Where is iPhoto images stored at?

Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, but i am new and still getting use to my new imac. My question is...
when i add images to iPhoto from my external HD, does it move the images to my mac hard-drive?
My issue is i am a digital scrapbooker & designer. I have over 50GB in supplies i use kept on my external HD. I use to use ACDSee to organize and view as well as categorize my images for easy to find use. That software is not compatible with Intel macs. So I want to use iPhoto as i love the stacking & categorizing options as well as able to order my printed out scrpabooks straight from there; but obviously cannot afford for iphoto to place all those images on my hard-drive.
Is there something i should do, maybe move my iphoto library to my external HD? I havent been able to find another photo viewer/organizer for mac's which is very hard for me to work with my scraps.
PS. Can we drag & drop images from iphoto to Photoshop CS3?

Is there something i should do, maybe move my iphoto library to my external HD?
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library Folder as an entity from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
PS. Can we drag & drop images from iphoto to Photoshop CS3?
Much Better is to set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Regards
TD

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