Cant edit photos

hello i have tried everythign suggested in tryuing to get iphoto to edit photos and i still cant get it to work.
just now i reinstalled the entire OS (10.5) and installed ilife08 i imported one folder of jpegs (about 2000 images) all the thumbnails work and when i click on the edit button and make changes the thumbnail is updated with the changes but there is no image in the edit view.
this is now ridiculous... i did a clean install of the OS, ran all software updates, then installed ilife and installed all updates then imported the images (no raw images, jpegs that were exported out of aperture)
this is getting really annoying and i am spending far more time on this than i really want to. It seems to be a somewhat widespread problem, and yet there is no solution to it.

Thomas:
Your iPhoto Advanced preferences pane looks like this, right? What do you see in the edit view, an exclamation mark ( ! ) or a blank white window? The ! indicates that iPhoto has lost the link to the original file. The blank white window can mean no access privileges to the original. If it's the latterdownload and run BatChmod on the iPhoto Library folder with the settings shown here, putting your administrator login name, long or short, in the owner and group sections. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field.
If your getting the "!" in the window try rebuilding the library with iPhoto LIbrary Manager as follows:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 -Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 -Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your User/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File->Rebuild Library menu option
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: It may take some time to create the new library if you have a lot of photos. Report back on how long it took and how many photos you have in the library so we can give other users an idea of how long it may take.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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