Seeing double pictures in library
I am new to lightroom and noticed that when I develop pictures, like correct for red eye, lightroom keeps the original photo in the library. So I end up with all these double and triple photos when I develop any photo. Why is this and how can I change it?
Allan
Could you describe in more detail what you do? Unless and until you use Export to send a file with all edits applied, no new files are created- unless you are creating Virtual Copies.
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Hello,
I am using version iPhoto'11. Since I installed this version I experience some difficulties. After importation of pictures I can see the pictures under Library/Pictures but not under Library/Events. However I can see the event with the event title, the number of pictures and the pictures itselve as small thumbnails. BUt ounce I want to open the event to see the pictures in full screen the event title annouces 0 pictures and no pictures are visble anymore to mee. I have checked if the pictures are marked as hidden and this is not the case. What's going wrong. All the other events are visible in a normal way.
The albums with the same pictures into them are visible.
Thanks for your help,
RafMake a temporary, duplicate copy of the library and try the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your Home/Library/Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache files that are located in your Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding the the Option key. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
Fix #2
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select options #1, #2 and #6.
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Can Elements see double pictures even if they have other names?
If i have the same pictures in Elements, becorse the have an other name, can Elemements see that en remove them?
If i have a picture of my house and the same picture was uploaded, because it was on my pc on a other name Elements shows it two times.
Must i remove one of them by hand?
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Hundreds of my iPhoto pictures will not be copied and will not show when I double-click on them. When I do in iPhoto an exclamation surrounded by a triangle appears. Though I can see the picture in the small tiles below it will not expand. I also cannot attach any of these pics into an e-mail or into any other file. I have already went through all 3 Repair options and when that did not solve it went through a complete Rebuild. Any Help?! Any Suggestions on how to fix this?! I have spent almost 2 days now going through all of the published help.
I have backups going back 6 months - I have not had the real need to check every album before - but - all of my backups also have this same problem.The triangle with the ! indicates that the connection between the thumbnail and the orginal is missing - this can be caused by many things including database corruption and user action emoving the originals photos on urpose or by accident
If the database is corrupted then rebuilding is the solution - backup and depress the option and command keys, launch iPhoto and rebuild your database -- if the iPhoto rebuild does not cure the problem then download iPhoto Library manager and use its rebuild command which creates a totally new library leaving the existing one untouched
If you have deleted the photos then you need to start over with a new library and import the photos you have not deleted into it
You can select one of the problem photos and use the reveal original in finder commander (file menu) to see if the original is there - if it is a finder window will open showing it
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I have photos on a cd which I'm trying to open . If I click on them I can see the picture in the preview, but when I double click it doesn't recognise the picture. They are all in .jpg format. Tried copying them but it said some data cannot be read. The files exist but I just can't seem to view them
Select one and hit the Space bar to view it in QuickLook. Use the forward arrow keys to move from file to file. If the file can't be viewed in the QuickLook mode then the file is damaged and probably can't be copied or moved.
You could try a photo file recovery application like MediaRECOVER which can scan the memory card and tell you what files, if any, can be recovered before you have to purchase it.
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I am having a tough time and searched, but have not found an answer that works. Last night I copied my iPhoto Library to an external hard drive because when I initially attempted to set up Photos, I got an error that said I needed 88 GB of space for the transfer. I got the iPhoto Library onto the hard drive and reopened the app and it prepared the library. It was talking forever, so I went to bed. This morning, I have this screen...
There are NO pictures in the actual app. I went to the external hard drive and see that the Photos Library exists...
I have tried to hold command and option and restart Photos and I did get a prompt that it was repairing; however, this was unsuccessful. Please help! I know the photos are there because when I show package contents, I see them all in my Masters/Old Masters folders.
Thank you!Agree with baltwo, though even if you have saved the install app I wouldn't use it unless its been used to install a known good copy of the OS already.
In your case, that probably means start fresh:
Restart the computer, holding down 'command' and 'r'. When the recovery disk window shows, choose 'Reinstall Mac OS X'. -
How do I see my pictures that are in my aperture library in finder? I would like I be able to select photos in finder when I am making photo books online without having to export them first from aperture jinto a new folder. Is there any way to view and download my pictures directly from finder?
SamanthaR22 wrote:
How do I see my pictures that are in my aperture library in finder? I would like I be able to select photos in finder when I am making photo books online without having to export them first from aperture jinto a new folder. Is there any way to view and download my pictures directly from finder? [Emphasis added.]
The digitization of data has introduced a complexity to our interactions with it that we continue to struggle with. "Picture" and "Photo" now mean different things in different contexts. In this case (and in general) defining our terms clearly is the first step towards understanding what we are trying to do. Understanding is the path that allows us to do it.
