How do I get all my photos into iPhoto?

Hi there,
I don't know if this is feasible, but I currently have photos all over my hard drive. Some are in Kodak Easyshare, some in MP Navigator and some in iPhoto. I would like to get them all under one roof so to speak, and into iPhoto. I sure I also have duplicates as well (I'm not a very good housekeeper.)There are also some (I think) in Photoshop Elements.
Is there a way, as painlessly as possible, that this can be done?
Cheers
NikkiG

My suggestion is to create a temporary storage folder perhaps on the desktop. Inside that folder create folders that identify groups of photos, such as "Christmas 2005" and "Joe 65 Birthday" but do not put folders inside of these folders.
Use whatever means you feel is convenient to move the photos to these folders. I would use the Finder but that's not a requirement.
When finished, import one folder at a time into iPhoto. Each folder will be identified as a "roll." AFTER you confirm that everything is OK inside iPhoto, you can trash the temporary folder.
Did you ever think that, in time, the kids will have no idea why we use the word "roll" just as they have no idea why we refer to a telephone "dial" tone. (I tried calling it a "button tone" but everybody laughed at me.)

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