Changes in Library AND Finder?

Ok so I'm new to iPhoto.. and here's my problem... when I make changes in the iPhoto library, like adjusting colour, cropping, or even duplicating pictures, no changes take place in the folder where the pictures orginially came from (in finder). Why?
Because iPhoto is a database and the changes are to the photos in its database - it does not ever do anything to your files (including the source photos) outside of iPhoto
And is there a way to make it so?
No
This means tht when I want to email those retouched pictures, I can't, because they're in iPhoto and not in the Finder.
That is right - there are Many ways to access them safely and correctly - click here for a discussion of correct was to access your photos.
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I have finished organizing a sizable amount of music and am now worried about turning Match on again in fear that it will screw up my entire library.
I do this about once every 5 years or so where I spend a lot of time organizing my music, photos, etc... I just wish that for once I would have technology that wouldn't make it a nightmare.
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2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
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