Friday
19Jun2009

12 steps to photo sharing goodness

1. Buy Photo-drop Lr and download the file...O.K. so you can use the free trial too.

2. Unzip photodrop.lrplugin onto your hard disk.

3. Open Lightroom, File->Plug-in manager.


4. Click Add, then select photodrop.lrplugin and click OK

5. Open the registration section and enter your name and code as sent in your purchase email.

6. Open the Plug-in Author Tools and click the Reload Plug-in button.

7. Click done and head into the Lightroom Library.

8. Select a couple of your favourite images, then click File->Export
9.  Click on the export dialog header to get the pop-up menu and select Photo-drop


10. Click 'Add or Create a drop', leave the name empty, type a password and click OK

11.  Check 'Open drop in browser when upload is complete?' and click Export (you could also adjust yourfiles setting first)

12. When the photos have been uploaded your new drop should open in your web browser and you can play with all the excellent drop.io sharing and collaboration features!


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