Inside Lightroom

Finding Missing Files

Need more help with Lightroom? This article is an excerpt from Mikkel Aaland's Photoshop Lightroom Adventure.

Missing files can occur when you are not connected to an external source that contains your files or if move your files to another directory. If Lightroom can't locate a file, you get a warning question mark icon (circled) in the thumbnail frame.

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What should you do? Start by clicking on the question mark. This will bring up this screen. Select Locate and navigate to your files in the directory. Use the directories search function to help. If you are missing multiple files from one location, all you need to do is locate one of the files: Lightroom will automatically link to the others.

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You can also see at a glance all the files that are missing by looking in the Navigator panel, in the Library pane.

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Mikkel Aaland is a professional photographer whose pioneering work in digital photography dates back to 1981. He is the author of nine books including the bestselling Photoshop Elements Solutions and O'Reilly's acclaimed Photoshop Lightroom Adventure. Visit his website at http://www.shooting-digital.com.

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• Missing original source files
  2008-10-25 07:34:31  JoeMcC [View]
  
  
  I imported photos from a "memory stick" but have lost that particular "stick". Since I can view the photos on my "Library", they must reside somewhere on my "C" drive; how can I access them to create a new path??

• Missing original source files
  2008-10-25 07:34:18  JoeMcC [View]
  
  
  I imported photos from a "memory stick" but have lost that particular "stick". Since I can view the photos on my "Library", they must reside somewhere on my "C" drive; how can I access them to create a new path??