File formats in iPhoto

I use a Canon camera that captures photos in JPEG, so that's the format my image files are in in iPhoto. If I edit them using Elements can I save them back to iPhoto as TIFFs? or do they have to be JPEGs?
Thanks
Greg

Greg
No and yes. No, if you use Elements as your External editor, it will be saved back into iPhoto as a jpeg. Yes: The workaround would be to use the Save As command in Elements to save them as tiffs to the desktop and then import them into iPhoto.
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TD

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My thanks to responders.

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