IPhoto 06' Blurry Thumbnails

my problem is exactly the same as people in this thread, over a year old:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5679210
ever since i upgraded tiger to leopard, all the thumbnails in iphoto 06' are so blurry! i've tried rebuilding the library thumbnails, etc. and none of it has worked.
does anyone have any ideas, a year later than this problem was first introduced?
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
The Automator script / new library is unlikely to work, the other poster is wrking from a brand new library.
But if you want to go ahead with it, this method is faster:
To create and populate a new library:
Note this will give you a working library with the same film rolls and pictures as before, however, you will lose your modified files, albums, keywords, books, calendars etc.
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LN:
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