Importing from camera into a smaller Iphoto file

I am using my photos for very workaday tasks right now and I don't need huge 2.0 mb .jpg photo files. All I need is, like, a 50kb. But since IPhoto is the application in my computer that grabs onto the CF card and immediately starts downloading the card (and I would like to learn how to change that too), the photos are "born" so to speak first in IPhoto in these huge file sizes -- 2 mb and so forth.
I don't need .jpg files this big, so I then have to drag the photos out, open my Adobe PhotoElements software and resize them. Can I skip these steps? Like maybe Adobe PhotoElements could import the files in the first place, or maybe IPhoto could simply import them in a smaller size, or maybe there is a way to resize them in IPhoto.
I swear I have searched IPhoto Help but found no answers!
Thank you in advance!!

Stephanie
the photos are "born" so to speak first in IPhoto in these huge file sizes -- 2 mb and so forth.
No, they are "born" on your Camera at these sizes. If you want smaller files, set your camera to take at a lower quality. (For details on this, search on your Camera's Manual.
However, bear in mind that 50kb files are no more than thumbnails and will print at not much bigger than a postage stamp. And at that the quality will be very poor. Frankly, if you want images of such poor quality you have probably spent far too much money on your camera.
iPhoto-> Preferences -> General : Connecting Camera opens: Make your selection from the Drop Down menu.
so I then have to drag the photos out, open my Adobe PhotoElements software and resize them.
You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
You can resize pics on export from iPhoto using the File -> Export command.
Regards
TD

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