Can I Use The iPhoto4 "Picture Browser" Without Copying The Photos?

I use Photoshop Elements 2 for serious editing.
However, I find the Browser rather pathetic (small and slow) compared with iPhoto4's.
iPhoto's picture viewer is really excellent, enabling me to view albums at any size virtually instantly.
Unfortunately, to view my pictures in iPhoto I have to Import (copy) them, and this wastes HD space etc.
Is there any way of viewing them without needing to make further copies? (Photoshop of course has this facility but one is limited to fairly small thumbnails and a maximum of around 500 or so images in one "album" before it refuses to display any more. Scrolling etc. is also very slow).
Ian.

Hi Bad Apple,
There is no way to get around iPhoto copying the photos into it's own database UNLESS you upgrade to iPhoto 6. iPhoto 6 will let you use your own folder structure.
From the iPhoto 6 Help menu:
Using advanced options when importing from a hard disk
By default, iPhoto copies photos imported from your hard disk, leaving the originals in their original location and making duplicates for use in the iPhoto library.
However, if you already have an extensive collection of photos saved on your computer and you prefer to leave your photos in their current file structure, you can choose to have iPhoto point to your original photo files instead of copying them in iPhoto. Either way, you can still make full use of iPhoto.
If there is no color profile embedded in a photo viewed in iPhoto (many digital cameras do not include a color profile with an image), iPhoto temporarily assigns a ColorSync profile that helps display the photo properly within the application. If your photo already has a color profile embedded, iPhoto will use that color profile.
To set advanced options for photos imported from your hard disk:
Choose iPhoto > Preferences
Click Advanced.
Select or deselect "Copy files to iPhoto Library folder when adding to library."
Deselecting this option means that iPhoto will not duplicate photos when importing them into the application, but will leave them in their original files on your computer. When you edit these images in iPhoto, however, the edited versions will be saved in the iPhoto library, not your original files. Your original files remain untouched.
If you selected "Copy files," select or deselect "Add ColorSync profile."
The profile assigned will usually be "cameraRGB," an Apple-specific version of the commonly used sRGB, which allows image colors to map more closely to Apple monitors. If your image file settings specify the use of Adobe RGB, iPhoto assigns that profile. If another color profile is already embedded, iPhoto uses the profile provided.
In the Advanced pane, you can also make changes to your RAW-file options, by choosing to save your edited RAW photos in iPhoto as TIFF files or using RAW files with an external editor, such as Adobe Photoshop.

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