Create Thumbnails from photos in iPhoto11

I have tried to activate photo stream in iOS 5 however, my photos in iPhoto11 are too large to upload and take too long.
Is there a way to create thumbnails of my photos that I could upload to photo stream.
Thanks

It's a nuisance, but thanks for your advice.
I am begining to have concerns about space on my Mac due to iphoto!
I can move the library to my Nas server. It is then my intention to set up a new iphoto library on my Mac. If I deselct the "copy items to the iphoto library in preference" will this affect me in the future if I choose to merge the iphoto libraries in the future?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
Keith

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