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1. Re: I have photos in "collections" but lightroom says the file cannot be found… when i want to make additional alterations to the photo and click on "develop". How do I get the file back in "collections"?
walterono Nov 22, 2014 2:38 AM (in response to uluru)Within LR, right click on the directory the file is in (in the left hand panel) and select 'Synchronise Folder'. If, under 'Import Photos', there is a number other than '0', these are hopefully your missing photos. Click on 'Synchronise'. And in future, do not put photos directly into folders but import them through LR. If you don't, LR doesn't know anything about them.
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2. Re: I have photos in "collections" but lightroom says the file cannot be found… when i want to make additional alterations to the photo and click on "develop". How do I get the file back in "collections"?
elie-d Nov 22, 2014 3:14 AM (in response to uluru)Lightroom says the file cannot be found and yet the original photo is still accessible in lightroom folders
Despite what the previous poster wrote, if you see the image in the folder display and in a collection, clearly it has already been imported but apparently sometime after you imported it you moved the image or the entire folder to another location using Explorer (or Finder), thus causing LR to lose contact with it. In the Library grid view that thumbnail will have an exclamation point icon on it; click on it and a window asking if you want to re-establish contact by locating the photo will open. Click on "Locate" and a navigation box will open. Go to wherever it is that you moved the photo to and select it. If you moved several photos, check the "Find nearby missing photos" box.
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3. Re: I have photos in "collections" but lightroom says the file cannot be found… when i want to make additional alterations to the photo and click on "develop". How do I get the file back in "collections"?
uluru Nov 22, 2014 3:22 AM (in response to walterono)Thanks for your help! I am gradually getting on top of this...
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4. Re: I have photos in "collections" but lightroom says the file cannot be found… when i want to make additional alterations to the photo and click on "develop". How do I get the file back in "collections"?
uluru Nov 22, 2014 3:23 AM (in response to elie-d)Mmm…. Lightroom will be a great tool once I learn how to use it properly. Thanks for helping me!

