Managing Video Libraries

Now that I have made a dozen movies I am finding that my work flow has slowed because it takes so long to load the video clips in the clip browser or to look through the various clips looking for clips. I am sure other people have experienced the same problem so I am looking for advice on how best to manage my clips.
So far all of my videos are the imports from iPhoto (although Aperture will join that list soon). They are all found in iPhoto videos playlist or last import. I do not wish to eliminate video clips as my finished movies are mostly about my art school and so I will often repeat clips in new movies etc and want the full library available to me. Actual storage space is not an issue as my iPhoto Library is on an external HD anyway with loads of space. I assume iMovie is merely referencing clips that are actually always stored in iPhoto and not creating a duplicate library.
If I set up a better way of managing clips will that method be similar in Final Cut Express which I will eventually upgrade to?

It really shouldn't take very long to load video clips. It might take a long time to generate thumbnails the first time through, but from then on, it is lightning quick, because you are only shooting a few movies between times you open imovie.
While I haven't had the problem you describe, some other people have reported a similar problem.
Imagine a scenario where iMovie generates all the thumbnails and caches that it needs, but is unable to save them to disk. In this case, when you restart iMovie the next time, it would have to start from scratch and generate all the thumbnails again. This would certainly slow things down.
That scenario could happen if your disk permissions are in need of repair. You can repair permissions by using Disk Utility, which is in your Applications/Utilities folder. It is a good idea to repair permissions periodically, and certainly every time you update OSX.
I repair permissions every night as part of a script that runs when I do an unattended SuperDuper backup late at night. This is probably overkill, but at least I never have to worry about it.
Personally, I have several terabytes of movies in iMovie, and everything runs quickly. Most of my events are camcorder movies which are stored in iMovie. However, I have hundreds of short clips taken by still cameras, and I leave these in iPhoto.

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