TS3866 iphoto scrambles my photo library

I have an iMac using 10.8.2.   2 weeks ago I tried to edit a photo from my library on iPhoto and since then iPhoto scrambles and pixelates the images and makes them useless.   I have restored iPhoto several time from time machine, but the problem persists.  Can anyone help please?

As a Test:
Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'
Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there?

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