Upload directly from Picasa to 23
We haven’t been blogging enough and we know it. We received yet another scolding or actually several. So let me tell you a bit about what’s been going on this weekend. Steffen has spent his Sunday working on new ways for us to upload photos to our 23 accounts.
It is now possible to upload photos from Picasa, Google’s delightful program for organising and editing photos, directly to your 23 account.
After installing Picasa, you can add a 23 button that lets you upload photos directly from the program.
There are two versions of the button:
The pre-authorised button for Picasa, where you are automatically logged in to 23 when you start uploading. This is ideal if you are the only person using the computer.
The other version is the ordinary button for Picasa. With this version it’s possible for different people to upload photos to different photo sharing accounts on 23.
When in Picasa, choose the photos you want to upload, click your 23-button, then press Upload photos and Picasa starts uploading to your 23 account.
May 1st, 2008 at 7:50 am
the Picasa Upload Button rocks, but the uploaded Photos are Public (even if you set the options to private only). And you haven’t a chance to sort the photos in albums, all uploaded images are not in any album.
May 1st, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Great option. But how can I change the resolution?
May 1st, 2008 at 3:25 pm
@lordrobe: We will be updating the plugin to allow manual selection of privacy along with tagging and albums quite soon. For now, it’s a beta option and we’re just hoping people receive it well.
@abumap: I hadn’t actually thought about resolution changes, since this is all handled quite well on 23’s end. But you’re asking for it to save bandwidth?
May 6th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
@Steffen: When I upload a picture, it has a 640×480 resolution. But I prefer a resolution of 1600. I’ve tested some options in Picasa (e-mail configuration etc.), but couldn’t change the result.
Any hints for me?