Upload to Flickr

Quick way

To get Shutter to upload to Flickr, you can install a program called Postr by Ross Burton – and then just use Screenshot ▸ Open with to upload!

Guide

  1. Install postr
  2. Use Screenshot ▸ Open with and select Flickr Uploader

    postr_select

    Select Flickr Uploader from the dropdown list.

  3. That’s it!

    As you can see all three screenshots were exported to Postr. You can now just use Postr to upload.




24 Comments

  1. Rake
    December 25, 2011

    Tapas thank you for this post. With your link I got with ubuntu.

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  2. Tapas
    December 17, 2011

    Link for ubuntu one is broken giving 403 error

    /wp-content/uploads/releases/ubuntu_debs/libs/postr_0.12.3-1ubuntu2_all.deb

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    • Romario
      December 18, 2011

      Thanks for letting us know but you don’t longer need our custom packages. Simply install postr with Ubuntu Software Centre. I’ve removed the links accordingly.

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  3. Chester
    October 5, 2011

    For uploading pics directly from your desktop to flickr, I can recommend you click.to http://www.clicktoapp.com
    Just press STRG C and one click and you picture is in flickr. It’s a freeware product.

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  4. Braiam
    May 13, 2011

    The maintainer has changed. Now the proyect page is: http://projects.gnome.org/postr/

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  5. Romario
    March 7, 2010

    @Doug Whitfield
    You need to check postr’s .desktop file. Usually its path is: /usr/share/applications/postr.desktop
    There are several key/value pairs in the file. You need to check if there is a ‘MimeType’ key and the related values. In the latest version of ubuntu the values look like this:

    ——snip—–
    MimeType=image/bmp;image/gif;image/x-fits;image/pcx;image/x-portable-anymap;image/x-portable-bitmap;image/x-portable-graymap;image/x-portable-pixmap;image/x-sgi;image/x-tga;image/x-xbitmap;image/x-xwindowdump;image/tiff;image/jpeg;image/x-psd;image/png;image/x-icon;image/x-xpixmap;image/svg+xml;
    ——snip—–

    As you can see ‘image/png’ is listed here. If there is no such value you need to add it (and execute ‘update-desktop-database’ via terminal with root privileges afterwards).

    Shutter uses a gnome library to access those .desktop files and list all applications that are registered to a specific mime-type. There is no way to edit the list manually (usually you should not need it).

    The reason why I asked if you are using ubuntu or not: The postr package in older versions of ubuntu was broken (no ‘MimeType’ key provided in the .desktop file).

    Regards
    Mario

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  6. Doug Whitfield
    March 6, 2010

    @vadim it’s still pretty clear you do not understand what I’m asking. The instructions for what I am asking about are emphatically not on this page. As I mentioned before, the instructions on this page are for sending pictures to postr, if it is on your list. These instructions are quite good for that! Below I have linked to a screenshot to prove postr does NOT show up in the list. You can see that I uploaded the picture using postr, so it is not a problem with postr.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawhitfield/4409190745/

    So, I will repeat my question for clarity. How do I edit the list of programs to which Shutter will send pictures?

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  7. Vadim P.
    February 19, 2010

    I do know the answer and I do know what you’re asking… and I already answered.

    Lets make this clear because you don’t seem to get it: follow the instructions, uploading to flickr works. These are complete instructions. You do not need to edit the list, because the list is auto-generated. That is why that part is missing.

    So, I do know what I’m talking about, and if it’s not working for you in Fedora, then that’s unfortunate, because the following instructions haven’t been tested. I asked to confirm that you are using the instructions for any of the listed distros here, instead you ask how to edit the list. It’s nice to be smart, but it’s even nicer to help people trying to help you.

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  8. Doug Whitfield
    February 18, 2010

    @vadim no, the instructions are how to upload if Postr is already on the list. I am asking how to edit the list. Please stop responding to my questions if you don’t know the answers or what I’m asking…or at least ask for clarification. I appreciate your attempts to help, but you aren’t and you are wasting both of our time.

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