Getting Started with Flickr

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

Time to get to work!