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On Vox: From Picasa to Flickr … Without going insane

Published by NiteMayr on March 3, 2008

First please check out this lifehacker post on the subject… I'll wait.  Did you read it or right/middle-click on it to read it later on a tab?

If you did the latter, good for you.  If not, welcome back.

I've been using Picasa to manage my photos for a couple years now (well over a year and a half at least) and have gotten used to it's foiables (lack of flickr support) and it's strengths (opening pictures in a new app or even in explorer)

(Yes, I use it in my awesome XP install.  I may love Linux for my servers, but I game in XP. 

Here is my typical work flow:

  1. Look at my pictures in the Library, using the keyboard to scroll through them and looking for something interesting.  I something from my dump looks good I either take it into an external app and edit it or just perk it up in Picasa's built in tools.
  2. Once the picture looks how I want it, I save a new copy and undo any changes I have made to the original.  This preserves the image as it was shot for later use.  The new file name is usually descriptive of the image itself. 

    (if I used an external app, I sometimes strip the EXIF data from the images)

  3. Picasa now has both the original and the new copy in the Library, which means I can select the new image(s) from the library and choose "show in explorer" or use CTRL+K to set some keywords… whatever.  I usually hit "show in explorer".
  4. In explorer I highlight the new images, right-click and choose "Upload to Flickr" which loads the images in the Flickr uploader.
  5. I select the appropriate sets and set the keywords for the images.  If needs be I rotate one (because the upload button isn't there until I do) then upload the images.
  6. I return to Picasa and repeat as needed.

Now you've learned two things:

1.  How I use Picassa.
2.  I actually choose what images to upload and not just random images from my camera. 

Now we should do the Salmon Dance

The Chemical Brothers - The Salmon Dance

The Chemical Brothers – The Salmon Dance

Hmmm, I've left off another option.

On my 'rents PC and the Laptop. I use Windows Live Gallery instead of Picasa, it's better.  No Joke.  I've just gotten used to Picasa on my own PC.

Originally posted on nitemayr.vox.com

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