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noelu30473240
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January 4, 2018
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Issues between LR and uploads to Flickr

  • January 4, 2018
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Over the last four months,I've been using Lightroom to upload my images to Flickr. Once uploaded, I then removed those images from the upload folder — in an attempt to keep that folder from becoming unwieldly.

I've now discovered that those images have vanished from Flickr.

This morning, I did a test: I uploaded one image from LR, made sure someone saw that image on Flickr, then deleted it from the LR upload folder, thinking that this would confirm that the image disappeared. To my surprise, the image is still on Flickr!!

On the Flickr forum, I've been told that:

" The easiest way to break the connection between LR and your account is to edit the preference in Flickr"

If I break the connection to LR,

a) will all my pics vanish?, and

b) Will I still be able to upload from LR? Or will that be gone as well?

c) do I need to break the connection with my iPhone as well?

I'm at a total loss as to what is going on here. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

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    Correct answer cmgap

    Great, thank you very much.


    Please read in particular the section on managing ‘photo sets’. It clearly states images deleted from a phot set will be removed from Flickr when you next tap publish.

    Publish from Lightroom Classic CC to Flickr

    The Publish Services panel in the Library module allows you to send photos directly from Lightroom Classic CC to Flickr. First, establish a connection between Flickr and Lightroom Classic CC, then create a publish collection of photos to publish. Finally, upload the photos. You can also make and view Flickr comments in the Comments panel in the Library module of Lightroom Classic CC.

    Create a Flickr connection

    The Publish Services connection allows Lightroom Classic CC to communicate with your Flickr account.

    In the Publish Services panel on the left side of the Library module, click the Flickr connection Set Up button.

    The Publish Services panel

    In the Lightroom Classic CC Publishing Manager dialog box, look under Flickr Account and click Log In.

    Follow the prompts to allow Flickr to communicate with Lightroom Classic CC.

    Specify additional export options in the Publishing Manager:

    Publish Service

    A description that appears next to the connection name in the Publish Services panel.

    Flickr Title

    Set photo titles using a photo’s filename, IPTC Title metadata, or Leave Blank. Choose the preferred behavior when updating photos: Replace Existing Title or Leave Existing Title.

    Note:

    For information on File Naming, File Settings, Image Sizing, and other options, see Export files to disk or CD.

    (Optional) To change your Flickr connection settings at any time, click the + button at the top of the Publish Services panel and choose Flickr > Edit Settings.

    Add and manage photos in a Flickr photoset

    Photos that you want to upload to Flickr are managed in a publish collection, also called a photoset.

    To create a Flickr photoset, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the Flickr connection in the Publish Services panel and choose one of the following:

    Create Photoset

    A collection or set of any photos that you choose that resides in your Flickr Photostream.

    Create Smart Photoset

    A photoset based on rules that you define. See Work with smart collections.

    For a regular photoset , drag photos from the Grid view to the Flickr photoset in the Publish Services panel. If you create a smart photoset , the photos that match your rules appear in the collection.

    To manage your Flickr photosets, do any of the following:

    To edit, rename, or delete a photoset, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) it in the Publish Services panel and choose Edit Collection, Rename, or Delete.

    To remove an unpublished photo from a regular photoset, select it in the photoset and press Delete.

    To add or remove photos in a smart photoset, change the rules of the smart photoset.

    To view the photos in a photoset, select the photoset in the Publish Services panel. The photos are organized in the following categories, or queues, in the image display area:

    New Photos To Publish

    Photos that have not been exported.

    Modified Photos To Republish

    Photos that were edited in the Library or Develop module after they were exported.

    Published Photos

    Photos that have not been modified since they were exported.

    Deleted Photos To Remove

    When you press Delete to remove published photos from a photoset, Lightroom Classic CC marks them as Deleted Photos To Remove. They are removed from the photoset in Lightroom Classic CC and from Flickr the next time you click Publish.

    Sent from my iPhone

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    cmgap
    Community Expert
    cmgapCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 4, 2018

    Are you referring to the Publish feature in the Library module?

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    noelu30473240Author
    Known Participant
    January 5, 2018

    Yes I am. Thanks

    what I did, In an attempt to clean up that Publish folder because it started to become unwieldy, was to removed the published images from that folder. Then, all those already published images also disappeared from Flickr.

    I'm gathering that removing them was the mistake.

    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    January 4, 2018

    noelu30473240  wrote

    This morning, I did a test: I uploaded one image from LR, made sure someone saw that image on Flickr, then deleted it from the LR upload folder, thinking that this would confirm that the image disappeared. To my surprise, the image is still on Flickr!!

    I don't know what you mean by "LR upload folder". Maybe you could be much more specific, and even show us a screen capture.

    On the Flickr forum, I've been told that:

    " The easiest way to break the connection between LR and your account is to edit the preference in Flickr"

    not only have I never heard of this, I have never heard of "edit the preference in Flickr"

    If I break the connection to LR,

    a) will all my pics vanish?, and

    b) Will I still be able to upload from LR? Or will that be gone as well?

    c) do I need to break the connection with my iPhone as well?

    Well, the answers really depend on how you did this upload, and we don't know, you haven't told us.

    Also, please read reply #16 here: Re: Lightroom to Flickr, can I delete originals from HD or will they be removed from Flickr too

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    noelu30473240Author
    Known Participant
    January 5, 2018

    I don't know what you mean by "LR upload folder".

         I'm using the Publish feature found in the Library module of LR, where I upload images to that folder, hit Publish, and it sends the images over to Flickr.

    On the Flickr forum, I've been told that:

    " The easiest way to break the connection between LR and your account is to edit the preference in Flickr"

    not only have I never heard of this, I have never heard of "edit the preference in Flickr"

            Here is a screen grab of this:

    It allows you to dis-connect Flickr from LR.

    Well, the answers really depend on how you did this upload, and we don't know, you haven't told us.

         As mentioned above, I used the Publish to Flickr found in the Library module of LR.

    Also, please read reply #16 here: Re: Lightroom to Flickr, can I delete originals from HD or will they be removed from Flickr too

         Thanks, yes, I have read that and that is exactly what I did : In an attempt to clean up that Publish folder because it started to
         become unwieldly, I had removed the published images from the folder. I do not remember seeing this dialogue box

    but it's possible that being a newby on LR, that I missed it.

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