Imovie loads all from Iphoto

Is it normal for Imovie to take a long time to start because its loading every iphoto movie i have? Is there a way to have it only do it when i ask or once they are loaded have them stay there so they dont have to load again? i am getting tired of the beach ball.
Thanks

First, shut down iMovie. Shut down iPhoto if it is open.
At the top right of the menu bar at the top of your Mac screen, you should see a little magnifying glass icon.
Click it, and type in "Disk Utility"
Disk Utility on Macintosh HD should be your top hit. Click it to launch Disk Utility.
Select Macintosh HD in the list on the left hand side of Disk Utility.
Now click the button that says Repair Disk Permissions.
The reason this might work is that if the permissions are screwed up, iMovie can go through the process of reading your iPhoto movies and generating thumbnails, and then it cannot save the results. So the next time it has to do it all again. Repairing permissions may clear the way for a proper save.
Now restart iMovie and try again. Let it run til the end. Then restart iMovie one more time and see if it is faster.

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