Iphoto only has a 500 photos but takes up 300GB.

Iphoto only has a 500 photos but takes up 300GB. I think it is duplicating all of my originals, as the photos are heavily edited. What can I do?

Even though you have 500 photos, they can stil take up 300GB of space but that does sound rather high. Rarely are two photos the same file size.
Open iPhoto.
Double click a photo.
Click Info bottom right corner of the iPhoto window.
You'll see the resoluation:  Example  1488 x 1984
Then the file size: Example 1.3 MB
Go to ~/Pictures. Right or control click "iPhoto Library" then click Get Info
The exact iPhoto library size is noted under General.
as the photos are heavily edited
Editing photos can increase file size.

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