Lost Album to Picture links

I use Photoshop Elements 9 with Windows 7 and backed up both my pictures and saved my albums as a XML file. Then my computer got a virus and the hard drive had to be wiped clean. I restored my files and pictures from an external hard drive. I reinstalled Photoshop Elements 9 and then uploaded the albums from the XML file I saved. All the album names are restored, but the pictures are not connected to the albums! How can I restore the albums with the pictures without starting over and dragging each picture into the album? I thought the XML file saved the picture/album links? Help?

See that faq about backing up catalogs.
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Backing_up_your
From what you are writing, I understand that you did not backup your media filesusing the integrated backup/restore function in the Organizer.
I do not see any mention of your also backing up the catalog and restoring it in the same location. So, I assume you did reimport the files in a new empty catalog ?
You used the 'save albums' option in the tags panel, and (I assume) the 'load from file' option to restore... the definitions of the albums only.
If you had done either the backup/restore from Organizer or the backup and restore of both media files and catalog outside the organizer, you would have recovered all your albums as well as your tags, categories, ratings, stacks etc.
The option to 'save albums' only saves the definition of the albums (not their content) and I think that definition is dependent on the catalog database : without a restored catalog, I don't see how they could restore links to the photo files. On the other hand, since restoring the catalog is enough to restore albums, I wonder what is the purpose of the option to 'save albums' in xmp text files ? Very misleading I do understand how saving the keyword tags in an xmp file helps recreating the tags categories when reimporting files in a new catalog, but I don't see how that would work for albums.

Similar Messages

Lost Albums and Pictures in Library

I recently had a problem with my computer and had to do a
I went to iPhoto where I had my 2,500 photos organized into separate albums and completely organized and all the photos were gone. I dragged the livrary file into iPhot and got back up to 2006?
*I have tried to Add to Library my 2007 photos and it says that the jpeg files that were already in iPhoto won't import with the error message Not the Right File Type.* I am completely confused. Can I fix this? Or do I have to rebuild it all.

My computer wouldn't boot so I had to reinstall the operating system. I guess I left that part out. When i opened iPhoto for the first time nothing was there. I dragged a back up of the iPhoto Library onto iPhoto and only got back part of my Library as well as set-up Albums.
Now when I go to drag the remaining photos that did not show up in iPhoto it says that the photos are not the right format. I hope that I won't lose them. I never touched them and they are jpegs.
Is there a way to reinstall iPhot and get back my Album list and all the photos?

Hi, using iphoto 6, i suddenly lost albums: they are still in the directory, but no pictures in some albums.Using finder, I can locate the pictures and even get preview. But impossible to import them. Anyone can help? thanks

Hi, using iphoto 6, i suddenly lost albums: they are still in the directory, but no pictures in some albums.Using finder, I can locate the pictures and even get preview. But impossible to import them. Anyone can help? thanks

Try these in order - from best option on down...
1. Do you have an up-to-date back up? If so, try copy the library6.iphoto file from the back up to the iPhoto Library allowing it to overwrite the damaged file.
2. Download <a href="http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/"><b><u>iPhoto Library Manager</b></u></a> 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.
3. If neither of these work then you'll need to create and populate a new library.
To create and populate a new *iPhoto 6* library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same Rolls and pictures as before, however, you will lose your albums, keywords, modified versions, books, calendars etc.
Move the iPhoto Library to the desktop
Launch iPhoto. It will ask if you wish to create a new Library. Say Yes.
Go into the iPhoto Library on your desktop and find the Originals folder. From the Originals folder drag the individual Roll Folders to the iPhoto Window and it will recreate them in the new library.
When you're sure all is well you can delete the iPhoto Library on your desktop.
In the future, in addition to your usual back up routine, you might like to make a copy of the library6.iPhoto file whenever you have made changes to the library as protection against database corruption.

Have new PC with windows 8. I own photoshop elements 9 and I have lost all my pictures, albums and tagging, how do I retrieve them?

I own elements 9. All files were backed up to a external hard drive and then downloaded to a new PC, with windows 8. I have lost all my pictures, albums and tagging. How do I retrieve all of this back into Elements 9?

It appears that you have made a backup via Windows and not via the integrated backup/restore process in the organizer. Since the albums and tagging are stored in catalogs, they are lost unless you also made a backup of the catalogs themselves.
The correct way to move your catalog(s) and images to a new computer:
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/backup-restore-move-catalog-photoshop.html
Is your old computer still useable ?

HT5622 I lost all my pictures! Please help:( I added all my photo to a new album from the camera roll and i delete the picture that already move to new album, at last all my picture was gone !:'( Please, anyway to recover back all my photo? please help :'

I lost all my pictures! Please help:( I added all my photo to a new album from the camera roll and i delete the picture that already move to new album, at last all my picture was gone !:'( Please, anyway to recover back all my photo? please help :'( Apple Service Center or Branch can help?

Albums is a way or sorting photos. Photos aren't moved from the Camera roll. The Camera Roll consists of all the photos on the phone. If you delete from Camera Roll they are deleted everywhere but Photo Stream.
Are you using Photo Stream? Your photos, providing they wer recent should still be in Photo Stream. If you have Photo Stream set up on your computer they should all be there.

After upgrading my IPad software to iOS I lost all my picture albums!!! Any suggestions? Why did that happened?

After upgrading my IPad software to iOS I lost all my picture albums!!! Any suggestions? Why did that happened?

