Editing Default Settings

You can change many of the default settings in the uploader, including whether or not to resize your photos as you upload, giving them a title, or changing the privacy, safety, and content type settings. These settings are based on Flickr settings, which you can read about here.

Flickr Uploader Settings

Revoke Authorization

Click to revoke your authorization on the Flickr site.

Resizing

Do not resize

Select to upload your images as they are. (If a photo exceeds the limit allowed by your account, you need to resize it to below this limit. If you do not, a warning displays to ask if you want to resize the file.)

Set max horizontal or vertical size (pixels)

Select to resize your images to the following sizes:

  • 800 pixels (suitable for web viewing)
  • 1280 pixels (suitable for small prints)
  • 1600 pixels (suitable for larger prints)
  • 2400 pixels (suitable for archiving)

Title Description, and Tags

Get title from:

Select to take the title of each picture from one of the following:

  • Filename (default)
  • IPTC Headline
  • ACDSee Caption (works only if you have created these in the ACDSee database.)

Get description from:

Select to take the description of each picture from one of the following:

  • IPTC Caption (default)
  • ACDSee Notes (works only if you have written descriptions in the Notes field in ACDSee.)
  • ACDSee Caption (works only if you have created these in the ACDSee database.)
  • EXIF Image Description

Get tags from:

Select to include additional tags from the following:

  • IPTC Keyword (always added)
  • ACDSee Keywords
  • IPTC Category
  • IPTC Supplemental categories

Photo Privacy Settings

Follow your Flickr account settings

Sets your privacy setting to follow your Flickr account's settings.

Visible to you and friends

Sets your privacy setting to display your photos only to yourself and friends.

Visible to you and family

Sets your privacy setting to display your photos only to yourself and family.

Visible to you, friends and family

Sets your privacy setting to display your photos only to yourself, friends, and family.

Visible to anyone (Public)

Sets your privacy setting to display your photos to the public, allowing anyone to view your photos.

To make uploaded photos visible only to yourself, ensure that your Flickr account has its privacy settings set to Private, and then set your Privacy setting within ACDSee to Follow your Flickr account settings.

Safety Level

Safe

Select if your images suitable for the general public.

Moderate

Select if you are not sure if your images are suitable for the public, but do not need to be actively restricted.

Restricted

Select if your images should not be seen by children.

Content Type

Photos

Select to upload photos. This allows other users to filter their searches, making it easier to find the content they need.

Screen shots

Select to upload screen shots. This allows others to filter their searches on screen shots specifically.

Art, Illustration, CGI, or other non-photographic images

Select to upload other types of images. This allows others to filter their searches and find specific images types.

Hide my uploaded images from public searches

Select if you do not want your photos to be included in public searches.