Photos Have Dissappeared!

A few days ago I imported 12 pics from the memory card of my digital camera. Now, when I open iPhoto (5.0.4) those 12 pics are the only pics in my library! Several years worth of pics are no longer recognized by iPhoto. If I look in my iPhoto Library folder the pics are still there. Those pics can still be opened in Preview or Photoshop elements so the files have not been corrupted. Does anyone know how I can get my pics beck into iPhoto? Preferably back into the folders in which they were originaly organized?
Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin
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 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.
If that fails then this article has instructions for a manual rebuild
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107947
Regards
TD

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