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First look: Viewfinder supercharges Flickr search
The new Mac app Viewfinder by Connected Flow (developer Fraser Speirs is the man behind the FlickrExport plugins for Aperture and iPhoto) is designed for browsing/searching images on Flickr. This application provides many ways to work with the service's photos; you can select licenses to constrain your search to images you can use (such as Creative Commons or commercial use images), or search through the full text of tags and descriptions. Once you've found a photo, you can save a few steps in performing common tasks that would normally require you to download the image separately. You can set the selected image to your desktop picture in one click. You can also insert the selected image into a Keynote presentation immediately. You can see the selected image(s) on Flickr, or you can download them. Also, you can get a "quick look" of the image by pressing the space bar on your keyboard, just like you would using the Finder. If you're a frequent image searcher on Flickr, Viewfinder is a nice way to supercharge your search tasks. If you're not an image search pro, however, you're probably not going to need this application. Viewfinder requires Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (which makes it Intel-only); Keynote '08 or later is required to insert an image into a Keynote presentation. It's available for a introductory price of US $23.60.
Exposure: two billion photos, in your pocket
Connected Flow, the company behind my favorite iPhoto plugin: FlickrExport, has just posted some information about a brand new app made just for the iPhone: Exposure. Exposure is a Flickr browsing client that makes it easy to see what folks are up to on Flickr. Browse your own photos, your contacts, or stranger's photos easily and using all that bells and whistles one would expect from a full fledged iPhone app. You can also comment on photos, favorite them, share them via email and more.The most interesting feature of Exposure, though, has to be the 'Near Me' button. Click this button and using the magic of GPS (or the almost GPS that the first gen iPhones and iPod touches have) Exposure shows you pictures on Flickr that were taken near your current location.Exposure will be available in two versions: The free version will feature ads via The Deck $9.99 will get you 'Exposure Premium' which has no ads Both versions, it should be noted, have the exact same feature list.
FlickrExport updated for iPhoto 7
Powerful is the plugin that makes me wait until it is ready before I upgrade to Apple's latest and greatest. Connected Flow's FlickrExport is one such plugin. It makes uploading photos from iPhoto to Flickr, Yahoo!'s photo sharing site, a breeze. Tag pics, upload them, add them to groups, create albums; it does it all.Luckily, it was recently updated to address an with iPhoto '08, that issue being it wouldn't work with the latest version of iPhoto. FlickrExport 2.0.12 adds only one thing to this indispensable plugin: iPhoto '08 compatibility. This update is free for registered users, while a full license costs £12.
FlickrExport for iPhoto and Aperture updated
I only use one plugin for iPhoto and it is Connected Flow's amazingly useful FlickrExport for iPhoto. I know some folks think it is a little pricey, but this plugin makes posting my pictures to Flickr a breeze, and I am willing to pay a fair price for anything that makes my digital life easier. From the Connected Flow blog comes news that FlickrExport (both for iPhoto and Aperture) has been updated to resolve an issue with uploading large amounts of pictures to Flickr. Full release notes are available for the iPhoto and Aperture versions here and here, respectively.If you're a user of either plugin be sure to download the update. A license for FlickrExport for iPhoto costs £12 whilst the Aperture plugin will set you back £14.
Aperture to Final Cut Pro
Connected Flow, makers of the very cool FlickrExport, have just released a free Aperture plugin that some of you are bound to be crazy about. Aperture to Final Cut Pro, oddly enough, exports selected photos from Aperture toa Final Cut Pro video sequence. It allows you to choose the transition, how long you would like this photo montage to last, as well as what Codec you want it created it. Pretty nifty, and all for the low, low price of free (though it is provided as is, so if it burns down your house and drinks all the milk... that would be odd and Connected Flow could not be held responsible).Thanks, Nik.
