Using iPhoto 08 with Photoshop Elements v6

I love iPhoto for organizing photos, but want to use Photoshop for editing. Does anyone know the best way to leverage both? i.e. Storing pictures in iPhoto (via external drive) and editing in Photoshop...

Easy
1 - post in the correct forum - posting iPhoto '08 questions in the iPhoto '09 forum may give you incorrect answers - this one is the same for both versions
2 - go to your iPhoto preferences and set the "edit in" preference to "external editor" and select PhotoShop Elements - now when you select edit it will open PSE and pass the photo to it - when you are done you simply save to return the photo to iPhoto and update the iPhoto database correctly
3 - If you want the option to choose PSE or iPhoto set the "edit in" back up in mail window - now selecting edit will edit in iPhoto and right clicking (control click) on a photo will give you a menu so you can choose PSE or iPhoto
LN
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