Issue with .tif files from archived catalog

[rebekahdg91]

I have recently had a client tell me they never got a chance to download their pictures from my website. The pictures have already been removed from my website as well as from lightroom. I keep the files on an archive drive with all the RAW images as well as an exported catalog file.

My issue is: Once i open the catalog file, lightroom is saying it is missing pictures because the original could not be located. All the missing pictures are .tif extensions, and i don't know if this is just a settings issue, or if photoshop did not export them correctly.

[GoldingD]

And outside of lightroom, using File Explorer (Windows, Finder in MAC) can you see the files?

[rebekahdg91]

Outside of lightroom, all i currently have is the RAW images (all are there and visible) and the catalog files.

[Jao vdL]

According to the dialog the tif file will be in your raw folder, so check if it is in there. You likely just have to tell Lightroom about the new location of this raw folder (right click on it in Lightroom) because the drive letter changed or some other move occurred.

[rebekahdg91]

When i click on it to locate the original file, it just replaces it with the RAW image without modifications

[GoldingD]

Do you have more than one catalog? Are you in the correct one?

[rebekahdg91]

as it turns out, i was missing the original .tif file that photoshop creates for reference. all i did was re-upload the image to photoshop and save the new .tif original file to the location lightroom was looking at. after that, clicked find missing file, clicked on the new .tif file from photoshop, and now everything appears as it should with my previous edits.