Lightroom: loosing history when importing

[brianw]

I have installed the new Beta for Lightroom 4. It is unable to use or import from the existing LR3 catalog so I've had to create a new one.

I find that, as I've previously commented on forums, although the most recent adjustments have been applied, I've lost the history and also attributes such as flags and ratings.

No one seems to understand what I mean but I can't explain it any more clearly!

I would like to find a way to restore the history or record of adjustments for each image. They must be saved somewhere as LR3 had them. Could anyone advise please?

Here is the history I'm referring to:

 

[Craikeybaby]

The reason you cannot import your LR3 catalog is that this is a beta product for testing, it is not finished so catalogs may not be compatible with the full version etc.

In Lightroom 3, flags are not persistent, an image could be flagged in one collection, but not another. I understand this is changing in Lightroom 4. However, stars should get carried across (and indeed did in my testing).

The history of edits is stored in Lightroom's catalog (which you cannot import to the beta, but will be able to when you buy the full version) the XMP sidecar file/DNG file only supports storing the current state of the image, rather than how you got there.

How are you importing files into Lightroom 4 Beta? Are you referencing the same files as Lightroom 3 (not a good idea) or have you copied them to a test folder?

If you are referencing copied test files and are sure that the files have got the star rating that is being missed, make sure you let Adobe know, as this is the sort of thing that a beta test is for.