FlickR

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Online photo sharing in plain English
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Introduction to FlickR
[|FlickR] allows you to upload, store and share images or short (90 secs) video clips free of charge. To speed up your upload it's important to resize your photos first using any graphics editing program to maximise your allowable uploads– 800 x 600 pixels for eg is ideal for digital stories. If you do not have an editing program installed on your computer there are a range of good applications online - see our online image editor page for examples.

Register with Yahoo
To use FlickR you must have a Yahoo account. Head into [|FlickR] and register with Yahoo by clicking the CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT button on the homepage and then the SIGN UP button on the following page.

Developing your profile
Log in to your account and from your homepage, click on the YOU pull-down menu and select YOUR PROFILE. Click on the EDIT YOUR PROFILE button in the top right corner of the page to adjust your site name, personal details, online spaces etc.

Adjusting your account
Also under the **YOU** pull-down menu you can click on and edit your ACCOUNT details. In this section you can set your privacy and permissions (see tab at top), your default copyright licence and upgrade, if you wish, to a PRO account - this costs around $30/yr but provides unlimited uploads, sets etc. The default copyright licence is "All Rights Reserved". If you are happy for others to make use of your images it's important to change this. Many people select the Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons Attribution but you need to read each option and select carefully.

Uploading images
You can upload images to FlickR from a computer -using the upload tool embedded in the site - click on UPLOAD PHOTOS on your homepage or from a mobile device - see instructions on the [|Mobile Tools page] To minimise the upload time, particularly if you are operating on low bandwidth, resize your images first.

Tagging your images
In order to easily access and share your images it's important to tag them with relevant terms or key words. If your images are part of a group project, you are likely to find group-agreed tags useful in addition to your own personal choices. For an overview of the concept of tagging click here.

Organising your images
Once you have a large amount of images in your account you'll want to organise them. With a free account you can create 3 sets (groups) for your images. PRO accounts can have unlimited SETS and also COLLECTIONS which are groups of sets with a common feature. Click on ORGANIZE - Your sets and collections pull down menu to do this. You can also add extra tags to SETS in this area.

Editing your image details
It's easy to edit the title (click on text), description (from the thumbnail page of your photostream) add tags (click on 'add tag' from the image page) of images once they are uploaded. To edit groups of images click on the ORGANIZE drop-down menu and select ALL YOUR CONTENT or SETS as applicable.

Using and attributing images
Whether you use your own images or the work of others, and regardless of (usable) licence, it's vital to attribute the work. You should provide the account name of the image 'owner' and a link to the image page.

Locating usable images in FlickR
Given that the default licence in FlickR is 'All Rights Reserved' and that most users do not alter that, you CANNOT automatically use images you find. Check the CC Licence setting on the image page (see image below). If usable you can click on the licence title to ascertain uses and restrictions. You can find FlickR pics that are licenced for use via the advanced search settings. Enter a tag into the search box and when you have the results click on ADVANCED and select the bottom Creative Commons option on the page.

//A print version of the information on this page is available in Word format here - It was last updated on 21 October 08//