Can't access iPhoto '08 library but can see pictures

Greetings. I just upgraded from a PPC G5iMac running Tiger to a new iMac Intel running Snow Leopard. I backed up my computer using SuperDuper to an external hard drive. I reinstalled my pics by dragging the photo library to User/Pictures and replaced the iPhoto Library with my older copy of iPhoto '06 I was using. I didn't open iPhoto until I had done this. All the pictures, folders, events, etc are there and I can see them just fine. But I can't copy/paste or send pictures via email. The emails are blank. When I tried to copy/paste the message said that the files could be copied to this clipboard because they may have been deleted. My iPhoto is updated now to the latest version. Repairing the iPhoto Library had no effect. I tried to creat a new library but the iTunes library was grayed out as an option. I have read/write access so don't know what to do next. Thanks in advance!!

Do not import one Library to another. You'll lose all your albums, events, keywords etc and end up with a mess od duplicates and triplicates.
Select one of the affected photos in the iPhoto Window and right click on it. From the resulting menu select 'Show File (or 'Show Original File' if that's available). A Finder Window should open with the file selected. Does it?
Regards
TD

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Yes you can do this
In Finder you can right click the iPhoto library and choose 'show package contents'.
but you shouldn't.
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*For users of 10.4 and later* ...
Many internet sites such as Flickr and SmugMug have plug-ins for accessing the iPhoto Library. If the site you want to use doesn’t then some, one or any of these will also work:
To upload to a site that does not have an iPhoto Export Plug-in the recommended way is to Select the Pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export and export the pic to the desktop, then upload from there. After the upload you can trash the pic on the desktop. It's only a copy and your original is safe in iPhoto.
This is also true for emailing with Web-based services. However, if you're using Gmail you can use iPhoto2GMail
If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
*If you want to access the files with iPhoto not running*:
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All of these are a: faster and b: safer than rooting around in the folders of the Library package
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TD

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