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I'm trying to download the original sizes of photos in a certain set, and to my shock I see that a lot of them have been resized! They are not suitable for printing purposes in a lot of occasions. How could this have happened? I thought Flickr would not touch the original photos?
I have a pro account. The pictures I want to download are from the set " Fedde" , my newborn baby son. This really saddens me..
Posted at 4:30AM, 10 November 2012 PDT
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Flickr doesnt touch the originals. Honest.
Are you by accident resizing them on upload?
And please dont rely on an online service for your only copy of any important photos.
Please consider keeping local copies, and also save them on an external drive (if they are important)
You only have 2 public photos and do not allow access to your originals so its impossible to check.
Posted 6 months ago.
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Thanks for your reply. I have uploaded a lot of the pictures months ago, using Flickexport via Aperture. I checked if I mistakenly resized them during uploading but this is not the case. I already used images for the birthday card so I know the original size used to be bigger.
Fortunately I have local copies and backups. I read on this forum that a lot of people use Flickr as an online archive with their Pro accounts. I also read that Flickr does not alter original photos. Is it possible that I accidentally resized original size pictures online?
I changed the permissions so you can view the set now (there are some pictures that don't have the mentioned problem. 1 pic that I used before with its original size is this one, which is now only 1024 x 768:
farm9.staticflickr.com/8444/7807881010_f60b040a75_b_d.jpg
Posted 6 months ago.
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Im afraid im not gonna be much help. Sorry.
You cant change the size of a photo within flickr itself. The only way is by replacing the photo with a smaller version, or by using flickrs editing program (the one they are in leagues with. Aviary) but this again means replacing the photo.
I can only assume it was something done before you uploaded.
However if your sure that flickr has done something with your original then use help by email at the bottom of the page, or wait for someone more knowledgeable to come along here. :-)
Posted 6 months ago.
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 Oh, dear. Another Aperture disaster, but at least you have local copies.
Aperture is a syncing program. Whatever you do on your computer, happens to the photos "stored" on Flickr.
I would suggest that you disconnect your Aperture syncing feature immediately and in future, you just use the normal Flickr Uploadr. So many people have lost entire photostreams as a result of not knowing exactly how powerful the syncing programs really are.
Posted 6 months ago.
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Aha. I knew someone would come along and spot the problem. :-)
Posted 6 months ago.
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Could you give us a link to the normal photo-page? The one you gave us above downloads the photo - which isn't much help in trying to see what the problem is on Flickr.
Posted 6 months ago.
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Oh, and congratulations on the birth of your son, so by the way! :-)
Posted 6 months ago.
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Thanks guys, I'm still searching what went wrong. My Aperture shows the correct sizes. I do have Flickr in the Aperture preferences, and it tries to sync, maybe this is something that is devilish..
I tried various third party tools to download the set entirely a couple of weeks ago, maybe these screwed everything up?
Oh, and here's the link to the page:
www.flickr.com/photos/jaccostraman/7807881010/in/set-7215...
cheers!
Posted 6 months ago.
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I tried various third party tools to download the set entirely a couple of weeks ago, maybe these screwed everything up?
No, the downloading tools won't mess with your originals. At least, I don't know of any complaints about that.
Thanks for the link. Yes, your original on Flickr is indeed only 1024 x 682 and it does not appear to have been replaced at any time. Sorry, there is nothing we as fellow users can do about that. Neither can Flickr, as far as I know.
There is no doubt in my mind that, if you did indeed upload the larger size, it was somehow synced by something Aperture did. This forum is full of examples where people have lost photos and indeed entire photostreams because of syncing programs like Aperture and Lightroom. I know that Aperture has done something to their code to stop the photos being deleted, but I am not sure about the resizing thing.
It seems strange though as it does not say that the photo has been replaced.
Please do yourself a favour and unsync Aperture. It is so dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. It's a great program if you know what it is all about and what you are doing, but if you don't ...
And those photos are precious.
Posted 6 months ago.
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FlickrExport for Aperture is a third-party plugin, not the official Aperture syncing.
connectedflow.com/flickrexport/aperture/
Given that your photo was not 'replaced', the size problem has nothing to do with syncing; it means that you told FlickrExport to upload that size. Perhaps it's a bug with FlickrExport, and if so, you need to contact the folks you bought the plugin from.
Posted 6 months ago.
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Thanks for all the help guys, I think Brenda is right, I'll use the official Aperture syncing from now on, that seems to work.
Posted 6 months ago.
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I've had HORRIBLE experiences with built-in Aperture synching, and NEVER a probem in 5 years using Flickr Export for Aperture/ iPhoto.
My guess is that you had exported some photos to the desktop at lower resolution. Then when you exported to Flickr, MacOS remembered your last export settings & used that in the upload.
I'd stick with Flickr Export, unless you simply want an online mirror of your library.
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