How to access iPhoto Libraries folders

Hi Helpful Apple Lovers!!!
First, thanks for all the past help.
I want to erase the useless original images once they are modified to save on hard drive space. How can I access the contents of the folders, without having to reach it through finder? WIll this allow me to add new folders to a back-up of my past iPhoto Libraries? Thank you all again.

I want to erase the useless original images once they are modified to save on hard drive space. How can I access the contents of the folders, without having to reach it through finder?
No you can not do this - if you do it via the finder you will corrupt your iPhoto database and lose data - as you have read on these boards iPhoto ALWAYS maintains teh original of every photo in its daabase and you always have the capibility to revert to it
You can export the photos you have modified, delete them in iPhoto, empty the iPhoto trash and import the ones you just exported
WIll this allow me to add new folders to a back-up of my past iPhoto Libraries?
You can always add new photos by importing them into iPhoto - depending on your backup software you may or may not be able to add to old backups
LN

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