Aperture 3 & iPhoto - How to add photos w/o putting them into the library

Hey Guys,
I want to know if there is a way of using iPhoto or Aperture without having to store my photos into their library.
I've been traditionally keeping my photos in my "Pictures" album by adding folders and numbering them accordingly to keep track of my albums. Because some times I edit stuff and what not, their dates are often modified and thus when I drop them into iPhoto or Aperture's library, it screws up the order of my folders. Hence I've never really gone around using iPhoto and Aperture.
I'm currently using Picasa only because it allows me to "link" my photos to it's application instead of having to dump all of it's photos physically into a library of its own. Besides though, Picasa's functions aren't all that fantastic.
Is there a way for Aperture or iPhoto to do the same thing so I can keep to my own method of handling my photo albums, and yet benefit from iPhoto or Aperture's editing functions?
For reference, this is how I keep my pictures.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VCQcabAM1aI/THXRACXyCAI/AAAAAAAAIJU/NPpVMJQw7mI/Folder.jpg
Andrew

Andrew
I don't think you've grasped Aperture or iPhoto. Both are Digital Asset Managers. Neither are photo editors, which seems to be what you want.
Specifically
Does this mean I can still edit a picture
Yes.
a) save it as a new file,
Not without exporting first - and frankly, why would you bother waste the disk space. Further, these apps are Managers, the point is that you access the photos via the iPhoto or Aperture application, not the Finder. It's a bit like AddressBook. That's your address manager, it makes no sense to try and root around in the Application Support Folder to access and address because the +access point+ to this information is the AddressBook window.
b) save over the original picture?
Neither app will do this. The +entire point+ of these applications is to preserve the Original as a "Digitial Negative" and not to ever change this.
If you want to directly edit the photos then you need a photo editor like Photoshop.
Regards
TD

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