Green shield on images in "My Photos"

[H***@adobeforums.com]

I recently added a larger storage disc to my computer. I moved all the images from "My Pictures" to the new storage disc to create more space or room on the "C" disc. After doing so, little green shields were added to each image in PD.4.0, and when attempting to access any of the green shielded images, a message comes up saying this image is unavailable. Does anyone know how I can access the images on the "My Photos" area with no green shield so they can be used. Thanks so much. (Computer illiterate)
PhotoDeluxe 4.0
Windows XP Home Edition
Gateway Computer, 1500 PC
Intel 1500MHz Pentium 4
512MB RDRAM
40GB 7M Ultra ATA Hard Drive
160GB newly installed storage disc (Seagate)
HP Photosmart 1215 printer

[D***@adobeforums.com]

Hi,
If you right-click one of the unavailable images, does "Properties" provide
any useful information?

Such as... has the file type changed or is the image locked, protected or
compressed? Can you access other files on the 2nd HD?

Is the 2nd HD (the Seagate?) internal or external?

Don

Post by H***@adobeforums.com
I recently added a larger storage disc to my computer. I moved all the

images from "My Pictures" to the new storage disc to create more space or
room on the "C" disc. After doing so, little green shields were added to
each image in PD.4.0, and when attempting to access any of the green
shielded images, a message comes up saying this image is unavailable. Does
anyone know how I can access the images on the "My Photos" area with no
green shield so they can be used. Thanks so much. (Computer illiterate)

Post by H***@adobeforums.com
PhotoDeluxe 4.0
Windows XP Home Edition
Gateway Computer, 1500 PC
Intel 1500MHz Pentium 4
512MB RDRAM
40GB 7M Ultra ATA Hard Drive
160GB newly installed storage disc (Seagate)
HP Photosmart 1215 printer

[W***@adobeforums.com]

The thumbnail images in the MY PHOTOS windows of PDv4 are actually graphical links to the original image files. By moving the image files, you broke the link to the original storage location and thus you see the 'green shield', meaning the file cannot be found.

However, that "MY PHOTOS" window with PDv4 is actually linked to the original Adobe image manager, Adobe ActiveShare, and was installed when you installed PDv4.

Here's are some possible workarounds:

1. Get and use the new image manager, Adobe Photoshop Album. Use the "get files" function and navigate to the new location, thus creating new thumbnails within PSA. Photoshop Album can easily be configured to edit images using PhotoDeluxe. Thus, as you edit images, changes are updated in the image manager, PSA.

2. The harder way, is to open Adobe ActiveShare. You will see the familiar albums, like "MY PHOTOS". But the image links probably don't work because you moved the image files outside of the image manager. So, Delete the current albums (termed 'catalogs'), recreate them by either one of two methods:
Method 1: use the IMPORT function (preferred), to create new thumbnails of your images residing in their current new location. However, doing this method actually COPIES the image file to a subfolder of the ActiveShare folder. So you will end up with two copies of everything, however this method is great when IMPORTING from a digicam card.

Method 2: using Windows Explorer, highlight all thumbnails and click and drag to the appropriate Adobe ActiveShare album. This will create links to the original location.

I prefer Method 1, as all images are kept in tight control by ActiveShare, in very specific locations. Using Method 2, images within a single album may reside all over the place and in no particular location, where they get accidentally deleted or moved!

Your better off with Photoshop Album! As much as I loved ActiveShare, it's time to make the move.

"Let the image manager manage the images!"

Best regards,
Walt

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