Monmere-
Also check the print queue to see if a print job has gotten stuck. Click the home button twice and you should see recently used programs across the bottom of the screen. Scroll across to find the print queue.
Fred

How can i find the original picture in the correct event folder from an album folder picture?

how can i find the original picture in the correct event folder from an album folder picture? I can find the link to the original event folder, but is there a way to get right to the picture without having to search visually the event folder?

Depends on whatr you mean
Deleting from your phone does not delete from anywhere else
HOWEVER deleting from your Photo stream does delete from the Photostream so anyone looking at the PS from any device will no longer see the photo
But if your Mac iPhoto is set to automatically impor tphotos form PS or is you have manually imported photos from PS then onc ethey are imported they are on your Mac and change to PS will not affect them
for more on PS see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
LN

Since swapping my iphone i have lost all my pictures but they are still all saved in instagram! How do i get them back to my camera roll?

Since swapping my broken iphone 4s for a new one i have lost all my pictures from camera roll but they are still saved in my instagram. Is there a way to get them saved back to phone? Also my whatsapp is not working since upgrading to IOS6??
Please help.

You can not put them back in the camera roll. The camera roll is temporary storage for new photos taken with the phone. You can sync them back to your phone in another album using iTunes.
As for whatsapp, ask the developer. That is not an Apple product.

Lost Album

I just purchased a MacBook on Christmas eve and after a weeks use I decided to become a iTunes user with one of my wife's authorizations. I downloaded an album I liked and was quite happy with the quality. After a few days the new MacBook decided not to work and die. Unfortunately I wasn't able to do any backups and lost my 1 iTunes album. I had the MacBook replaced with an update to a MacBook Pro and didn't want to aggravate the people at Best Buy about what was on my hard drive. But now since having the time to deal with how to recover my lost purchase and the equipment to do backups I was hoping to be able to resolve my dilemma and replace the lost album. I really don't know how to start so any info or links would be most appreciated.

Purchase it again or fill out and submit this form.
(40306)

Urgent Help Needed - i-Photo '11 Lost All My Pictures !!!

I have just bought the trio package of OS-i-Life and i-Work and has installed them all. I have started to use i-Photo. I have converted my i-photo library to the new format. The faces ran over night and finished creating faces for all my pictures. Today I have spent almost entire day tagging names to people in my library. Shortly after I was done tagging all names, I was checking the whole program in the full screen mode the program shut off. It was actually the 3rd time it has done that Today. Every time it was shutting off it was just loosing the last tagging information (before I could press the DONE button). But this time it is disastrous. When I start the i-phone program, I receive a warning window which says the i-phone library can not be recognized and the only option in the window is pressing QUIT which shuts down the i-Phone program. I have lost all my pictures. Did anybody encounter something like this before? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for your help.

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
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, faces and places 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

Any way to fix picture links in Word?

For starters, I have to take all the blame for this one.
I renamed the parent folder of my Help project folder, and now all the generated Word docs for the previous release have lost their picture links.
Is there any utility or method in Word to re-link the pictures to the "new" location? Some kind of batch renaming of the picture links would be ideal, but I would settle for a one-by-one process.
Re-generating the Word docs is only a final alternative because of the amount of manual reformatting needed after the generation.

Something could certainly be missing from my understanding of the situation. But when one of our developers converted the doc to xml and looked in it, the link was an absolute path to the graphic, a path that included the parent folder name. When we renamed the parent, the pics came back.
I did upgrade Word versions from 2003, when generating, to 2007, but wouldn't have thought that would matter. Still, if Word handled the image path differently in html version than in xml version, it might also have done it differently in 03 than in 07.
In future, when generating a Word doc from Robo, I suppose I will simply damn the file size and embed all the pictures just to be safest.

Why don't my music albums have pictures?

Before I synced my iPod to my computer the pictures of my music albums were showing up, but now instead of the picture of the album I get the picture of the grey music note on a staff. This problem only happens when I am in the "album" screen. When I select a particular album the picture shows up. This happens with iTunes bought albums and my personal ones. Please Help!

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

I lost hundreds of pictures from iPhoto after upgrading to Mavericks

I lost hundreds of pictures from iphoto after upgrading to mavericks. does anyone know why or how to retrieve them. i cannot find them on time machine either.

and
Why do you think you have lost "hundreds" of pictures?
What exactly are you seeing
You can try Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild your iPhoto library database
LN

Can anyone help or answer this question for me. Is there a way to have a private album for pictures sent to my phone? Don't exactly want kids ( niece and nephew ) to play on my phone and see private pictures of my girlfriend

Can anyone help or answer this question for me. Is there a way to have a private album for pictures sent to my phone? Don't exactly want kids ( niece and nephew ) to play on my phone and see private pictures of my girlfriend

What about this?
https://itunes.apple.com/ru/app/best-secret-folder/id488030828?l=en&mt=8

Hi, i just reset my iphone, but i forgot that i do not use icloud, and i lost all my pictures now. Is there anyway to restore all the pictures. please help me

hi, today i just reset my phone, and i forgot that i do not use icloud, so i lost all mu pictures. Is there anyway to restore the pictures. Please help me ><" thanks a lot

Omg:( kill me then. I store my photos in my laptop. But i reset my aunt's phone, and she doesnt have anything: no apple id, no icloud. Normally when i reset mine, my phone back up everything.
Anyway. Thanks a lot

Lost Album to Picture links

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for