Permission issues between multiple users in iPhoto (on iMac)?

I never had an issue with permission for sharing iphoto among 3 users on my iMac until I got the latest version of iLife several months ago. Now, all users can see all existing photo's but when anyone adds new photo's from a camera, the others can't see them (they can see the thumbnail, but comes up with the nasty yellow triangle when trying to view full size).
Yes, I have all the "permission for sharing among all users" set (I've checked this, and as I said, never had issues before).
I have found a fix by holding down the Option and Command keys as I open iPhoto, then checking the bottom box to "Examine and repair iphoto permissions". This fixes all permissions for all users, by why do I have to monkey with that every time I add more pictures? Never had to do that before I had the newer version of iLife.
Why do I have to "repair" permissions every time I add new photo's???

Try opening your iPhoto preferences and making sure the connecting camera open "iPhoto" is selected. Also try restarting your iPhone by holding down the on/off and the home button at the same time until you see the Apple logo. If you are still having problems try taking a picture with you iPhone then connect it to your iMac.

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It is possible and Apple Approved to share an iPhoto Library between multiple users, but the Library must be stored on a drive or disk image that ignores permissions:
http://tech.kateva.org/2008/10/apple-supports-multi-user-iphoto.html
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Message was edited by: jfaughnan

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If you want the other user to be able to see the pics, but not add to, change or alter your library, then enable Sharing in your iPhoto (Preferences -> Sharing), leave iPhoto running and use Fast User Switching to open the other account. In that account, enable 'Look For Shared Libraries'. Your Library will appear in the other source pane.
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This means that both users will be able to see the pics. If you want to use a pic then simply drag it from the shared Library to your own in the iPhoto Window. This means that each user can have their own edits.
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