Splitting iPhoto libraries and it's impact on Flickr & Facebook?

Hi! I currently have one library on my MacBook for iPhoto, running iPhoto 11. I have been using the built in exporter for Facebook and Flickr, but because of space I want to split the library into 2 and move some of these files to an external hard drive. If I move these files to the external hard drive, and then delete them from my MacBook hard drive, what impact will that have to items aleady posted on Facebook and Flickr if any?

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Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
Regards
TD

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