Automatically Importing Photos from Finder to iPhoto '11

Hi there,
I save all of my photos to folders on my Drive. I'd like to set up my iPhoto '11 to automatically import photos from these folders to iPhoto each time I add a new photo, the way Picasa does. The only glitch is, I want to have the photos listed as Albums and not events. I was able to import my photos to iPhoto translating my folder names to Album names (using Automator) but am unable to get it to work automatically. Each time I add a photo to my folder on my drive, nothing happens...I would have to manually add each photo to iPhoto.
Help with keeping it automatic and keeping folders as Albums?

If the Automator action is working for you manually you can turn it into a Folder Action which will fire each time a new file is added to the folder.
When you create the Automator action there is a template to create Folder actions. Create new action as a Folder action and add the you're Automator code to it.

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