Flickr

This page lets you configure the in-built support for Flickr, which is a popular photosharing service. Opus implements a synchronization system for Flickr, letting you keep your local photo collection and your Flickr account in sync automatically.

You can configure Opus to work with multiple Flickr accounts. Each account must be authorized through the Flickr service before Opus can access it. To begin the process of authorizing your account, click the New account button on the toolbar at the top of this page.

The Accounts list displays the Flickr accounts you have configured through Opus. The toolbar buttons are  (add a new account)  (delete account).

When you add an account, Opus will open your web browser to the Flickr authorization page - from there you must authorize Opus to access your account. When you return to Opus and click the Complete Authorization button, Opus will communicate with Flickr to confirm access and download a list of your photosets.

For the selected Flickr account, your User Name and Full Name are displayed to the right. The Test button can be used at any time to confirm that Opus still has access to your account.

Also on the right of the page are default upload settings for new photos.

• Default resizing: Opus can automatically resize your photos to the selected size when it uploads them.
• Default privacy: You can choose the default privacy settings for your photos.

These settings only specify the defaults; whenever you upload photos you can override them.

The section below lets you configure the synchronization system for the selected account.

• Enable synchronize system: This option lets you disable synchronization for an account but still keep the entry for it in Preferences. No synchronization will be performed if this option is off.
• File Collection: The Flickr synchronization system works through the File Collections system. A File Collection is created that corresponds to each configured Flickr account, and any photosets or pools are represented via sub-collections. This option lets you choose the parent File Collection that represents the selected account.
• Default Folder: When the synchronize causes photos to be downloaded from Flickr, this is the folder they will be stored in. Photos you upload do not have to be kept here (they are managed virtually using File Collections rather than on disk).
• Photo sets: This list shows all your photosets as well as pools you are a member of. You can choose to have all photosets and pools synchronized, or turn on the Only update checked Photo sets option below to select photosets individually. In this case only checked sets or pools will be synchronized.
• Identify missing local files on upload: When uploading photos, this option causes Opus to alert you if photos you have added to the Flickr File Collection can no longer be found on disk. You will be given an option to locate the files or skip over them. If this option is off, missing photos are silently skipped when uploading.
• Only update checked Photo sets: Choose this option in order to select which photosets and pools are synchronized.
• Update photos that are not in a set: If this option is off, only photos in sets and pools will be synchronized - so any photos you have added to the account's File Collection (as opposed to its sub-collections) will be ignored.