Film Strip working overtime in Lr4.

[RayH]

Today I noticed that one of the Folders I opened had, side by side, in the film strip, the original (unedited) photo and the edited photos with their various Badges (132 instead of 61 photos). So far I haven't found the way to return to the normal single photo with it's various editing Badges that I prefer.

Never had this problem and hope someone can help me get things back to normal - and suggest what I may have done to cause the surprise.

Ray

[MrsNikon]

Ray, is it your practice to create a Virtual Copies? I'm assuming this based on what you wrote. You would have your original (unedited) image and then a virtual copy or copies where you had made changes in the develop module. If that is the case, I am wondering if you had your images in "Stacks" and somehow selected them all and selected "Unstack". Unstacking would show them all displayed in the filmstrip. You know you have images Stacked when one image has a number with a little box around it indicating the number of images in the stack.

[RayH]

Ray, is it your practice to create a Virtual Copies? I'm assuming this based on what you wrote. You would have your original (unedited) image and then a virtual copy or copies where you had made changes in the develop module. If that is the case, I am wondering if you had your images in "Stacks" and somehow selected them all and selected "Unstack". Unstacking would show them all displayed in the filmstrip. You know you have images Stacked when one image has a number with a little box around it indicating the number of images in the stack.

MrsNikon: Thanks for the reply. In order of your Comments/Questions: No, since the time of the Beta for Lr1- I never knowingly imported to create Virtual Copies - your description (I believe) is what I see in the Film Strip i.e.: the original followed by the edited file.
I've (honestly and with some chagrin) never used "Stacking". SO, I do (now) see a small circle on each image which I assume identifies stackable images. Selecting a side by side "Pair" they go into a stack and I see a 2.
I've just been unsuccessful in attaching 2 screenshots of these files in the Finder but was unable to position them after download - I'm out of time now and have decided to send this part of my response with a question. Must Stacking be done by each pair or is there a more efficient way?

My Thanks to you.
Ray

[clee01l]

Files named "...DSC0098.DNG" and "...DSC0098-2.DNG" indicate the the same file was copied to the folder twice by the OS. Often this occurs because the user has imported the same image twice and did not have "Don't Import Suspected Duplicates" checked on the import dialog. Could this have happened to you?

[MrsNikon]

Ray, after reading your response and seeing your screen shot, my hunch of virtual copies and stacks was a reach. I agree with Cletus, after looking at your screen shot you have imported the same image twice.

[TNG]

Must Stacking be done by each pair or is there a more efficient way?

In the Menu bar, Photo>Stacking>Collapse All Stacks will, well, collapse the stacks so that only the top image of each stack is shown in the grid. To expand all the stacks so that all stacked images are shown you would do Photo>Stacking>Expand All Stacks.