I'm not quite sure if this is the place for it, but since it deals with workflow I'm guessing it is.

So here's my dilemma :)
I just got myself a flickr pro account, a bit of a nudge for me to upload more photos online. Though I'm not quite sure how and which photos to upload.
By this I mean do I upload only webres images with watermarks, do I upload fullres images without watermarks so I'll have an online back up or do I upload both and just manage privacy settings to reduce redundancy?

I know its really by preference, but I'd like to get an idea as to what other people are doing. Any reply would be helpful, I'm just having this dilemma (You know usual 3am musings :) )

Thanks much folks! :)

Sir Marton!

What i do is just upload the images that i really like. All are fullres images with watermarks included. since i dont prepare webres.images, and anyway you can change your copyright settings.......if you worry about the copyright issues. Or you can always mention in your images that to ask permission to you first in the event someone wants to use your images.:)

Your best bet is to be redundant if you plan to use Flickr as your repository as well.

Upload a web-size image (I usually stick to 800px widest as it's just the "natural" size when I change my resolution in DPP from 300 to 72dpi so I won't have to adjust the dimensions myself) with watermark or whatever. You can use that to share and view to the world.

Then upload a full-size jpeg for repository but mark that as private. You're the only one that can see that full-size file so you won't have to worry about folks nabbing it. If you need to share that full res, you can just view the full size image and give them the URL to that image as even if an image is set at Private, you can share the actual photo's URL to others.

I'm not quite sure if this is the place for it, but since it deals with workflow I'm guessing it is.

So here's my dilemma :)
I just got myself a flickr pro account, a bit of a nudge for me to upload more photos online. Though I'm not quite sure how and which photos to upload.
By this I mean do I upload only webres images with watermarks, do I upload fullres images without watermarks so I'll have an online back up or do I upload both and just manage privacy settings to reduce redundancy?

I know its really by preference, but I'd like to get an idea as to what other people are doing. Any reply would be helpful, I'm just having this dilemma (You know usual 3am musings :) )

Thanks much folks! :)

nice one, ton! :) you get a pro account and get more problems. :) back up your portfolio there! heeheh! see you next week!

Sir Marton!

What i do is just upload the images that i really like. All are fullres images with watermarks included. since i dont prepare webres.images, and anyway you can change your copyright settings.......if you worry about the copyright issues. Or you can always mention in your images that to ask permission to you first in the event someone wants to use your images.:)

Thanks Gabriel! :)
This sounds good, I do plan on uploading just the ones I like. And I prefer people seeing the ones with the watermark, since I've done that in the past I got more messages asking permission to use some of my work. :)

Thanks again Gabriel!

Your best bet is to be redundant if you plan to use Flickr as your repository as well.

Upload a web-size image (I usually stick to 800px widest as it's just the "natural" size when I change my resolution in DPP from 300 to 72dpi so I won't have to adjust the dimensions myself) with watermark or whatever. You can use that to share and view to the world.

Then upload a full-size jpeg for repository but mark that as private. You're the only one that can see that full-size file so you won't have to worry about folks nabbing it. If you need to share that full res, you can just view the full size image and give them the URL to that image as even if an image is set at Private, you can share the actual photo's URL to others.

Thanks David!

This reply seemed to quell my query and would most definitely be what I'll be doing, though earlier I thought of doing it the other way and having a small non watermarked image shown to all with its highres kept private while a private watermarked image used for net and blog posting. But your way sounds much better :)

I guess redundancy is the only way! :D

Thanks again David!

Storage is free, maximize it :)

nice one, ton! :) you get a pro account and get more problems. :) back up your portfolio there! heeheh! see you next week!

Truly, mo money mo porblems. haha :D

Storage is free, maximize it :)

Will do! :Grin:

With the pro account, there's a setting there which you can disable the "All sizes" button on your photos, so the max size that they can view is only around 600px on the long side.

With the pro account, there's a setting there which you can disable the "All sizes" button on your photos, so the max size that they can view is only around 600px on the long side.

Really how can i do this?

I'm on a freebie flickr account, but I can disable the All Sizes button so that other users will not see it, and right-clicking on the image will not work either.

I do this by logging in to my flickr account and:

1. Click on You > Your Account.
2. Click on the Privacy & Permissions link.
3. Under Global Settings, Who can download your stuff, click on the edit link on the same line.
4. Under Who can download your stuff? select Only you by clicking on the radio button beside it.
5. Click on SAVE.

You can test by logging out of your account and then loading up your Flickr URL. You'll see that the All Sizes button no longer appears, and that right clicking to get the URL or to save your image will not work as well.

HOWEVER... any bloke with HTML knowledge will still get the URL to the preview pic by digging into the html source of the page, although he will not have access to your high-resolution version.

What Bambit said.
You can upload fullres photos but have your privacy settings prevent anyone from viewing bigger sizes.

I'm on a freebie flickr account, but I can disable the All Sizes button so that other users will not see it, and right-clicking on the image will not work either.

I do this by logging in to my flickr account and:

1. Click on You > Your Account.
2. Click on the Privacy & Permissions link.
3. Under Global Settings, Who can download your stuff, click on the edit link on the same line.
4. Under Who can download your stuff? select Only you by clicking on the radio button beside it.
5. Click on SAVE.

You can test by logging out of your account and then loading up your Flickr URL. You'll see that the All Sizes button no longer appears, and that right clicking to get the URL or to save your image will not work as well.

HOWEVER... any bloke with HTML knowledge will still get the URL to the preview pic by digging into the html source of the page, although he will not have access to your high-resolution version.

thanks for this :D

another thing i can think of is that set all your contacts as contacts, so that there are family members who want the full res pix sometimes and set family as the ones who can DL your full res images.