Launch iphoto 2 or later to populate this list.

I don't know why all of the sudden my Idvd and imovie cannot see
the photos I've brought into iphoto.
This has always worked for me until today.
When I click on media and then on photos
it says this:
Launch iphoto 2 or later to populate this list.
I have the latest versions of all the programs
Thank you,
Carrie

Try deleting the iMovie preference file, com.apple.iMovie.plist, and the iDVD preference file, com.apple.iDVD.plist. Then relaunch and see if they will recognize your library.
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