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Orphan Photos

Resolve Orphan Photos Using Repair Tools or by Deleting Them

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Orphaned photos are images that haven’t been assigned to a specific photo series in your project. This means they won’t appear in any galleries until they’re properly sorted.


​Here’s how to handle them:

  • Still uploading? You can ignore the orphans for now and revisit them once your upload is complete.

  • Prioritize urgent tasks first before returning to clean up orphaned photos.

  • Check processing status — Ensure the project has completed processing by checking the Task Progress meter.

  • Check your Project Indexing settings to ensure they match how you intend to organize your photos.

  • Use the Keyframe Repair Tool to group them into a new series.

  • Recognize a subject? Use the Move Photo Series tool to place the image into the correct series.

  • Delete them if they don’t belong in this project.

Snapizzi will highlight issues by turning the Diagnose & Remedy button and the Orphan Photos tab red, so they’re easy to spot.

Step #1: Click on the "Orphan Photos" view.
Step #2: Select the images. Then you can choose to resolve them, using the Repair Tools, or Delete them from the project altogether.


Repair Tools


Keyframe Repair

Use this tool if a camera card is unable to be read by Snapizzi and your subject (and their camera card photo) is in the previous subject's gallery.

Move Photos

Use this tool to move photos from one gallery to another. This is particularly helpful if a camera card was missed before a subject photo, causing the photo series to appear within the previous subject gallery. This tool allows you to easily move the photos to the correct gallery when the target subject exists in the database.

Delete Photos

Use this tool to delete selected photos from an existing gallery.

Add New Subject with Photos

Use this tool when you need to create a new subject that wasn’t previously in the database and whose photos were mistakenly placed in another subject's gallery due to a missing camera card. This feature allows you to easily transfer the photos to a newly created subject gallery.

Add New Group with Photos

Use this tool when you need to create a new group that wasn’t previously in the database and whose photos were mistakenly placed in another group's gallery due to a missing camera card. This feature allows you to easily transfer the photos to a newly created group gallery.

Add Photos

Use this tool to add photos to the selected gallery.



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