[onlykaria]

hello,

i am an amateur photographer, i was using .mac with iweb to host my photography site. however, my old computer broke and i am wondering about switching to flickr. you seem to get alot more storage for alot less money but the page does not look as professional. what are people using? what do you guys think?

[cuidado]

flickr is the ****, esp if you want to share and browse.

[Peter]

flickr.

[onlykaria]

lol, that easy eh?

it is about 1/4 the cost of dot mac and you get like infy times the storage.

ok so here is my second question. is there a tool that will let me upload directly from aperture to flickr?

[onlykaria]

oh one more question about flickr...

if you have a pro account can is there a way to make your images public but keep people from viewing or downloading the full size images?

[nbnz]

You want to read the FAQ here and the prefs page here

[art_director]

Originally Posted by onlykaria

oh one more question about flickr...

if you have a pro account can is there a way to make your images public but keep people from viewing or downloading the full size images?

Yes, you can restrict that access.

The Flickr Uploader is the best option for uploads -- fast, reliable and badazz batch functionality.

[nbnz]

Originally Posted by art_director

Yes, you can restrict that access.

The Flickr Uploader is the best option for uploads -- fast, reliable and badazz batch functionality.

The FlickrExport plugin for iPhoto is also a great utility (if you use iPhoto). Although it has just become shareware for £12/$21 (was freeware).

[th3ph17]

i'll second the Flickr Uploader. Works great. You can restrict access based on several different variables, both by using Creative Commons licensing controls as well as restricting downloads to friends. Or you can keep certain pics private.

just keep in mind though that if someone can view your image, they have it. What flickr does if you want is place a transparent image OVER your pic, which only makes is harder to save an image easily.

http://flickr.com/photos/th3ph17/

[onlykaria]

Originally Posted by th3ph17

i'll second the Flickr Uploader. Works great. You can restrict access based on several different variables, both by using Creative Commons licensing controls as well as restricting downloads to friends. Or you can keep certain pics private.

just keep in mind though that if someone can view your image, they have it. What flickr does if you want is place a transparent image OVER your pic, which only makes is harder to save an image easily.

http://flickr.com/photos/th3ph17/

yeah, i looked for the option to place a transparent image over the original, and the help said it had it but i didnt find it.

i am ok with them looking at and having the low res image. its the high resolution images that i am concerned about.

[onlykaria]

as far as i know flickr uploader does not work directly with aperture.

[Calimus]

Why upload the full rez image if you don't want them to view it? if they can view it, they can take a screenshot. The ONLY way you can keep the full rez image from being copied is to not upload the full rez image for viewing.

[onlykaria]

Originally Posted by Calimus

Why upload the full rez image if you don't want them to view it? if they can view it, they can take a screenshot. The ONLY way you can keep the full rez image from being copied is to not upload the full rez image for viewing.

thats what i thought too, but its not true.

1-other flickr tools for iphoto resize the image as it is being uploaded.
2- flickr it self resizes the viewable image to 500 pixels on the largest size
3-there is an option to allow users to see "all sizes" by turning that off the most they can view anyway is the 500 pixel image. however i still retain access to all sizes.
4- because on aperture the delete button and the export buttons are so close (bad idea IMO) having a "backup" of individual images is great because i can reimport an image without having to restore the entire library and lose new changes just to get back one image. also have an aperture to flickr export tool would help address the mistakely deleted issue.
5-to see the max image would take more than one screenshot anyway.

[chrismccorkle]

flickr.