Is it possible to use 2 iphotos on same computer?

Hello....I have 8500 pictures on my laptop. The majority of them are family, etc. but, alot of them are pictures made for one of my hobbies. Is there any way I can have 2 iphotos...for example, iphoto 5 and iphoto 6 and use one for personal photos and one for hobbies? If not, do you have any suggestions for separating them. I have them in 'albums' but, I would like not to have hobbies in the same library as personal.
Also, is it possible when editing photos in iphoto to be able draw (circles, squares,etc.) on the picture? If not, could you recommend a good inexpensive program that will do it?
Thank you.......

With iPhoto 6 you can have more than one library, which should solve the issue for you.
Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'. Give it a distinctive name - Hobby Library or whatever.
To select which library to use simply hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto, this time select 'Choose Library'.
When working with multiple libraries many people swear by iPhoto Library Manager for managing and moving pics between libraries. It's well worth the small investment.
As to editing and drawing on the pics, no iPhoto won't do this. Depending on budget your options stretch from Photoshop Elements (Check Amazon for the best discount price). However, a new entrant on the market is the lightweight and very easy to use Acorn.
Regards
TD
Regards
TD
Message was edited by: Terence Devlin

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