Edits in iPhoto not showing up on file

I've made some changes using a few of the edit functions in iPhoto. The changes seem to appear when the photo is displayed in smaller views using the slider, but when I double click on the image, only the original shows up. Are the edits not saved? I've tried copying the image with the changes and then pasting it to an SD drive, but, again, it's only the original that's being copied. Another odd behavior is that even when the original is displayed on the screen, when I click "Edit" the changes I made previously suddenly appear...so they are saved somewhere.
Do I have to manually save a new version or something?
Help!

Try trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder.
(On 10.7: Hold the option (or alt) key while clicking on the Go menu in Finder to access the User Library)
(Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
What's the plist file?
For new users: Every application on your Mac has an accompanying plist file. It records certain User choices. For instance, in your favourite Word Processor it remembers your choice of Default Font, on your Web Browser is remembers things like your choice of Home Page. It even recalls what windows you had open last if your app allows you to pick up from where you left off last. The iPhoto plist file remembers things like the location of the Library, your choice of background colour, whether you are running a Referenced or Managed Library, what preferences you have for autosplitting events and so on. Trashing the plist file forces the app to generate a new one on the next launch, and this restores things to the Factory Defaults. Hence, if you've changed any of these things you'll need to reset them. If you haven't, then no bother. Trashing the plist file is Mac troubleshooting 101.

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We had probs with some links to originals (dotted line, questionmark) and exporting originals to Mail or onto the desktop – these issues could be related to the missing links, though – I don´t know).
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Process:
iPhoto [2588]
Path:
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Identifier:
com.apple.iPhoto
Version:
9.2.1 (9.2.1)
Build Info:
iPhotoProject-628000000000000~3
Code Type:
X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [2471]
Date/Time:
2012-01-22 11:11:23.578 +1300
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Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version: 6
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Interval Since Last Report:
225 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:
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Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 3 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   1
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