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Reconnecting Lost Edits

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Lost Edits look like a triangle with an exclamation sign

Luminar Neo attempts to accurately track both the edits applied to an image and its location on your hard drive or network. However, it is possible for an image to go missing. This typically happens for one of the following reasons:

  • Luminar Neo was closed when you moved an image to another folder

  • Luminar Neo was closed when you renamed an image or folder

  • You moved an image at the Finder/Explorer level to a different location that isn’t in your Luminar Neo library.

  • You unplugged or removed a hard drive or memory card that was in use.

The application may not know where the source file is stored if this happens. In this case, the photos will be added to a particular album called Lost Edits.

This shortcut only appears when images are lost. You will not see it unless there are missing pictures. Luminar still has a thumbnail image and a set of instructions that can be reconnected.

How to reconnect images in the Lost Edits folder

If the Lost Edits album appears, you should repair the connection promptly.

  1. Locate the Lost Edits shortcut in the Catalog panel.

  2. Click on the Lost Edits shortcut to see the missing images.

  3. Right-click on the desired image and choose Locate Image.

  4. A new navigation window opens.

  5. Navigate to the new location where the file is stored.

  6. Click the Select Folder button to relink the file(s).

The images will reconnect and once again be accessible in your Catalog:

  • If the chosen folder is already in your Catalog, all edits are transferred to the selected image(s). The images are automatically removed from the Lost Edits shortcut. If multiple images are in the same folder, their Lost Edits will also be resolved.

  • If the selected folder is not in your Catalog – the new folder is added to your Luminar Catalog, and all edits are transferred to the image(s). The images are automatically removed from the Lost Edits shortcut. If multiple images are in the same folder, their Lost Edits will also be resolved.

Matching Criteria

In order for the selected photos to reconnect, Luminar checks 3 parameters for the selected images.

  • Source file name

  • Image dimensions in pixels

  • Original creation date

If all three properties match, the image will reconnect automatically. However, it is still possible to reconnect if the file name is changed as long as the image dimensions and creation date still match. If these properties do not match, you will receive an alert that Image (image_name) is not found in the selected folder and the folder cannot be added.

Once a photo is matched, the following occurs:

  • If all photos from the Lost Edits shortcut are located, the shortcut disappears from the shortcuts list.

  • All attributes are transferred and are available for the selected photos.

  • If there were multiple images from the same folder in Lost Edits > all these images will be located and added to the Library.

  • For Raw+JPEG files, these will also be reconnected

Reconnecting Lost Folder

As you work with folders and hard drives, it’s possible that images may move from time to time. For example, if an external hard drive is unmounted or disconnected, the folders linked to that hard drive will be grayed out. When you open those folders, you’ll still see image thumbnails and be able to set flags for the images. However, you won’t be able to edit or move those images while the drive is offline.

To bring these folders back online, simply reconnect or remount the external hard drive, and Luminar Neo will re-establish its link with the folders. Once reconnected, folders will no longer be grayed out, and you can edit and organize the images within them as usual.

In case you moved/renamed the folders while Luminar Neo was inactive, please follow the steps below in order to reconnect the Luminar Neo catalog with the folder(s):

1. Go to the Catalog tab (in the top-bar menu);

2. Right-click the folder with an exclamation mark next to it;

3. Choose Locate Folder from the drop-down menu:

4. In the window that opens, find and select the necessary folder.

Tips for working with folders and images:

  • To avoid breaking links to folders, move, rename, and organize any folders linked to your Catalog while Luminar Neo is running.

  • Rename master folders in Luminar Neo and not in File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (macOS).

  • Remember that relocating and renaming folders in Luminar Neo directly affects those folders on your hard drive.

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