Photo titles in iPhoto

When I name (title) a photo in iPhoto 6.0.2, the title appears in the information window under title. If I go to Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/2006/, the album that I highlight has all of the pictures titled with a number, for example P101001.JPG, not the title I assigned. This means that when I burn the pictures to a disk, all I have is a list of numbers and not the names I assigned. Am I overlooking something? In previous versions of i Photo, my pictures all accepted the titles I assigned and they were transferred to Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/2006/, so either I am doing something differently or something has changed.

Hi sbgsb,
As long as I have used iPhoto, titles you give images in iPhoto stay within iPhoto. they have never changed in the Finder.
To burn a roll of photos:
click on the roll title to highlight the photos in the roll
Got to File>export
In the export window choose "title" as the naming scheme
Create new folder on desktop
Export into that folder
Burn that folder

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