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Export photos
Last updated 11/30/2015
Publish from Lightroom to Flickr
The Publish Services panel in the Library module allows you to send photos directly from Lightroom to Flickr. First,
establish a connection between Flickr and Lightroom, 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.
Create a Flickr connection
The Publish Services connection allows Lightroom to communicate with your Flickr account.
1 In the Publish Services panel on the left side of the Library module, click the Flickr connection Set Up button.
2 In the Lightroom Publishing Manager dialog box, look under Flickr Account and click Log In.
3 Follow the prompts to allow Flickr to communicate with Lightroom.
4 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 .
5 (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.
1 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.
2 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.
3 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• To remove an unpublished photo from a regular photoset, select it in the photoset and press Delete.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.