Does iPhoto '06 have better editing tools?

I've read that iPhoto '06 has better editing tools than '05. Could someone explain?
Is the Retouch tool's brush still so large it can't be used on small blemishes?
Does the red eye work any better?
Is there any way to adjust the shadows and the highlights separately? Or, ideally, is there something like the shadow/highlights tool from Photoshop?
thanks,
John

John,
The Retouch brush appears to be the same size. However it is much more effective than it was in 5. Tiny wipe clear up blemishes. Clicking on a blemish used to effect it very mildly. Now clicking on a blemish twice clears it up.
Red-eye is rock solid. It appears to be even better than it was in iPhoto 4.
The Adjust dashboard did not change, so you don't have anymore contols than the B/W sliders, Exposure, Contrast and Brightness.
Effects Dashboard was added. It's limited: BW, Sepia, Antique, Saturate, Desaturate, Matte, Vignette, and Edge Blur.
The MakerNote bug that slowed launching and shutdown of iPhoto 5 appears to have been fixed in 6.
So there's not a lot new, but it does what it's supposed to do much better.
Kevin

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