Lost photo booth library

hello everybody
i had a little problem when going from tiger to leopard...
i made all my back-ups, but here is what happened with photo booth:
the files are on the right folder, all my 160 photos, but photo booth won't recognize them!
i tried to find something related to this, but found nothing
hope you can help me!
thanks a lot

-When the iLife install has completed select software update before importing.
-When iPhoto asks if you want it to open when a camera is detected select "decide later"
-Use iPhoto's import to library function from the file menu to add the folder, do not drop any pictures directly into iPhoto.
-Hold the command key when you click the folder for import.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61026
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61015
(Remove copyright protected material you downloaded or bought before importing into iPhoto)
http://www.apple.com/support/iphoto/

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