Use i photo on different drive

is there a way i can get iphoto to store files on extrenal hard drive or on i disk and be able to pull picts from there? my hard drive is filling up.

HI Myron,
Copy the ENTIRE iPhoto Library folder to a Mac formatted external drive.
Launch iPhoto while holding down the Option key. (keep the option key held down until you get the message window)
At the prompt, choose to open another library.
Navigate to the library on the external and highlight it.
Hit the "open" button
iPhoto will open the library on the external and from now on will use this library to import images too. This will now be your working library. Make sure everything is working correctly and everything is fine in the library.
You can then delete the library on the internal if you wish.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93037

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