Library from iPhoto 4 to iPhoto '08

I have iPhoto 4 on my G4 I want to get the library from there to iPhoto '08 on my G5 and my MacBook.
I have made the albums shareable from my G4 and dragged them into, or imported them into iPhoto '08, but that obviously does not get the original files on my new computers. The photo library in '08 is just an icon, where in 4 it is a big mess of folders, and the actual album folders only have shortcuts to the photos in the numbered hierarchy. And in the numbered hierarchy folder they are not grouped by album. So are these two libraries even compatiable? Can I just move over the entire library folder from 4 and put it in my pictures folder on the new computers with iPhoto '08 or do I just need to entirely re-create the albums on both new computers? I don't want to share the albums, I want them on all 3 computers.
I use the albums as my desktop and screensavers, and when I just copy the albums over I only get low res images. I like to have the photos change on my desktop and in the preferences when I'm selecting one of the album folders from iPhoto '08 the option to have the photos change is grayed out, yet not when I choose a folder that is actually on my hard drive. I'm assuming this is happening because it doesn't have the original files or because they are located on my idisk and not my hard drive?
This may seem stupid, but i'm not a techie and this is driving me crazy! Thanks for any help I can get!
Cat

Cat
Simply copy the iPhoto Library Folder from your old machine to the Pictures Folder on the new machine and launch iPhoto. It will do the rest.
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TD

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