Quality photo in Iphoto

Hi,
Actually i have Iphoto 9.4.3 and i would like to use it to save all my photos. I've read about the program compresses photos when importing. If it is true how can i preserver the original quality?
Thank you

Actually i have Iphoto 9.4.3 and i would like to use it to save all my photos. I've read about the program compresses photos when importing. If it is true how can i preserver the original quality?
iPhoto has a lossless workflow.  When you import photos it stores the original file unchanged. Any edits you do will be computed from this original master file, and when you export the edited version, you can determine the amount of compression for the edited version - either the original quality or a smaller sized version for mailing,etc.

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