IPhoto Syncing is Broken

When i sync everything works just fine until the end when it should sync photos and then a window Pops up saying it can't be synced. I tried syncing with a folder of photos with finder and it worked just fine but all of the photos I want are in iPhoto. Anyone have this problem?
I have checked and iPhoto and iTunes are both up to date.
(Yes i have an iPod touch but I am getting no response on the iPod touch forums however my friend with an iPhone 3G is having the same problem)
Message was edited by: boston-h

Trash your iPod's Photo cache as covered in http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1314

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