Organizing iPhoto / Kodak Easyshare

Hi!
I have many zillion photos. I use iPhoto, and Kodak Easy Share, hence some are duplicates. I'd like to get control of the situation, and store them in one place. What do you all do? AND where the heck are the photos from iPhoto? I do find folders. none with names of albums, and they're in all kinds of places (i.e. in my user folder, etc.)
Can someone help me get control of these photo! I plan to be more organized in '07!
Thanks in advance!
AAHowell

aahowell:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. iPhoto keeps the image files in its iPhoto Library folder that's located in your Pictures folder. Inside the Originals folder there will be subfolders corresponding to the rolls in iPhoto.
If you have selected the option in iPhoto's Advanced preferences to not import the photos when importing the original files will then be where they were when you imported them.
As far as duplicates, there are two applications, iPhoto Diet and Duplicate Annihilator that can cull out duplicate image files as long as they have the same file name. I do recommend, however, that you backup your library folder before proceeding just in case the results are not what you expected.
With that in mind you could import all of your photos into iPhoto and the cull out the duplicates. You will find, however, that when importing from the HD iPhoto will give you a warning regarding duplicates and let you make a decision as to import them or not.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application, iPhoto dB file backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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Ken Hart wrote:
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would prefer (undestandably) not to maintain another photo-management tool."
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