Storage Needed for iPhoto photos.

I have used iPhotoBuddy to have separate libraries that can be switched between. I now have an iPad and want to be able to sync all the albums, so I have collected all the pictures that I want to keep active into a single library.
When I go to the Library and Select All, it indicates that I have 3.4 GB of photos. When I look in my pictures folder, this iPhoto Library seems to be 5.6 GB. I am trying to free up space on my harddrive. I recognize that there has to be some administrative space, but 2.2 GB seems like a lot. Is there some way to clean up this library and free up more space?

Have you read your first post?
The specific question was:
Is there some way to clean up this library and free up more space?
Try as I might I see no mention of
a suggested upgrade or a utility that I could purchase or a script that I could run that would save me time and energy.
Instead you got a specific answer:
All the data in the iPhoto Library Folder is required for the operation of the app.
So, frankly, you didn't ask what you seem to think you've asked, and no, I didn't only give you only information on how to move a Library. You make no mention of Sharing with a PC or archiving photos in your original post at all. Oh, and moving to a different disk will not affect the ability to share with a PC. And that advice was offered because you complained about disk space so I wondered
If disk space is an issue...
You may or may not find the later versions compelling, but if you don't consider the massive improvements in editing - including Non-Destructive Editing - to be a "serious functional upgrade" then I have no idea what might be.
Regards
TD

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