Video: Uploading Images to Flickr with Aperture 3’s Built-In Flickr Albums
Aperture’s tools make it incredibly simple to upload to Flickr in a way that plug-ins just can’t match. Thanks to this new tool I’ve completely abandoned using plug-ins for uploading images.
With simple Albums, you can drag and drop photos and sync right to multiple Flickr accounts. This short video shows you the basics of that technique.
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Author: David Schloss
David Schloss is the director of the Mac Create Network and the Aperture Users Network, a professional photographer, writer, editor and photographic educator who specializes adventure sports, travel and lifestyle photography. Schloss is the author of the books Blue Pixel Personal Photo Coach: Digital Photography Tips from the Trenches and Blue Pixel Guide to Travel Photography: Perfect Photos Every Time. Schloss is the former Technical Editor for Photo District News, a position he held for six years.
5 Comments
Francis Mariani
February 9th, 2010
This sounds fantastic. “I’ve completely abandoned using plug-ins for uploading images”, since when, this morning, when Aperture 3 was released?
Jesse Kaufman
February 12th, 2010
Is there any way at all to update an existing set on flickr that wasn’t created in Aperture 3?? I started a 365 Project at the beginning of this year using the FlickrExport plug-in and I’d hate to have to rely on both that and the built-in (one to update sets that already existed on flickr and one for new sets) … ideas?
Andrew Stott (2 comments.)
February 16th, 2010
Thanks for the post, David, and for showing how quick the process can be within Aperture 3.
Have you really “completely abandoned using plug-ins for uploading images” though — especially to Flickr?
I’ve found the Aperture 3 / Flickr integration to be weak at best, and really only useful for getting images online quickly. You can’t upload an image to an existing set, unless that set was created from within Aperture 3. And you can’t just upload an image to your Photostream — it has to go into a set.
The lack of features that I’ve gotten accustomed to in Connected Flow’s FlickrExport plugin is surprising, too. Maybe you don’t need things like group integration, uploading to existing sets, keyword stripping, etc — for me those features are must-haves.
Here’s a thread from the Apple Discussions that goes into some of the integration gaps. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11075975�
I’d love to hear your thoughts, and I’m very interested in your Aperture -> Flickr workflow. In any case, I’m going back to FlickrExport. Thanks!
SPiliog
March 2nd, 2010
My serious prob with no solution so far is that the “flickr” upload doesn’t work at all on my Aperture 3. Nothing happens when I hit it. Any ideas?
Ron
March 3rd, 2010
I’m totally disappointed with Aperture 3’s very inflexible Flickr exporter. I often just want to select 1 or 2 photos at a time to export to Flickr and would like to drop them right into my photostream. Further, I have 5 sets on my Flickr account and DO NOT wish to create anymore. With Aperture 3’s Flickr exporter, you are forced to create a brand new set with every single export session and your photos are forced into that set. You are totally unable to post photos directly to your photostream.
What is Apple thinking? This Flickr exporter is terribly inflexible and, well, plain terrible!! Back to FlickrExport for me till this is fixed. It is very clearly broken!