Sharing Photo Library

I've just imported a number of images into iPhoto running on a n iMac G5. Have turned on sharing and from my PowerBook, sitting on the same network, want to see the 'shared' photos.
When i start iPhoto on the PowerBook I can see the folder structure from the iMac. The problem is that i don't see any of the images like they do on the iMac.
Do i need to wait for a period of time for the file structure details to appear ?
thanks in advance
grant

Grant,
If you are viewing the library then at least the sharing part is working right.
I know that I see gray thumbnails at first, and then the images start to load and I can see them.
Let me just give you all the links I have for you to check out. disregard the ones that don't apply,
Sharing Libraries
Sharing libraries between computers on same local Network
Sharing libraries between users on the same machine...
-both users must have sharing enabled in their iPhoto Preferences
-both users must be logged in and have iPhoto running
Remember that you can only view the other library. You can't edit the photos or play the saved slideshows or view the made books or burn them to Cd or DVD. The books and slideshows will show up as an album. You can play that album as an "on the fly" slideshow. You can drag images from the sharing library to your library in the source column to import them to your library. You can then edit, add to albums, books, slideshow, etc.
Sharing one library between users on same machine....
Download iPhoto Library Manager (pay for it if you deccide to use it for this purpose)
iPhoto Library Manager
iPhoto Library Manager documentation
this page will show you everything you can do with iPhoto Library Manager.
On the documentation page, click the link on the left for "sharing libraries"
Or you can go here and see if you would like to do it this way:
Sharing one iPhoto library between several users on one machine
Sharing Links
Sharing your photos between computers
About shared photos
Turning off photo sharing
Looking for shared photos

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