Sharing libraries/photo between Aperture /iPhoto

Hi
I wonder if someone could possibly help.
We (the wife and I) both have a Macbook Pro and we are currently both using iPhoto 09. For my use I am thinking of upgrading and using Aperture 3.
The question is and no disrespect to the wife here but she would not understand Aperture so I would like for her to still use iPhoto
Now, is there a way that once I have imported the iPhoto library to Aperture 3, I can manage the library in Aperture and from time to time import back to iPhoto to keep her photo’s up to date?
Can the whole library be imported incrementally, i.e. import my complete Aperture library to the Macbook (iPhoto) – and ideally this will replace her existing iPhoto library with just the changes I have made in Aperture.
Hope I have explained that correctly…
BTW, I have file sharing active so ideally the incremental changes (my Aperture library to Wife’s iPhoto library) would be over my wireless network.
Thanks – really appreciate any thoughts tips here…

Presumably you mean you have His and a Hers laptops each with a personal iPhoto library.
There is no problem importing a complete iPhoto Library into Aperture, the iPhoto library will still exist afterwards. Or you can import specific iPhoto Events. However there are many import option parameters and you would be best to read carefully the Aperture 3 PDF Manual describing those on Pages 170 - 173.
For example, If you import as referenced images a change made to the image later in iPhoto will cause the image also to be changed in Aperture. So you need to be clear in your mind what you want to achieve.
Importing as managed files will duplicate the iPhoto Library so occupying twice the space on your hard drive.
Given the slightly complex arrangements you describe it might be best to manually keep your wife's iPhoto Library in step with your Aperture Library by exporting Jpegs or Psd's and then import them into her iPhoto Library. That way you will avoid the chance of wiping out valuable images automatically.

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Managed or Referenced Library? Managed -
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Referenced - relocate your Masters first.
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FIle -> Import -> iPhoto Library? Have you done this already? If so are you trying to move the Masters to Aperture from an iPhoto Library? Or Consolidate them?
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