Photos from iphoto end up in hundreds of subfolders

Hi i have over 2000 pictures in iphoto. I want to upload them into elements but in one big file and then i can sort them out in elements But elements uploads them according to dates so i am getting hundreds of subfolders. How can i change the way images are imported, so that they end up in one big folder?
Cheers

Thank you for answering!
To create another folder: do you mean in iphoto or in elements?
And if i create another folder, into which i move all my hundreds of folders, wont they still be in folders? I want them out of folders, and just be images, so i save a click when i go in to look at them.
Maybe better if i first organise them a bit in iphoto?
Cheers
pyrst

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