help wanted

tommya

hello all
i am new to the site and already in a fix.
i have downloaded photos to my pc . for some reason when
i have tried to edit it comes up as missing files and starts
searching but never finds any of the prints.
if i have deleted them is there anyway i can get them back?
when i am going through photoshop the image is there but not to edit.
where am i going wrong

challengemaster

tommya wrote: »

i have downloaded photos to my pc .

I sure hope not someone elses photos.. otherwise you would be (probably) violating copyright laws..

tommya

no the prints are mine
a recent wedding and some landscapes around loughshinny
rush and skerries . is there somewhere in the history of the computer
where i can retrieve them

rymus

Tommya, how did you download them to the PC? Did you use specific software (i.e. software that came with your camera)?

PopeBuckfastXVI

Check your recycle bin to see if they're there?

Also run a search on your PC (start -> find/search -> files and folders) and look for files named *.jpg

This will find every jpg on your computer.

If they don't show up in either the recycle bin or that search then they're most likely gone (unless your camera uses a different format than jpg)

tommya

i downloaded from my camera onto adobe photoshop
I have deleted some others from the same download but the lot seem to
have been effected .Where did i go wrong and how can
i put it right

rymus

I'd start by checking if the photos are still on the card. Pop the card back into the camera and have a look at the preview mode. If they're still on it, just try the transfer again.

tommya

I think they are lost for good
When i look through the thumbnail the image is there
at the bottom of the image there is a small icon
it is a red square with a rip through the middle
what does it mean

siobhan.murphy

I saw my cousin use a "liquidity" function on his laptop when I downloaded my photos on his pc,how can I get that function on my pc so I can reduce the size of my fat arms in recent wedding pics befor I send them to my friends:D

decsramble

tommya wrote: »

I think they are lost for good
When i look through the thumbnail the image is there
at the bottom of the image there is a small icon
it is a red square with a rip through the middle
what does it mean

Elements keeps a thumbnail database that loads even if the file is missing. I keep all my photos on external harddrives (with backups ) and when I start Elements without the drive I see the icon and edit mode wont load since it needs the full file.

I suppose it is possible your catalog is messed up. You'll need to search the harddrive for the files. Perhaps you could use something like Picassa and tell it to search the whole machine. You'll get lots of junk but you'll be able to search through the results quickly.

Finally even if the files were deleted from the card you might still be able to restore them if nothing has been written on top of them. There should be software available to do it but since I've never used any I dont know what to recomment.

Thirdfox

siobhan.murphy wrote: »

I saw my cousin use a "liquidity" function on his laptop when I downloaded my photos on his pc,how can I get that function on my pc so I can reduce the size of my fat arms in recent wedding pics befor I send them to my friends:D

What a strange question (in the context of this thread)...

Anyway - you're probably referring to the "liquify" function in Adobe Photoshop CS2 and CS3.

The programme costs a few hundred euro though...

siobhan.murphy

ok.thanks anyway!

tommya

i have tried looking through the hard drive to no avail
i will try a few other things tomorrow if i still have no luck
it will teach me an expensive lesson
Thanks for your help