Can albums be shared within iPhoto on 2 Macs?

We'd like to share iPhoto albums between 2 iPhoto applications on 2 computers. I download the images from the camera to my Powerbook, but my wife wants access to these images in her own iPhoto app on her Powerbook when I'm gone. She wants to be able to share the photos from her own iPhoto.
Is this what Photocast does or am I misinterpreting that? If not, how can this be done? Can you import via a local network from another iPhoto?
Thanks!

Hi Andrew,
you can use iPhoto sharing, but both users must have iPhoto open.
Here are my links on sharing, and also some links on sharing one iPhoto Library on the same computer. I think the best bet for you is to put the library on an external drive and both you and your wife can access it. The info for this is in the iPhoto Library Manager link documentation page for "sharing libraries"
SHARING IPHOTO LIBRARIES
Sharing libraries between users on the same local network
You can also share a library on the same machine between users the same way.
Sharing libraries between users on the same machine...
-both users must have sharing enabled in their iPhoto Preferences
-both users must be logged in and have iPhoto running
-Remember that you can only view the other library. You can't edit the photos or play the saved slideshows or view the made books or burn them to CD or DVD. The books and slideshows will show up as an album. You can play that album as an "on the fly" slideshow. You can drag images from the sharing library to your library in the source column to import them to your library. You can then edit, add to albums, books, slideshow, etc.
Sharing links from Apple....
Sharing your photos between computers
About shared photos
Turning off photo sharing
Looking for shared photos
SHARING ONE IPHOTO LIBRARY BETWEEN USERS ON SAME MACHINE
You can try one of these three methods:
1- Use iPhoto Library Manager-the paid version
The documentation page will give instructions on how it is done.
2- Sharing one iPhoto library between several users on one machine
3- Share an iPhoto Library in tiger Using ACL's
4- I have also read about ShareAlike
There is no other info on the site about how it works.
I strongly urge anyone wanting to try any of the methods for sharing one iPhoto Library folder among more than one user to backup all iPhoto Library folders before attemptin anything.

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