Publishing Images to Flickr
You start by selecting the images that you want to share. You then click the Flickr
button in the toolbar. You specify information about the Flickr album that you want to
create, and Aperture then creates the album in the Library inspector and uploads your
items to Flickr.
Flickr album
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Create a Flickr album
In the Library inspector, select the Canadian Road Trip project in the Travel folder. Then
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select four or five images in the project.
Click the Flickr button in the toolbar.
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In the dialog that appears, choose New Set from the Set pop-up menu.
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Enter a name for your Flickr album in the Set Name field. Aperture enters the name
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“Canadian Road Trip” for you, so you can use that name, if you wish.
In the “Photos Viewable by” pop-up menu, choose an access level to set who can view
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your Flickr album.
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Click Publish.
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Aperture publishes the album to Flickr, and the new Flickr album appears in the Flickr
section of the Library inspector.
Sync button
Flickr album
If you wish, drag more images into your new Flickr album in the Library inspector, then
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select it.
Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, you may have to wait a minute
or two for the images to finish uploading.
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To see the published images, choose Visit Flickr Gallery from the Flickr pop-up menu in
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the tool strip.
Flickr displays the images that you published. You can now share your images with
others by inviting them to view your Flickr account. You can also see the keywords and
location information automatically transferred with your Aperture images to Flickr.
Location information for your photos is transferred to Flickr only when the
Note:
“Include location information for published photos” checkbox is selected in the
Advanced pane of the Aperture Preferences window.
Close your web browser.
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