Iphoto 6 not saving after edit

Hello
I'm struggling to figure out iphoto at the moment. I've never had a problem with it until recently. Basically iphoto was unable to import my RAW files from my Nikon D55 the other day but has been fine on many occasions before that. I don;t know what's changed. In my iphoto folder there are two folders one containing originals the other modified. It won't open any files from the original folder into iphoto - preview will open them and Nikon picture project will open them.
I managed to get iphoto to import them today but now when I edit they just won't save, the program just sits there with the saving bar going forever.
This is really frustrating me, does anyone have any ideas to help me?
Hopefully waiting

I thought I was being thick and not completely understanding of how to do this "easy" trick.
I've tried at least 15 times to clear the red from my eyes and as we're told it saves automatically..for convenience.Except that it doesn't.
If I close the pic and then reopen the eyes are unchanged.
Is there something I should be doing?
My email is on OS9.2 so when I switch discs and begin to work it always tries to connect with internet if I ask for help.Shouldn't there be more comprehensive help available on desktop?

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