Help in duplicating photos in iPhoto

I cannot duplicate a photo unless I'm within the main iPhoto library (i.e., does not work within an album). When I then duplicate, my screen goes back to the entire library instead of those from which I selected, requiring me to reselect. It is not an impossible task, but takes time. Has this been upgraded? Is it a bug? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks.

Terence, thanks for your response. I tried what you suggested and it worked... somewhat. When I used "Events," the selected images did return without my having to reselect, although the return screen required me to scroll around to relocate the image. There have been occasions, perhaps with a different version of iPhoto, whereby the duplicated image returned side by side with its original. Do you have any thoughts on that? This may sound a bit fussy, but little quirks like this slow me up when I am working on a major order. Thanks again, Al

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berrett.rice wrote:
Two problems: One is that duplicating photos in iPhoto doesn't always work. Usually when I highlight a photo and select "Duplicate" I get a new version of the photo. Sometimes it does nothing at all, and other times it take me out of the event that I'm viewing making it so that I have to go back in and find the photo (which takes time. Are there updates or work-arounds for these problems?
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2 - This is the bigger one. I select a photo and choose "Edit in external editor", Photoshop opens with the photo that I'm editing right there. Beautiful! But then I make my edits and try to save it under a different name (Save As) -- Where did the photo go? Isn't there a way to get it to save back into the iPhoto library? Or do I have to save to my desktop and reimport it (which creates a new event, so I then have to drag back to the original event.... big hassle).
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