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How can I copy the Flickr URL to the Flickr ID field?
I uploaded a couple of pictures, adding only the Flickr URL automatically. How can I extract the Flickr ID from the Flickr URL field and copy the result to the Flickr ID field in Aperture?
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Inappropriate?If it's only a couple of pictures, the quickest way to do this is just to copy them by hand:
- Open the Metadata tab
- Click the Other tab at the bottom of that panel
- Make sure the checkbox beside Flickr URL is checked (this adds it to the metadata view above, where you can copy it)
- Copy the URL from the Flickr URL from the field in the view above.
- In the New Custom Metadata field, enter "Flickr ID" and paste the number part from the URL
The number you want is the last part of the URL:
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/frasersp...
Flickr ID: 2709907020 - Open the Metadata tab
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Inappropriate?Thanks for the fast reply (impressed!). I know I can do that manually (and I already did that for two photos), but I was looking for an automated solution (AppleScript?).
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Inappropriate?I'm not much of a scripter, but I at least know how to get access to the custom tag in Aperture:
set theFlickrURL to value of custom tag "Flickr URL" of myImageVersion
...then you'd do some work to extract the number part (use AppleScript's text item delimiters, perhaps?), then create another custom tag with the name "Flickr ID" and the value you extract from the URL.
Sorry I can't be of more help on that one.
I’m fuzzy on AppleScript.
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Inappropriate?A similar question is, would there be an automated way to fill both tags from previously posted pics, but which were not posted from FlickrExport ? :-) Trickier, but probably doable assuming each pic is identifiable through its taken date.
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Inappropriate?Yeah, that's somewhat beyond the scope of an Export plugin. It's technically doable, but I think it would confuse a lot of people.
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Inappropriate?I don't see how it would confuse people, when I saw that your export plugin could do this, that was my first reaction : how do I get it to recognize all the previous pics I've posted before I had FlickrExport ? I doubt I'm the only user who moved all his photo library within Aperture, including previous flickr posted ones. If I can find a practical way to get this I'll report about it.
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