Reduce the size of photos in iPhoto

Okay, I just discovered that my wife's camera's been set to take pix at pretty much the highest resolution possible for a good while now, which would explain the dramatic decrease in storage space on my hard drive.
So, I was wondering if there's any way to reduce file size. I know you can do this by exporting, but I'm wondering if there's any way to do it within iPhoto, keeping the dates and any other metadata intact. I like being able to sort by date, and auto-splitting into events, and I'd rather not try to re-sort the whole thing manually, not that I think I could...
Thanks

No - the only way is to export the photos - you can not change anything in the iPhoto ibrary directly
LN

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