organized all my photos into 6 catalogs to avoid potential problems. All the photos and the catalogs are in a 4TB Seagate external hard drive. I use Adobe Lightroom 5 and I use a PC with the latest Windows Office 2013.
I wanted to have a NEW Catalog of all my rated 1 Star+ photos of all the years in a single Catalog. So I created what I called Star+ Catalog and I was told the best option is to import a Catalog at a time and given that there is no means to filter importing only Stared photos, I would import all the photos and then delete all the UnStared photos. I did that for Catalog Year 2014 but at the end gave me the message: "lightroom could not import this catalog because of an unknown error". It actually had imported around 40k photos from about 50k total. I tried again and again and every time I end up with the same thing. I created another new Catalog and stared from scratch and the same ting happened: the ONLY EXACT 40k or so photos were imported and the rest were not!! When I imported Catalog Year 2013 of around 45k photos, it worked perfectly. But when I imported Catalog Year 2012 of 35k photos, the same thing happened!!
I then tried exporting the needed photos to a new Catalog and that worked. But then when I try to import them again from my Master *+ Catalog I get the same error again!!
I also tried creating a new Master *+ Catalog and tried to import the Catalogs of each year into it and the same error happened again!!!
Any advice: 1) on how to solve this? and 2) if there is a better and easier way to create this Master Catalog of All Stared Photos of All my Catalogs?

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How to solve the error: "lightroom could not import this catalog because of an unknown error" when trying to "import from catalog"?

I have around 400,000 photos of 15 years so given the high number, I organized all my photos into 6 catalogs to avoid potential problems. All the photos and the catalogs are in a 4TB Seagate external hard drive. I use Adobe Lightroom 5 and I use a PC with the latest Windows Office 2013.
I wanted to have a NEW Catalog of all my rated 1 Star+ photos of all the years in a single Catalog. So I created what I called Star+ Catalog and I was told the best option is to import a Catalog at a time and given that there is no means to filter importing only Stared photos, I would import all the photos and then delete all the UnStared photos. I did that for Catalog Year 2014 but at the end gave me the message: "lightroom could not import this catalog because of an unknown error". It actually had imported around 40k photos from about 50k total. I tried again and again and every time I end up with the same thing. I created another new Catalog and stared from scratch and the same ting happened: the ONLY EXACT 40k or so photos were imported and the rest were not!! When I imported Catalog Year 2013 of around 45k photos, it worked perfectly. But when I imported Catalog Year 2012 of 35k photos, the same thing happened!!
Any advice: 1) on how to solve this? and 2) if there is a better and easier way to create this Master Catalog of All Stared Photos of All my Catalogs?

OK, my starting point is that LR can happily contain 400000+ photos, and it's a mistake to create a 1 star plus catalogue as you suggest. Instead, I'd recommend you create a master catalogue of all your photos, which you can then query however you want - 2 star, or a certain keyword, or with "xyz" in the title etc.
If you are intent on going that way, you could try a slight change from what you've done so far. Instead of trying to import an entire catalogue and then delete no-star pictures, take the 2014 and 2012 catalogues and select only the 1 star photos. Then do an Export as Catalog for these items, and import the 2014-1star and 2012-1star into your new catalogue. That may get you past the problem images which I suspect are the problem.
If that doesn't work, or if you follow my initial advice, you're going to need to identify the image where the failure occurs. You may have a corrupt image file, and replacing it from your backup may be sufficient to resolve the problem. Alternatively, it may be a corrupt record in the catalogue, and in this case it may be sufficient to remove the image from the catalogue and import it again. You might try selecting everything in the 2014 catalogue and seeing if you can do an Export as Catalog, creating a clean 2014, and deleting 2014's previews folder might also get rid of a potential problem. Something else is to try the Export as Catalog for images 1-40000, then a second Export as Catalog for images 40002-50k.
So a few things you'll need to try, rather than a magic bullet, and a recommendation to change the underlying direction.
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Lightroom could not import this catalog because of an unknown error.

