Fraser Speirs ([info]fraserspeirs) wrote,
@ 2005-04-29 10:52:00
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Flickr Automator Action 0.1
Flickr Automator Action

So I quietly released my first Automator action, for uploading to Flickr. You can download it here. It's very much 0.1-quality right now, since it only connects to other actions that emit files (com.apple.cocoa.path types) and I need to make it connect to many other kinds of types too, such as com.apple.iphoto.photo-object. The practical effect of this is that you can't insert any of the Preview actions (Scale, Crop, Rotate, Flip) before an Upload action. There are only so many hours in the day....

But give it a go and let me know how you get on.

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[info]spike
2005-04-29 12:20 pm UTC (link)
Congrats on shipping an Automator thingy!

Go you!

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[info]hueypiris
2008-08-11 12:03 am UTC (link)
There are several ways of automating tasks under OSX - you can use "Automator", you can use bash shell scripts, you can use appleScript, etc.

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[info]balatro
2005-04-29 12:25 pm UTC (link)
Don't forget to write MacAddict and tell them about it :)

PS: Congrats!

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[info]michaelferguson
2005-04-29 06:19 pm UTC (link)
thanks for the great app. One thing I've noticed going Mac-->PC: gamma. I shoot in low light a lot, and a nuanced dark shot that looks fine on a Mac is black when I see it later on a PC. Would love to have that as an option on upload. Right now I batch them in Photoshop and re-upload.

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[info]hannahowyve
2008-07-16 02:40 am UTC (link)
Photoshop is a great app, but is not focused on doing one thing great like Fireworks does for web/interactive work.

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[info]josefsmithers
2008-08-06 04:16 am UTC (link)
But if you upload a bunch of pics and see them immediately in reverse order, the fastest way to fix it (for the photostream, not a set) would probably be to just delete them all and re-upload the batch in the right order.

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Flickr Uploadr Widget
(Anonymous)
2005-05-02 01:55 pm UTC (link)
I'd love to see a Flickr Uploadr Widget for the Dashboard. It could be incredibly useful to be able to drag photos to the dashboard for upload to Flickr.

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Re: Flickr Uploadr Widget
(Anonymous)
2005-05-02 03:39 pm UTC (link)
There is a Flickr upload widget on www.dashboardwidgets.com. It's called Flidget I believe.

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Re: Flickr Uploadr Widget
(Anonymous)
2005-05-02 05:06 pm UTC (link)
Thanks! The site is down right now, but I'll check it out when it comes back.

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Re: Flickr Uploadr Widget
[info]nerdtech
2005-05-02 11:41 pm UTC (link)
I cant figure out how the damn thing works. So, if you can make one that people can figure out and use, that would be awesome. :)

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Re: Flickr Uploadr Widget
[info]fraserspeirs
2005-05-03 06:46 am UTC (link)
I think it's highly unlikely I'll be writing dashboard widgets in the near future. I can't draw and I don't know javascript :-)

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Re: Flickr Uploadr Widget
[info]nerdtech
2005-05-03 01:48 pm UTC (link)
Yeah but you saved my butt with your iPhoto plug-in! ;)
Thanks for all the stuff you do!

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Other types…
(Anonymous)
2005-05-12 10:39 pm UTC (link)
Ah, that's the beauty of Automator. It can convert from things like com.apple.iphoto.photo-object to com.apple.applescript.alias to com.apple.cocoa.path. So you could easily put together a workflow of: Get Selected Items from iPhoto -> Copy Finder Items (This so you don't modify the real image) -> Scale Image -> Upload Images to Flickr". The necessary conversions will happen automatically for you. Give it a try :-)

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Flickr Tagging Workflow
(Anonymous)
2005-05-23 07:13 pm UTC (link)
I've been trying to figure this out but I'm no programmer and I think it's going to take some help from an Apple Script, so I'll toss the idea out and somebody else can execute it maybe!

I would love an Automator workflow to help me tag pictures I snag from Flickr.
I was thinking the way to make it best work would be to open the image in Safari, download the image to desktop and then run the workflow. The workflow would go something like this.

Take file>Add Spight comment "Flickr" > Get current URL in Safari > Add Spotlight comment "Current URL in Safari" > Add user-defined comments



When it was done you'd have a file tagged with "Flickr" the URL of the image on Flickr and then whatever else you wanted to add.

Somebody please take my idea and improve upon it and run with it!

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sweet!
[info]amani4545
2006-03-22 05:41 am UTC (link)
Just found this. A big time saver. Thanks.

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Cool, but ...
[info]swbuehler
2006-04-29 02:36 am UTC (link)
Know of any similar action for TextAmerica?

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[info]ambitious_wench
2006-05-21 12:43 am UTC (link)
Will this work in 10.3.9, or is it only for 10.4.X?

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[info]fraserspeirs
2006-05-21 07:32 am UTC (link)
Tiger only.

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[info]the_evil_alice
2006-05-21 10:13 pm UTC (link)
thanks for making this
but i dont have mac so dont think it'll work..

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awesome
[info]the_evil_alice
2006-05-21 10:13 pm UTC (link)
because of awesome people like you we get the help we need!
didnt add that on the other comment and wanted to add it still

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[info]natan
2006-05-30 04:04 am UTC (link)
Awesome. Any chance of making a Universal version available?

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[info]josue.myopenid.com
2006-12-27 09:07 pm UTC (link)
I second that.

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[info]crispy22
2007-08-04 05:11 pm UTC (link)
Hey
I was Wondering if it would be possilbe if you could write some information about your self and your photographer for me, as i am studying A Level photographer at the moment.
For my project I am focusing on Car Badges and love your collection on them and wuold like to be able to use you as a Photogrpher for my project.

Thank You
Ashleigh

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[info]fraserspeirs
2007-08-04 05:44 pm UTC (link)
Send me an email (fraser at speirs.org) and I'll try and help you out.

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[info]crispy22
2007-08-05 03:04 pm UTC (link)
Hey, Thank You.

I just need to know a few things like:
How you got into photography?
What interests/inspires you about it?
What you spend most your time photographing?
Have you always had the interest since a young age?
I see you have quite a large variaty of images, is it something that you just think of at the spare of a moment (car badges) or do you plan what you are going to photograph? (if that makes sense)

Things like that, hope you dont mind. Just information about yourself and photography.

Cheers.

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