Batch Changing iPhoto File Formats

I have scanned a few thousand photos and imported them to my iPhoto library. 90% of them are saved in Photoshop format. Most of these photos have comments, locations, and face IDs, The date has been changed to the date the photo was taken.
How can I change the file format from Photoshop to JPEG and retain the data that currently exists?

What settings exactly are you using in the Export window?
There is no way to write Faces Information to a file. Simply there is no standard for sharing this information yet. The workaround is to use keywords. This is true of all Faces type technology on all systems.
If your goal is "improved response time and more stable iPhoto Library" then the changing the file format is not what you need to do. I would be looking to other things.
Can you describe the symptoms you are having?
Regards
TD

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