All pedantic, but please stick with me here .
You record a set of instantaneous data with a camera.
That data is processed by your camera and saved to a file.
The file format is usually either RAW or JPG.
You transfer those files to your computer, and you import them into the program Aperture (often in one operation).
From each camera-file imported, Aperture creates a record in its database (called, imho unhelpfully, a Library) and an Image that you see in the Aperture Browser and Viewer.
Aperture links the Image and the imported file.
The imported file is called, within Aperture, an Original.
Every Image has an Original.
The Image is not the Original. The Image is what you see in Aperture.
The Original is a file that is stored on your computer.
You can make changes to an Image.
Aperture calls these changes Adjustments.
Adjustments are saved to another file attached to the record in the database. Let's call this file the Changes File.
Aperture uses these two files attached to the record in the database to create the Image.
Image = Original + Changes File.
The Image is not a file.
Because the Image is not a file, it cannot be shared with other programs. It exists only inside of Aperture.
In order to share an Image with another program, you must first create a file of the Image.
You do this by exporting Images ("File ▹ Export ▹ Version" is the command in Aperture; should be, imho, "File ▹ Export ▹ Image").
You may ask, "Why all the complexity? Why doesn't Aperture save Images as files?" The answer is simple: Images can require less — and in many cases very very much less — storage space than files of Images. Rather than save a full-size file for every Image, Aperture saves only instructions on how to make that full-size file. The gain in storage efficiency is huge. The trade-off is that although your Images are always available to be made into share-able files, you must create those files when needed (which you do by exporting selected Images).
Here is your question reworded with more precise terms:
SamanthaR22 might have written:
How do I access Images in my Aperture Library in the Finder? I would like I be able to select files in the Finder when I am making photo books online without having to create them by exporting Images from Aperture into a new Finder folder. Is there any way to view and download my Images directly from the Finder?
No, there is not. Images exist only in Aperture, and are not accessible for use in other programs. You must create, for each Image in your Aperture Library, a new file outside of your Aperture Library in order to use it with another program.
Aperture does allow you to create and save within your Library share-able files of your Images. These files are called Previews. You specify the file parameters in Aperture Preferences on the Previews tab. These files are available to other programs via the OS X Media Browser. These files are what you get when you drag selected Images out of the Aperture program and drop them on another program or on your desktop (which is part of the Finder).
HTH.
—Kirby. -
My project in imovie says source unavailable after I moved the events to the backup drive. It is connected and shows up in the events library. I can see the pictures but they won't play without the source. What do I do.
I moved it because I did not have room on my hard drive to import my latest video. I take videos my grandkids basketball games then edit them as projects. I don't have room to move the whole events library back to my hard drive. Can I move part of it at a time.
I filled up my 1 TB back up drive so got a 3TB to move my video projects to. Do I have to move both the i photo videos and the projects to the 3 TB drive together some how. When can I delete them off the hard drive .
I moved all the i photo library to the 3 TB drive and deleted them out of i photo. That is 87 GB which I don't have room for on my hard drive.
I think when I use the export movie to my hard drive it works but will I still be able to edit it later if I want. Is it best to do quick time or i tunes if I use the export feature. -
Why can't I see some pictures in my library when trying to export?
Why can't I see some pictures in my library when trying to export?
Honestly, it's a bit hard to say. No need to be quite so stingy with information.
As a conundrum, I'd guess that some of your images have off-line Masters. Aperture cannot export images with off-line Masters. -
Today I recognised that in my older projects (2010 and earlier) all versions are doubled.
I never did this deliberately. This issue concerns thousands of pictures
- how can I identify and delete all double versions
- what may have caused this and how to avoid in future ?
Many thanks in advance,
HenriOK, here are some more observations which may hopefully provide someone with a clue of what is going on. Basically I can find three kind of projects in my library:
A. Projects where everything is ok.
This applies for ca. 10% of the library and the very recent projects.
B.Projects with double pictures where both pictures are found. Screenshot:
-> Projects dating back from 2 month ago until March 2010.
Here, both duplicates refer to the same master on an external FW drive. Strange: I open the project, and I can select both duplicates individually as show in the picture. I can also assign star ratings picture by picture. But deleting one of the two pictures will always delete both. And: if I open the filter window and change just one rule (e.g. from "all" to "any" of the following that match) suddenly all double pictures are linked. Clicking on one picture will now always select both. And assigning a rating e.g. does apply the rating for both pictures. Deleting one picture well delete both as before.
Please see difference here:
C. Projects with pictures not found
-> Projects before March 2010
Similar to A., but here one of the versions is found, the other is not found.
