Sorting photos - use with FCP

Hi,
I want to know if there is a way to make iPhoto and My Pictures folders speak to each other (i.e. - if I make folder changes in iPhoto, can I get that to automatically update in the 'my pictures' folders, or vice versa)? or do I have to do both areas each.
Currently all my photos on my comp are in a mess, both on iPhoto and in the normal folders as well. I want to sort them into clear folders in both areas, but what would be most convenient was if I only need to sort them into clear folders in one place (i.e. either in iPhoto or in the normal computer folders (my pictures)), and the other would then be able to register what was changed and update that.
My main reason for wanting this is because i want order in iPhoto to create slideshows, but I want oder on comp to be able to get pictures easily for FCP projects...i mean, do correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that I can't grab photos straight from iPhoto into FCP - it has to go through normal folders.
I noticed that there is an iPhoto pictures folder in My Pictures area, and at first thought this related to the application, however, there is a lot more folders here then when i open iPhoto application.
Hope this all makes sense. Would highly appreciate any help I can get.
Thank you
Cheers
Jomee

Jomee
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
The key issue here is that iPhoto and FCP and consumer and Pro apps respectively and so don't integrate particularly well.
However, photos in iPhoto can be made available to FCP without surfing the folders of the iPhoto Library.
So, my suggestion is to organise all your photos in iPhoto (and thus save on duplication). Then either download and install THIS which is a freeware media browser, or create one yourself using Automator. That way you can drag pics from the Media Browser to FCP.
Regards
TD
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