Getting Started with FlickrPresentation Transcript
Getting Started with Flick r A Library 2.0 Training Session Susan Knisely Online Services Librarian Nebraska Library Commission
What can you do in Flick r without an account?
Search for Photos, People, or Groups
Browse by popular tags or cameras
View “Public” Photos
What can you do in Flick r with an account?
Upload your own photos
Comment on photos
Tag photos (i.e. add descriptive keywords)
Join groups / post photos to groups
View “Private” photos of people who have marked you as family or friend
Post your photos to a blog
And much, much more!
Free Flick r account
100 MB monthly upload limit (5 MB per photo)
3 photosets
Photostream views limited to the 200 most recent images
Post any of your photos in up to 10 group pools
Storage of smaller (resized) images
Flick r Pro Account
Unlimited uploads (10 MB per photo)
Unlimited storage & bandwidth
Unlimited photosets
Permanent archiving of high-resolution original images
The ability to replace a photo
Post any of your photos in up to 60 group pools
Ad-free browsing and sharing
Cost: $24.95 / year
Create a Free Flick r Account http://www.flickr.com/signup If you already have a Yahoo! ID and Password (e.g., from an email account) you can use those. If you don’t -- Sign Up here
Create Your Yahoo! ID
Choose Your Screen Name
Click Flick r Logo to Get Home
Go to Your Profile Click here to open the You drop-down menu, then select Your Profile
Edit Your Profile, Buddy Icon, & Screen Name
Decide what information you want to include in your Profile You can control how much of your profile is visible, and to whom, when you set your account privacy settings. Reveal a little or a lot
Create a Buddy Icon . . . . . . to go from
Change Your Screen Name If you don’t want to use your Yahoo! ID as your Flickr screen name, change it here. You can change your screen name whenever you want.
Go to “Your Account”
Your Account
Account Settings Worth Reviewing
Personal Information / Your profile privacy - Control who is able to see different parts of your profile:
Anyone
Any Flickr member
Any of your contacts
Friends and family
Nobody
Personal Information / Your Flickr web address – Create your own permanent, user-friendly Flickr address
www.flickr.com/photos/ bluedonkey65 as opposed to www.flickr.com/photos/ [email_address]
Choose Your Address Wisely!
Account Settings (cont.)
Privacy & Permissions / Defaults for new uploads
Control who will be able to see, comment on, and annotate your photos
Set photo safety level:
Safe
Moderate
Restricted
Set image content type:
Photos
Art, Illustration, CGI or other non-photographic images
Screenshots
Your Flick r Home Click here to upload photos Click Home from anywhere in Flickr to return to this page
Upload Options
Web-based upload form (upload up to 6 images at a time)
Flickr Uploadr for Windows
Flickr Uploadr for Mac
“ Send to Flickr” Windows XP Explorer Wizard
Upload by email
and more . . .
Web-Based Upload Form Upload up to 6 images at a time Add tags Apply privacy settings Keep track of how much of your upload capacity you’ve used
Find the image(s) you want on your computer Click Browse , then locate the image file on your computer Click Open to transfer the file path to the upload form
Upload Photo(s) Click upload
Describe your Photos After uploading add Title , Description , and Tags
Your photos Click directly on a photo to access additional options
Things to do with a photo!
Delete or add a tag
Edit licensing information
Place on map
View camera info.
Edit title, description, and tags
Edit privacy settings
Why aren’t my photos showing?
New accounts are marked Pending until Flickr administrators have reviewed them.
Photos in pending accounts won’t show up in:
Public photo lists (e.g., “Everyone’s Photos”)
Pages that show all photos tagged with a certain tag
Groups, if you aren’t a group member
Upload at least 5 public photos to get your account in the review queue
Review process takes 3-5 days
What are Groups?
Groups are places to share photos related to a particular theme (e.g., a geographic location, subject matter, photographic technique, etc.)
There are 3 types of groups:
Public – Anyone who wants to can join instantly
Public (invite only) – The group page is public, but the only way to join is by invitation
Private – Only group members and those who have been invited will be able to view the group page
Search for a Group / Create a New Group
Search for a Group by Name Click here to go to the Group’s page
Join a Group Click on Join this group
Request an Invitation to Join Public (Invite Only) Groups If the group is an “invite only” Public group, you will be taken to an invitation request form. Fill it out and send it in to request an invitation!
Adding Pictures to a Group While viewing a photo, click on the Send to Group icon. Choose a group to add your photo to. Only groups you belong to will be listed.
What are Sets?
Sets are a way to group related pictures together within your account – sort of like creating thematic photo albums!
Creating Sets / Adding Photos to Sets While viewing a photo, click on the Add To Set icon. Choose an existing set to add your photo to or create a new set .
Editing Sets Click on Organize Your sets to open the Flickr Organizr . Next select the set you want to work with.
Batch Edit Options Batch edit options
What are Contacts
Contacts are other Flickr users with whom you want some level of relationship.
Making someone a contact gives you easier access to their public photos.
Making someone a contact is the first step in sharing private photos with them; the second step is marking them as:
Friend
Family
Or both
Adding Contacts Decide if you want to designate this contact as Friend or Family Click on right side of a buddy icon to open the drop-down menu; select Add as a contact option. Your new contact will appear on your Profile page
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