How can I keep only the photos i like in my hard drive ?

lets say i download 10 pictures from my camera to my library.
i dont like five and send them to my trash bin.
then i modify them all five and everything looks allright in my iphoto library.
And then i go to my hard drive and i have 20 photos!
but i only want in my hard drive the five i previously chose and modified and are in my library.

Hello, giru san,
Welcome to the discussions.
First, I think you need to understand a bit of how iPhoto is designed to work. When you import your photos into iPhoto, iPhoto stores your original photo in its iPhotoLibrary file called Originals. That way you always have the original photo. If you make any edits, then iPhoto puts your edited photos into its Modified file. In addition, iPhoto creates thumbnail versions of your photos. So, after importing and editing you will have three sets of photos. That is just how iPhoto works.
Have a look at the posts of smtr, Terence and Old Toad for more explanation here
You may also find it useful to look at the Apple tutorial for iPhoto
When you have iPhoto open, be sure to look at the Help files for a lot of information and explanation of how iPhoto works.
Also, don't ever change, rename or move anything from the iPhotoLibrary files on your hard drive. Do all your iPhoto changes from within iPhoto. If you change or rearrange those files you can seriously damage iPhoto and may lose your photos. See this Don't tamper with iphoto files

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