Iphoto updating the thumbnail cache

I recently installed ilife 06 and I had just moved all my photos over to my recently purchased power mac, and when I opened up iphoto it said it needed to update the thumbnail cache or something like that. Now when I open a photo even outside of iphoto all the images are much smaller in pixel size. Before I did the cache update the photos were very clear in full screen now they are blury. Also I used to have raw images before the update and now they aren't marked as raw anymore. Is it possible to change this or are the images going to be stuck small? Also i do have a power book g4 with the same photos on it and it never asked to update the cache.
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nbetham
I copied the files over the network from the iphoto folder on my old computer.
The correct way to do that is to copy the entire iPhoto Library Folder as a unit to the new machine, then let iPhoto update it.
Have a look inside your iPhoto Library Folder - in there you should have three main folders
Originals are the photos as they were downloaded from your camera or scanner.
(ii) Modified contains edited pics, shots that you have cropped, rotated or changed in any way.
(iii) Data holds the thumbnails the the app needs to show you the photos in the iPhoto Window.
Check inside the Originals folder. You'll find it contains Roll Folders and your pics should be inside them Try open some with Preview - are they full sized pics? What file sizes are reported in the Finder?
Regards
TD

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