Freeing up room on my hard drive, which has too many pictures on it

I have the MacBook Air, and have maxed out my hard drive with 3500 pictures. I've been advised to transfer my pictures to DVD's, which I have done. Now what do I do? Do I delete the originals from the iPhoto Library? I'm really nervous about messing up my iPhoto and losing picture viewing capabilities. Any advice on how to free up my hard drive, and still be able to view pictures?

ncbells:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Another possible solution would be to put your full library on the EHD and have a smaller library on the Air. The Air library could have the more recent or needed files to take on the road.
With the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager you can copy Events or Albums between libraries and keep the keywords, titles and comments intact. That way you can keep the EHD library updated with any photos you obtained while on the road so to speak and have the Air library contain just those photos you need at the moment.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

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Restart in Safe Mode:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564?viewlocale=en_US
Empty the trash.
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Empty the Trash.
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http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.html
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