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Post by mwhiteaz on Jan 3, 2017 23:31:35 GMT
I think I need a pep talk, and some advice. After a trip to Ecuador in August, I've been trying to put together an album of the best photos on the stupid Google Photos site, since they no longer support Picasa. I used Picasa for a number of years, found it quite user-friendly, and put a lot of care into creating albums to share with friends (none are public). Now all those albums are on Google, a site I'm finding very difficult and confusing. I gave up after adding just six photos. It's discouraging, and I haven't taken my DSLR and lenses out of the closet in months.
Did I just not give it enough of a try, or is it really that difficult? Is there a different photo sharing site that's more user friendly?
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Post by hmca on Jan 4, 2017 13:26:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 13:39:44 GMT
If it is just sharing with your family and friends, Flickr is definitely a good option. I use it (not to share with family and friends) and it is very easy to set up an album, upload the photos, and then set the visibility of that album or individual photos. As Helen has said, setting up an account with Flickr is pretty painless and the use of the site is not complicated at all (in my opinion). I don't have any experience with Google Photo, so cannot comment on that.
However, just looking at it now it seems pretty straight forward to me. You upload photos either from your desktop or via their app, which is the same sort of format you would use in Flickr. What exactly are you having trouble with?
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Post by cats4jan on Jan 4, 2017 14:07:29 GMT
I use Snapfish. I have it set on private and I just let my family sign in as me so they can add to the albums if they need to. I've used Flickr, too. Both are good options.
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Post by BuckSkin on Jan 4, 2017 16:02:59 GMT
Something to consider; which, if any, of the sites automatically mess with the resolution/quality of the images ?
So far as anyone I personally know that would actually look at pictures online, it is FaceBook or not at all; however, from what I read, FaceBook is not very photographer friendly in that they smush your images into oblivion such that there is no way to share quality printable images.
Google's main draw at the beginning was that you could post full resolution images, with no size constraints; of course, when I finally got up the nerve to give it a try, it is now just a shell of what it started out to be, so I didn't even join up.
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Post by Tpgettys on Jan 4, 2017 16:11:12 GMT
Did I just not give it enough of a try, or is it really that difficult? Is there a different photo sharing site that's more user friendly? I haven't tried Google, so can not comment. I think the article that Helen posted a link to is a great place to start. I use Flickr, as I don't have to worry about size limitations, and you have control over who can or can not view them. They give you 1 TB storage free(!), so that is pretty hard to beat. |
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Post by dandc on Jan 4, 2017 19:42:31 GMT
I actually use Google and have found that even after all the change(s) it's still pretty straightforward to use and share photos with. I still use the desktop version of Picasa and to share pictures with family I upload them from with Picasa to an online album. You have the option of uploading the files full-size or reduced. When the upload is complete I goto Google Photos online (I use gmail so that is as simple as just clicking on the Photos app icon to access my albums). Locate the album you want to share and select the share icon to see the sharing choices. I usually select the Get Link option which I then paste into an e-mail to my family - but if who you want to share the album with is in your contacts you'll see them listed on the share page and share directly from there. You can state what access others have with the album and I've found those options to be pretty comprehensive. My family has accessed these types of albums thru their smartphone, tablet or computer without any issue that I know of.
Lots of choices out there - I'm sure you'll find one you find to your liking.
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 4, 2017 19:47:20 GMT
mwhiteaz,
I am quite unfamiliar with photo-sharing sites (except for Adobe Revel which was integrated into Elements).
Which version of Elements do you use? You may want to check the Share tab (Organizer or Editor). You will find some of these sites neatly integrated into Elements. For example, in Elements 15 you get Flick and SmugMug.
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Post by mwhiteaz on Jan 4, 2017 20:42:51 GMT
Thanks for all the tips and recommendations. HMCA, the link to the article was very useful; I hadn't come across that article in my recent search. Flickr seems to be the favorite here, but the WiseGeek article and Dandc may convince me to give Google another try. Sepiana, I'm still on PSE 10, the only version I've ever owned.
I don't do FB or any of that other stuff. I just put together albums, usually from my travels, and send a link to interested family and friends so they can peruse at their leisure. No more inviting people over to endure a slide show! One friend has used a lot of my photos in his own blog when he's got writer's/photographer's block.
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 4, 2017 21:54:10 GMT
Sepiana, I'm still on PSE 10, the only version I've ever owned. mwhiteaz, thanks for the information! I also have Elements 10. Here are the sharing options which Adobe integrated into this version.
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Post by mwhiteaz on Jan 4, 2017 22:56:42 GMT
Now how cool is that! So Flickr can actually accept PSD files?
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 4, 2017 23:06:54 GMT
Now how cool is that! So Flickr can actually accept PSD files? I don't see the PSD file format listed on their Help page. It looks like, if you upload a PSD file, it will be automatically converted into JPEG.
Flickr upload requirements
I am not a Flickr user. I believe Simone (storkington) is; she will be able to confirm it.
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Post by mwhiteaz on Jan 4, 2017 23:16:09 GMT
Thanks for that. If they are doing the conversion automatically that saves me from the hassle.
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Post by alexr on Jan 7, 2017 9:14:26 GMT
Flickr works well for me, although my requirements are somewhat different from yours but I'll share some thoughts in case they are useful.
I typically make all of my images public so that I can readily share with forums such as this plus anyone else I want to but this does constrain what I upload as follows:
a. I never upload my highest quality images.
b. All of my uploaded images include a visible copyright statement.
c. I never upload images containing recognisable family and friends.
Regarding a and b, please don't think that I am under any illusion that my images are so magnificent that people want to steal them, and that if someone does that they couldn't easily remove markings, but my thought is why make it easy for them? So on that basis I would never upload a psd. But I have just gone into Flickr uploader and my psd (and cr2 - Canon's raw file format) files are greyed out in the 'select your file' box so they don't appear to be uploadable anyway; I don't know what is meant by 'All other formats will be converted to JPEG'.
If I do want to send someone a full size image I use dropbox, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it as a photo sharing site.
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Post by mwhiteaz on Jan 7, 2017 18:56:52 GMT
Good points, Alexr. I understand well why you want to keep your photos private. As mentioned, a friend likes to use my travel photos sometimes when he's low on ideas for his blog (blogger's block?), and they are public then. But he only uses my first name.
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