Same here: if I open the Project, I can select versions independently. Changing one rule in the filter changes this, now clicking on one picture will always select both images. Screenshot:
So, to sum up:
1/ All duplicates seem to share the same master
2/ Even if opening a project lets me select one picture of the pair individually, just changing something in the filter section makes the two pictures link, so again they seem to share the same master
3/ Time seems to influence the behaviour: very recent projects are ok. But already two month old projects have duplicates. Even older projects with duplicates, of which one version cannot be found.
@ Kirby: I will try consolidate the library over night. I do have a timemachine backup. But before going to an earlier version I will try to consolidate the library on my imacs internal drive.
@ Kirby: I used two times the defragmentation software idefrag. Your question makes me wonder if this may have caused the issue ?
In general during the last weeks I faced some issues with my external disks. Sometimes the FW drive was lost and I had to take plug out and reconnect. Also my TM backup which goes on an external usb drive showed some error messages and I had to plug drive out and reconnect . . .
@Neil: the odd-count projects behave the same as the even number projects.
Thanks for your patience & reading this - your suggestions so far helped me to go further in finding out what is going on . . . -
IPhoto 9.6 doesn´t display any pictures from library, upgraded
iPhoto 9.6 doesn´t display any pictures from library. I have upgraded from an old iPhoto. I upgraded the Library also.
Everything is inside the Library I can see but when I run iPhoto I get only a yellow note on the screen and no pictures?Everything is inside the Library I can see
Do you mean by looking into the library using the Finder?
but when I run iPhoto I get only a yellow note on the screen and no pictures?
Then iPhoto has probably opened a new, empty library, because it could not find or access your iPhoto library. What happens, whiny double-click the Library to open it directly?
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I have updated my Aperture 3 and when I try to open it I get an error message; error opening the databese for the library"Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary". I have tried the Command/Option keys to get past the error but I can't. Does anyone have a recommendation or document to help me get Aperture working again? Thanks.
I have tried the Command/Option keys to get past the error but I can't.
Did you try the "Command/Option keys" when you were launching Aperture? Then try again, by holding down "Command/Option" while double clicking your library in the Pictures folder.
If this does not succeed, have a look at the permissions of your library package in the "Get Info" panel: select the Aperture Library package in the Finder and press cmd-I. If you see that you do not have read/write permissions, correct that and select the option to apply these permissions to the enclosed items.
If you still cannot open the library, launch Aperture with the "options-key" hold down and select to create a new Aperture Library from the pop-up menu. Hopefully this will enable you to launch Aperture again. Then try to import your old library into the new, empty library by using the "File -> Import -> Library/Project" menu command. If your library is large, this could take a long time, however.
Post back, if you this does not solve the problem.
Regards
Léonie -
Hi on MAC OSX 10.7.4 update on Aperture 3.3.1 has been done, still gget the error message "By opening the databank for the Mediathek „~/Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary“ is an error" is anybody out there to help me?
Alex,
did you just upgrade from an Aperture 3.2.x version to Aperture 3.3.1? This error message usually occures after the upgrade to 3.3.1, when Aperture cannont convert the library format to 3.3. format.
I'd try to repair the Aperture Library (Mediathek), before upgrading it. Hold down the option-command key combination (⌥⌘) while double-clicking Aperture. This will bring the "Aperture Library First Aid Tools" panel forward. Select "Rebuild Database" and see, if it will resolve the the problem.
Good luck
Léonie -
IPhoto doesn't see photos in the library
Hope someone can help. The external hard drive holding my iPhoto library accidentally disconnected while I was working in iPhoto. Now, iPhoto does not see any photos in it, even though that library shows up as a choice when I reconnect it. Finder shows there are hundreds of gigabytes of data in the file, so I know the photos are there (I hope). But every time I try to switch to that library, it doesn't show up in the left column like it used to, and iPhoto gives me the message -- to get started, connect a camera or import photos. How do I get iPhoto to see the pictures/files again?? I'm on iPhoto 9.6 with OS X Yosemite on a macbook pro. Thank you!!
EvelynBackup your iPhoto library and depress and hold the option and command keys and double click on the library on the EHD - keep the keys down until the first sid window comes up - rebuild your database
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I can not see the pictures in the photo pane
I'm trying to see my pictures in the photo pane (the media section in iMovie) but I can not see them. I know that I have to have iPhoto 4 or later. I have iPhoto 6 but I can't still see the photos. Can you help me?????
If deleting the pref files didn't help, then it's likely a problem in the iPhoto albumdata.xml file. This is the file that other apps must read to access your library. It usually goes bad due to a problem keyword in your library. Look for non-ascii characters in your keyword list. One user had an empty keyword that caused this problem.
See Dave E.'s instructions on how to read the xml file to locate the problem keyword. If you find one, go into iPhoto's preferences to either edit or delete the problem keyword. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3870956�
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