Alternate photo library in Front Row?

So, I just bought my first Mac, use Front Row, and am a photographer. Can I browse my Aperture Library through Front Row and just not use iPhoto at all?

Yes, it will duplicate your photos. However, when you export from Aperture you can specify the quality of the jpegs. If you imported raw photos into Aperture the export will be jpeg and much smaller. But, basically yes, it will create duplicates for the iPhoto library.
Aperture is the 'pro' version of iPhoto. You can do everything and more in Aperture that you can in iPhoto - except view the photos in Front Row! As you're a photographer (and I assume purchased Aperture) then I'd start with Aperture and only export into iPhoto those photos that you want to view in FrontRow.

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