Where are my photos that i import to iphoto?

I have photoshop lightroom and i want to edit photos in there but all of my photos are located in iphoto. do i need to copy them all over to the photos folder of my mac? that seems a bit silly because i am wasting a lot of hard drive space doing this. lightroom doesn't seem to pull the files from iphoto. am i wrong?
thanks
C

C
No you are not wrong.
The issue is that iPhoto is a Photo Organiser and so is Lightroom - they both want to manage the files. Lightroom is not a photo editor like Photoshop, and so you cannot integrate the two apps as you would with Photoshop or any other editor.
Regards
TD

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This may be of interest to you:
Using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements as Your Editor of Choice in iPhoto.
1 - select Photoshop or Photoshop Elememts as your editor of choice in iPhoto's General Preference Section's under the "Edit photo:" menu.
2 - double click on the thumbnail in iPhoto to open it in Photoshop. When you're finished editing click on the Save button. If you immediately get the JPEG Options window make your selection (Baseline standard seems to be the most compatible jpeg format) and click on the OK button. Your done.
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NOTE: With Photoshop Elements the Saving File preferences should be configured as shown:
I also suggest the Maximize PSD File Compatabilty be set to Always. In PSE’s General preference pane set the Color Picker to Apple as shown:
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You import the pictures from the phone. Windows has a built in utility to import pictures from a digital camera, or in this case the iPhone. It doesn't import from the backup, it imports them directly from the iPhone. You can go into Control Panel and click on AutoPlay to configure what happens when you plug in a digital camera or the iPhone. Otherwise, there are programs like Lawrence has described.

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2. *File -> Export*: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
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