Backing up library/photos using Retrospect. Copy the whole thing?

I use retrospect as my backup program. I backup a bunch of my macs and drives this way.
However, I am now going to use it to backup just the iPhoto library on one mac. The library file says it's 114 gigs in size. But I can't see the actual picture files, just the single big file. When I go to do a backup, Retrospect is going to copy all 114 gigs the first time. Then what NORMALLY would happen, is just the files I've added or changed since the last backup, would then be backed up. But since Retrospect is going to see this monster library file as one file, adding even one photo to it is going cause the entire 114+ gigs to be backed up again and again and again, thus filling up my 1TB drive in less than 10 backups.
I can tell Retrospect to not append the files, but to start over every time, wiping out the previous giant file, but that kind of deletes the purpose of retrospect - the ability to go back in time and pull files that have been deleted, or changed.
I guess my question is, is there anyone who knows how to get Retrospect to go into the library and backup the thousands of individual files as if they were in a regular folder?
Does this make sense?

I had a Time Machine, but I have many external drives, and must have off-site backups, so it got to be a pain, I outgrew it quickly.
I did some research, and I don't see anywhere that Retrospect does incremental backups with a Mac Package file. I have version 6, and they have a new 8, but none of the support docs mention Packages.
So, I don't know. I'd really hate to have to use 2 separate strategies to backup properly. I want to hit one "go" command and walk away and know everything is copied properly.
But at least I know now. Thanks.

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