Sort movies FROM pictures

I can't figure this out for the life of me! I hope it can be done. I have over 5,000 pictures and movies in my iPhoto library. Everything is perfect!
But . . . I'd like to sort the movies and separate them from the still pictures. (There's maybe 500 movies).
Why? - I'd then like to export all the still images in one BIG export reducing their size to maybe half the dimensions. I figure I'll save about 10 gig this way - and the quality looks the same even at 2 to 3x enlargement. (Of course the entire 21 gig library is backed up via BackUp 3.1)
I can export all approx 5,000 pictures at one time and reduce the physical dimensions of them all at once - EXCEPT if any movies are mixed in - iPhoto won't let you modify the size.
Sooo . . . I want to separate the movies from the pictures - but nothing seems to let you do that easily!
Does anyone know how to do this - I can't be lookig and manually sorting thru 5,000 images.
Thanks a ton - if anybody knows how to do this!
Larry

You're welcome. I learn a lot by reading the forums, so I do what I can to pass it on.
You do have a choice with how you want to manage iPhoto on your laptop. You could move it entirely to an external drive and run it from the external. It's simple to do, saves lots of gigs on the laptop, but the downside is that you no longer have your iPhoto library on the laptop when you leave home.
An alternative is using an alias-based iPhoto library on the laptop. It still saves lots of space, but enables you to see your iPhoto library thumbnails when you have your laptop away from your external drive. There are some other limitations, too. But it may be worth it if you want to free up disc space on the MacBook. Read Old Toad's post in this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3783585&#3783585 The new link to his Tutorials is: http://web.mac.com/toad.hall/iWeb/OldToad%27sTutorials/Tutorial%20Index.html

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