IPhoto 5 refuses to export

I've been having this problem for a few days now. When I try to export pictures from iPhoto I get the "Exporting..." message, but the progress indicator doesn't move and it reads "Unable to create [the directory I'm exporting it to]". I get a zero kb file with the name of the first picture in that folder, and nothing else.
Console log reads the following:
2006-02-13 11:48:39.001 iPhoto[395] * -[NSTextField setAllowsMultipleSelection:]: selector not recognized [self = 0x7a6ae10]
2006-02-13 11:49:04.650 iPhoto[395] Can't make new movie: -2048
2006-02-13 11:49:04.654 iPhoto[395] Unable to export /Users/me/Pictures/iPhoto Library/2004/06/25/IMG_9893.JPG
I've tried permissions repair, but I can't think of anything else to fix this (not to mention what caused it...) Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have nearly the same problem. When I try to export a slideshow I get an error message saying the file cannot be saved. Posted a question earlier and got no response.
Doug

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