Using already existing directory structure to create rolls

I'm converting from iView into iPhoto. I have hundreds of directories titled things like 011606.SamuelWasBorn/ with subdirectories in there called /Images /FinishedImages /WebMedium /EmailSmall etc... and then plenty of .tif and .jpegs inside of those.
I've been doing this one Cmd-Shift-I at a time, followed by a Cmd-A t select all, then a Cmd-Shift-N for a new album, followed by retyping in the name and dropping the date.
Sigh. I'm 6 weeks into this now and still only 1/4 of the way through.
Has anyone tried to drag and drop an entire directory structure into iPhoto's directory structure, fire up iPhoto, and have it recognize all that stuff as a whole bunch of new rolls that lack thumbnails? Would that work? Would iPhot then offer to update its thumbnails? And then would I be happy and fully integrated into my new iPhoto life?
I'm just a bit too chicken to give it a try. If nobody's tried this before, I'll create a test library and give it a go, but if someone has experience with doing this, I'd appreciate any pointers.
Thanks.
Oren

Oren:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. iPhoto creates a roll with the same name for any folder of image files that are imported into it. All you have to do is select your folders of source files and drag them into iPhoto's open window.
If you want to use iPhoto's alias feature you can keep your current source folders and drag them into a library that's setup to not copy the files into it but use alias files. The library works as a conventional library with the exception that if you delete a photo from the library it does not delete the source file. That must be done manually via the Finder. I've created some Tutorials to assist users to convert over to an alias based system or go to an iView based one.
I use iView as my primary image management and iPhoto's alias feature to create a library of the same source files. That way I have the best of both applications. Also, when using the alias method, the importing process is much faster. Good luck.

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