Transferring iPhoto Library from iPhoto 6 to iPhoto 8

I wish to transfer all my photos from my eMac using iPhoto 6 to my new iMac using iPhoto 08. I want to be able to maintain both the originals and modified versions of all the photos.
How can I do this please?

Robin
Simply copy the iPhoto Library Folder from the Pictures Folder on the old machine to the same location on the new machine. Then start iPhoto. It will tell you it needs to make changes to the library and it will. That's it.
Regards
TD

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