Aperture and iLife

I'm in day four of my 30 day freebie. I'm a dedicated amateur with current library of 4,000 images and ambitious plans for further growth.
I plan to locate Aperture's Library on an external HDD dedicated to it and want to have Aperture manage my master image files. It looks like Aperture can handle any of my image correction needs except something requiring layers (in which case I'd expect to get Elements once Adobe publishes the UB version).
I really like iLife's "family products." So far, I've only used iPhoto and only for its great slide shows with iTunes music. I've seen, however, the other good stuff in iLife and I'd like to explore what I can produce for family enjoyment there. I'm a recent convert from Windows, and this "free" add-in to my iMac has brought "fun" back to my computer experience.
Question: given my plans for Aperture, will I still retain easy access for my images to use in these iLife suite applications? If I can enjoy Aperture's image control and correction features without losing the seamless connection to iLife's goodies, I'll be a really happy camper.
Thanks.

Question: given my plans for Aperture, will I still retain easy access for my images to use in these iLife suite applications? If I can enjoy Aperture's image control and correction features without losing the seamless connection to iLife's goodies, I'll be a really happy camper.
OK, be HAPPY!
Yes. Everything from sync'ing to an iPod through iPhoto slideshows, iWeb and iMovie etc. even Pages and Keynote.
iLife and iWork direct integration via the media browser within those apps. (or drag 'n drop to any application) are supported if you have Previews generated in Aperture. Previews are ready-built JPG's .... set the quality/resolution and check for iLife integration in Aperture Prefs.
BTW> TIP: Don't set Prefs. to automatically create with new projects. Rather, once you've finished editing a project, right click the project name and select "generate previews" (Previews sap the strength out of Aperture if you have them running while you edit.)
G.

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