Deleting originals

I've searched the forum to find an answer to my question and it seems like I'm not the only one.
So I was wondering if someone knows how to delete originals after you've edited pictures in iPhoto. I only rotate pictures, and it's very annoying that it takes up twice the space.
  Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

The only way to do that without damaging the library is to export the rotated version to the desktop, reimport and then delete the first version from within iPhoto. OR, rotate them before importing with an application like QuickImage which is a contextual menu application. You can preview and do some minimal editng on images by Control-clicking on them. Then import to iPhoto.

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