Pictures edited in iPhoto look different in other applications

I'm running iLife '08 on my new iMac with Leopard 10.5.2
In iPhoto '08 (updated to 7.1.3) I do the following:
1) Import a picture to the library and double click it to zoom in.
2) This shows lots of imperfections, so I click on Edit and touch up the picture, then click done.
3) The next time I double click the picture to zoom in, the imperfections are still there, but if I click on edit the changes I applied at step 2 become visible.
4) If I export the photo and view in, say Preview, or choose send to iDVD, the resulting image has a lot more imperfections than the image shown in edit mode in iPhoto.
Why do my photos look so much better when viewed in iPhoto edit mode than when viewed in iDVD or Preview?

Hi,
thanks for responding. I tried both of your suggestions, but no change unfortunately.
If you look at the two photos uploaded here (captured via Grab), the first shows the picture post-editing (i.e. from iPhoto whilst not in edit mode, or from another app such as Preview or iDVD). The second shows the photo as it displays whilst in iPhoto's edit mode. Am I doing something wrong?
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