Iphoto pictures not showing in "my pictures"

I've just made the switch from PC to Mac, and most days I find the switch to be easy. However, there are some things I just can't seem to figure out... such as:
I transferred all the pictures from my PC to my Mac via an external hard drive. When I dumped all the pics on my Mac, and imported them into Iphoto, I realized that any changes I made in Iphoto did not alter the same pics in my "pictures" folder in the Finder. When I went looking for the answer to that problem, I was told to delete all of the photos from my "pictures" file, and then I could edit away and delete at will in Iphoto. The problem is, now if I want to upload pictures onto the web, I have to export the pictures back to my "pictures" folder", because you can't go into Iphoto through the Finder.
Am I missing something? Does this even make sense? I'm sure (I hope!) there's some really easy step that I'm missing along the way...
Thanks for your time.

Your photos are in a package now
You can always export them
To edit them in a program other than iPhoto you should go to the iphoto preferences ==> general and select edit iphoto in application and select the application you want to use. IF you want to have the option of editing in iPhoto or that application, now leave the application selected and go back to edit in main window - then whey you right click on a photo the contextual menu will give you the option to edit in your selected editing application. When you use the external application be sure to just save (NOT save as) when you are finished so iPhoto keeps the photos and knows that they have been modified.
If you are running Leopard, You also can select photos from the open dialogue box by selecting column view and clicking on photos in the media section in the left hand sidebar
for more information see this thread - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5998226&#5998226
Larry Nebel

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