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(gb mem
I have recently exported a catalog from my main database (on a mac) with about 700 photos. Including negative files
We opened the catalog on a PC machine in the same version of lightroom. 3.5 camera raw 6.5. The images were given new keywords and then exported as a Catalog including Negative files.
The original catalog has been deleted from the main database on the Mac.
The Catalog with the new keywords saved across the network to the Mac.
Permissions are open to everyone on the folder the Catalog is in.
When I try and import the catalog in lightroom I can see the thumbnails,
However get this message. I’ve lost many hours trying to get the catalog bak into the main library.
I can open the catalog on its own in Lightroom, just when I try and import the catalog I get the bellow message.
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Lightroom could not import this catalog because of an unknown error.
I see others have had similar problems however do not see a clear answer.
Has anybody a solution?
Thanks Patrick

I'm having this issue as well, and honestly I've *never* been able to get "import from catalog" to work. In my case I have a catalog created on my Windows 7 laptop in LR3.5. I've copied it to an external drive, plugged it into my PC running Windows 7 with LR3.5. And I get the "could not import this catalog because of an unknown error" message.
I've confirmed every image in the catalog I am trying to import is accounted for and isn't "missing". There are no duplicate images between the exported catalog and the one I'm trying to import in.
Thoughts?
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HDR merge not working in CIB lesson 5

Hello,
I've seen a few posts on this but no answers... in PS CS5 CIB Lesson 5, the HDR merge command isn't working properly with the images provided on the CD. Following the HDR merging directions in the book on page 139 and 140, the images are coming out very dark and saturated. Does anyone have any idea why this would be happening, and how to make it work properly?
Thanks!

It's not you.
We have two relatively new Adobe Macbook Pros with OS X Lion (6 months or so old). We also have Photoshop CS5 on each (within Adobe Creative Suite 5.5).
I completed the entire Classroom in a Book (CIB) book for Photoshop CS5.
When I went through Lesson 5, I had absolutely no problem with performing their exercise with the "model" and merging the three .dng files. All of their settings worked perfectly, and I was able to complete the lesson without incident. This was maybe two or three months ago.
Today my wife was going through the same lesson, and no matter how many times she tried to follow the lesson book...reading word for word...she got the same result as you, which had the model in merge to HDR "coming out very dark and saturated".
So, we went to my Macbook Pro, where it had worked perfectly in the past when I completed the lesson months ago. However, this time and in every attempt I made, the HDR image was "coming out very dark and saturated" as well.
What worked perfectly a couple of months ago, now it is not working.
So, today it does not work, and we get the same result as you, on either of our Macbook Pros and that is two people following the exact same lesson.
CONCLUSIONS:
It is not you (or us).
Might Photoshop have a bug? I believe I did an update between when it worked months ago and today change something? Why did it work 2-3 months ago? Might a default setting have been changed in Preferences during an update that causes the CIB Lesson 5 model Merge to HDR exercise not work? The merging these three images at three different exposures was not rendering an image anything close to any of the individual exposures. All attempts resulted in "dark and saturated"... and no adjustment of any kind improved the image to look anything like it should have.
Is it the DNG files used in the CIB Photoshop CS5 book CD? The CIB Classroom in Book Lesson 5 for Photoshop CS5 uses these specific ".dng files". I have not tried using other raw files, or even .jpgs in this Photoshop HDR feature. That would be a good test. I have used Photomatix in the past, and like those above, that is what I will use if I get more involved in HDR, but would be nice to have the Photoshop HDR feature to be one I would hopefully be able to use in the future.
If I try the Merge to HDR in Photoshop feature again using another file format, other than .dng files I will post the result.
With this said, we both have loved the CIB Photoshop CS5 book. I may have had a couple other minor issues on where to find something or had to reboot (ie. "text on a path" or 3D) to get the lesson to work. The book lessons and video lessons were still worth every penny.

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