Fun with Flickr!

Flickr Basics

During this Flickr class, you will learn how to:• Create a Flickr account• Upload photos• Add titles to photos• Tag photos• Create a photo set• Fun stuff

Go to www. Flickr.com to

get started

If you have a Yahoo! account, click Sign in.

If you don’t have a Yahoo! account, click Create Your Account.

To sign in, type your Yahoo! ID, your

password, and click Sign In.

The greeting lets you know you’re logged

in.

To upload photos to Flickr, click on Upload

Photos.

Next, click Choose photos.

Ways to Upload Photos:

•Through the web•Desktop Uploadr•Through email

From your computer, choose the photos

you’d like to upload.

After you’ve selected the photos to upload, click Upload Photos.

By clicking this link, you can add titles,

descriptions, and tags to your photos.

For each photo, I’ve added a title,

and tags. Tags are labels or keywords assigned to

photos that help identify photos.

To begin organizing

photos, click on Organize.

Drag the photos into this area to create the set.

A set is like a folder that

contains photos.

I’ve named this set “Colorado

Trip.” After you’ve named the set, click on Save.

To leave the Organizr, click

Your photostream.

In the photostream, you

can see all your photos, and the

set that was created.

Photostream: A

visual history of everything

in your Flickr

account.

Fun Stuff

• Contacts• Notes• Comments• Favorite photos• Geotagging• Create products from photos

Add contacts in two ways: by

searching for your email contacts or

search by a person’s name.

To add a note to a photo, clickAdd Note.

Type comments in this box and

click Post Comment.

Click on Add to Faves to make

this photo a favorite.

Note: You cannot make your own

photos favorites.

Geotagging: Adding location information to

photos.

Click Add to your map to geotag a

photo.

Geotagging: adding location information to a

photo.

To explore the things you can create with Flickr, go

to this web address.

If you need help with Flickr, just

click on the Help link.

More Flickr Help

• Flickr FAQs– http://www.flickr.com/help/faq/

• Get the Most Out of Flickr– http://www.flickr.com/get_the_most.gne