Getting Started with Flickr

Slide 1: Getting Started with Flickr A Library 2.0 Training Session Susan Knisely Online Services Librarian Nebraska Library Commission

Slide 2: What can you do in Flickr without an account?  Search for Photos, People, or Groups  Browse by popular tags or cameras  View “Public” Photos

Slide 3: What can you do in Flickr 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!

Slide 4: Free Flickr 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

Slide 5: Flickr 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

Slide 6: Create a Free Flickr Account If you If you already have a Yahoo! ID don’t -- and Password (e.g., from an email Sign Up account) you can use those. here http://www.flickr.com/signup

Slide 7: Create Your Yahoo! ID

Slide 8: Choose Your Screen Name

Slide 9: Click Flickr Logo to Get Home

Slide 10: Go to Your Profile Click here to open the You drop-down menu, then select Your Profile

Slide 11: Edit Your Profile, Buddy Icon, & Screen Name

Slide 12: 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

Slide 13: Create a Buddy Icon . . . . . . to go from

Slide 14: 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.

Slide 15: Go to “Your Account”

Slide 16: Your Account

Slide 17: 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/52423626@N00

Slide 18: Choose Your Address Wisely!

Slide 19: 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

Slide 20: Your Flickr Home Click Home from anywhere in Flickr to return to this page Click here to upload photos

Slide 21: 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 . . .

Slide 22: Web-Based Upload Form Keep track of how much of Upload up to 6 your upload images at a capacity time you’ve used Add tags Apply privacy settings

Slide 23: 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

Slide 24: Upload Photo(s) Click upload

Slide 25: Describe your Photos After uploading add Title, Description, and Tags

Slide 26: Your photos Click directly on a photo to access additional options

Slide 27: Things to do with a photo! 1. Delete or add a tag 3. Edit licensing information 5. Place on map 7. View camera info. 9. Edit title, description, and tags 11. Edit privacy settings

Slide 28: 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

Slide 29: 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

Slide 30: Search for a Group / Create a New Group

Slide 31: Search for a Group by Name Click here to go to the Group’s page

Slide 32: Join a Group Click on Join this group

Slide 33: 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!

Slide 34: 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.

Slide 35: What are Sets? Sets are a way to group related pictures together within your account – sort of like creating thematic photo albums!

Slide 36: 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.

Slide 37: Editing Sets Click on Organize  Your sets to open the Flickr Organizr. Next select the set you want to work with.

Slide 38: Batch Edit Options Batch edit options

Slide 39: 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

Slide 40: Adding Contacts Click on right side of a buddy icon to open the drop-down menu; select Add as a contact option. Decide if you want to designate this contact as Friend or Family Your new contact will appear on your Profile page

Slide 41: Time to get to work! Questions? Shannon Behrhorst Susan Knisely 402-471-4031 402-471-3849 800-307-2665 800-307-2665 shannon@nlc.state.ne.us sknisely@nlc.state.ne.us