Thinking about moving to LR 5

I'd like to move out of iPhoto to a more sophisticated photo management program.  I have friends who use Photo Mechanic, but Lightroom seems like a much better choice.  I've done the preliminary research and it seems I need to go through Photoshop Elements 12 to get my pix into Lightroom.  I have that so that part doesn't bother me. However, I have thousand of photos which are still filed according to their img numbers from my camera(s) which are located in my iPhoto Library.  I do have a few albums that have copies of a limited number of those photos, but most are just sitting there waiting for me to pay attention to them.  What kind of chaos am I going to run into when I import these photos from Elements?  And will the originals still live in iPhoto?  If so, what happens when iPhoto disappears next year?  Thanks.

I've done the preliminary research and it seems I need to go through Photoshop Elements 12 to get my pix into Lightroom.
Incorrect
I do have a few albums that have copies of a limited number of those photos, but most are just sitting there waiting for me to pay attention to them.  What kind of chaos am I going to run into when I import these photos from Elements?
Organization of your photos is entirely up to you, if you put in the work to achieve better organization, then this is creates better organization; if you don't put in the work, then your organization will be just as good/bad as it is now. You can do this work of organizing in your operating system or iPhoto or PSE or Lightroom, its up to you.
And will the originals still live in iPhoto?
Lightroom requires you to have originals on your hard disk somewhere, and your photos are never stored inside of Lightroom; if the photos are stored in the iPhoto library, Lightroom can't use them from there.
See this article: Lightroom Help | Import photos from iPhoto (Mac OS)

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