Using iPhotos to be your screensaver on iTv

Multiple part question:
OSX 10.8.2 and iTunes 11.0.1
Since i update everything to the latest version without question I run into problems here & there!
Problem 1: I usually use all my past years (1 year total) images to be my screensaver. Because I do this that means that every few months I have to go in and change the selection to be more current. (selecting new images & deselecting old images)
Old method: go to iTunes>Advanced>Choose Photos to Share and select those events you want to dispplay. (simple)
Problem: the Advanced option is no longer an option.
This leaves me to believe that I will have to use Photo Stream: Select the photos you want and drop them in the Photo Stream folder in iPhoto. On the Apple TV go Setting>Screen Saver>Choose Photos>Photo Stream.
IS THIS THE ONLY OPTION? I LIKED IT BEFORE! IT WAS EASY TO SELECT AND DESELECT!
I read somwhere that images only stay on Photo Stream for 30 days! It would make sence that they stay on untill you take them off. I like them on there for 1 year.
I also read that it is dificult to take images off once you put them on if you decide you dont want them on after all.
The old method made it easy if you were having a party and wanted to select the images from the last party only. However if the next day you were having family over you could change the images again quickly and easily to somthing more resurved.

That option has simply been relocated in iTunes 11. It is now File - Home Sharing - Choose Photos To Share

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Up to this the lack of processing power on your computer left no choice but to organise this way. But file based organisation is as sensible as organising a Shoe Warehouse based on the colour of the boxes. It's also ultimately data-destructive.
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For a Photographer Photoshop is overkill. It's an enormously powerful app, a staple of the Graphic Designers' trade. A Photographer uses maybe 15% to 20% of its capability.
Apps like iPhoto, Lightroom, Aperture are the way forward - for photographers. There's the 20% of Photoshop that shooters actually use, coupled with management and lossless processing. Pop over to the Aperture or Lightroom forums (on the Adobe site) and one comment shows up over and over again... "Since I started using Aperture/ Lightroom I hardly ever use Photoshop any more..." and if there is a job that these apps can do, then the (much) cheaper Elements will do it.
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