Apple TV doesn't see iPhoto Library in Lion

After upgrading to Lion last night, my Apple TV can't find my photos any longer.
Apple TV sees the iTunes library and my music just fine.
But it says I should reconnect to the Photo Library (even though sharing in iTunes as well as iPhoto is on).
Funny thing is, the screen saver does show all the photos.
I just can't browse them.
Anybody else having problems accessing iPhoto from AppleTV in Lion?
Suggestions anyone?

I am having similar problems. When I try to photo share between my two macs, iPhoto on my host machine crashes. Both machines are running Lion. Have not had much traction fixing this yet.
Why oh why do I upgrade my computers early?

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I have a deadline --3 days to edit 300 photos and I'm a complete amateur. iPhoto doesn't have the capability to erase parts of a face (I need to contour the neck of a mannequin to make it proportionate to the separate head I put on top of it. I'm sure Aperture must have a tool to help me do that!
Sounds more like a job for Photoshop to me
if I decide to import entire iPhoto library into Aperture will it delete my iPhoto library?
No.
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some days ago I purchased an Airport Extreme router with disk to move my iphoto library there and free space of my crowded macbook pro.
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jm

Help,
Thanks for the quick answer and for the welcome.
Yes I selected it in the iTunes sharing options (in fact several times, with resets in between just in case)
I think that it's related to the size of the library (more than 8 gb) and e fact that is in a remote disk (in the AirPort Extreme)
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iTunes does not recognize my Aperture library, and I get the following message:
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Understood. I thought perhaps the period meant that I was finished and just needed to call Apple Care and fork out the fee.
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an I now delete "iPhoto library" from my Finder, as it hopefully would always use "iPhoto library (original)" from now on? I'm thinking after I delete it, I can rename the "original" one to just "iPhoto library."
Yes and Yes.
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