Problems backing up w/ iPhoto 6

While installing iPhoto 6 some dialogue boxes asked me about converting some photos in one folder, one of which I'd been sent by another person over email...photos of me that they'd taken at an event. I selected "yes" or something. When my first weekly Backup schedule launched the next day it hangs up trying to backup home folder and iLife on that picture. It says it's a bmp file, I think. So, I dragged it to the desktop and out of iPhoto...didn't solve the problem. Now I can't backup to my external drive either iLife or homefolder (preset Backup options) like I could before installing iPhoto 6.
Help?
eMac   Mac OS X (10.4.4)  

You were kind to respond. It also worked for me when I renamed the file to a jpg extension, instead of the bmp extension. I have no idea why it wouldn't backup to the external drive with that one photo converted when I installed iLife 06, but it made the difference. Thanks for your advice. Now I know something new. You were right.
jt
Dragging the photo out of iPhoto does not remove it
from the library. You need to delete the photo from
the iPhoto roll and then dump iPhoto's trash.
Hope this helped!
Sam

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