Picture file handling between Aperture and Photoshop

Hello
I have transferred several photos via "edit in external editor" from aperture to photoshop.
In photoshop I made different operations:
a) just looking (no special manipulations) -> no saving
b) manipulations on a particular photo -> saving via "save" in PS
c) combination of different photos -> saving via "save as" in PS
Meanwhile I have learned, that option C just saves the file in the file system, but does not update the database entry in aperture. I have also found different versions of photos in the file system, which I had just opened in PS (case a). "File system" means in that case, that they are under the folder "masters", when I drill down the Aperture Data File. Case b seems to work OK.
I have now different questions:
why are photos, which I have just opened in PS, still in the file system (even when I have deleted them) in Aperture? Seems that those versions are kept. Is'nt that blowing up my database? (case a)
when I reimport pictures from case c, are they stored a second time in aperture or does the aperture database point to the particular file (because the file already is under the folder "masters")
Any feedback to data handling between PS and Aperture?
Thanks in advance,
Vanillia

IMO today you are very likely to be best served by the inexpensive Photoshop Elements. However, Adobe's world is changing at the end of this month (March 27) with official announcement of MacIntel versions. You may want to re-ask this question then, being careful of April Fool's Day wags.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=17399
Also, version 2 of Aperture is expected in the next few months, and I will be surprised if simple color tools such as you describe are not included.
-Allen Wicks

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