IPhoto 11 Modified Files Directories have strange names

iPhoto 11, Ver 9.4.3 (720.91)
OSX 10.8.5
Proc. 3.06 GHz, Mem: 4 GB 800MHz
Last year I upgraded my OS from 10.5.2 Leopard to 10.8 Mountain Lion in 2013 with the help Apple techs. iPhoto 08 is upgraded to iPhoto 11. When I use "see package contents" in iPhoto library, I see that after the upgrade, the naming convention in "modified directory" is changed. In the past the directory reflected the new names that I assigned to the photos I saved. But now the directories have 01, 02, etc…12. And when I make a few modifications to any photo, each photo is listed in a different directory with a strange naming convention
e.g. file://localhost/Users/Pictures/iPhoto%20Library/Previews/2013/12/13/20131213-142227/ZKGQSDQTT3+ZFGfC5qMYQg/
How can I correct this problem?
Thank You

There is notproblem to correct. That's how iPhoto handles photos and modified versions every since iPhoto 9 (11) was released. One should not be accessing photos or modified versions via the Finder. The only supported method is via the iPhoto app and the library where you can search by date (day, week, month or year or a combination), file name, title, keyword or smart albums.
The following User Tip by Terence Devlin is the best treatise on how to access photos (for use outside of iPhoto): How to Access Files in iPhoto.
If you must access the files via the Finder then iPhoto isn't the DAM (digital asset management) application for you. Find one that is a file manager rather than a database driver image manager.

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Do you want to organise your Photos?
Or your Files?
If you want to organise your files, use the Finder - it's exactly what it's for. And all your questions relate to organising Files.
If you want to organise your Photos use iPhoto.
The point of iPhoto is that you organise the pics and let iPhoto look after the files. After you import them to iPhoto, forget about them.
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3. *Show File*: Right- (or Control-) Click on a pic and in the resulting dialogue choose 'Show File'. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.
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Events are a Download filtered by date. You can set the paramaters in the iPhoto Preferences -> Events.
Events in the iPhoto Window correspond exactly with the Folders in the Originals Folder in the iPhoto Library package file (Right click on it in the Pictures Folder -> Show Package Contents).
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e. Right-click NetworkAvailableTimeInSeconds , and then click Modify .
f. In the Value data box, click Decimal , type a number value, and then click OK .
Note This registry subkey sets the time, in seconds, that Excel waits for the network to resume. For example, if you type 15 for the number value, Excel waits 15 seconds for the network to resume. You might have to do some tests in your own environment to
determine an appropriate value. You may have to try multiple numbers.
g. Locate and then select the following registry subkey.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\office\14.0\common\Internet
h. Repeat step 2C through step 2F again. Reuse the same value that you used previously.
i. Exit Registry Editor.
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