Q: Photostream photos to web and how to identify file

Photostream was never intended as a replacement for MobileMe so it might not be the right tool to use for this. You could use a site like filcker or 500px or picasa or any one of the scores of image sharing sites. That might be your best bet.

I've never looked at  a shared stream so I'm not sure what comments can be left. Is it not possible for the client to indicate the  5 5x7 copies in the comments field?

Finally you could add the filename to the image as a watermark. BorderFX would make this relatively painless

But I really think using an alternative site would be your best bet.

regards

You can do all this from within Aperture, including adding a watermark.

I won't go into too many specifics, the basics are:

Select the image you wish to share.

File > Print Image

Select Contact Sheet

Adjust your settings to get the size you require, my example has one image per page, you can do more.

Select your watermark options

Select your Title options, logo etc.

Select print

Select PDF (Bottom right)

Select Save PDF to Aperture

An import dialogue opens in Aperture now, asking where you want to import the file and in what format.

Add images to an exiting project, select the project from the drop down menu (ideally into teh project they origianlly came from) .

Select jpg as the image format

Change the name as required.

The contact sheets now save as individual jpg pages (i.e. watermarked image with image details etc) into the selected project. (If you can't see them you may have filters on, the new images arent star rated or tagged.)

Select the newly created items

Select Share

Name and create a shared Photostream.

Here's one I made earlier:

https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A2GtnIORjynJb

That's clever  .

I use EditDrop when I need to.  Which is not often, so while I can recommend it, I don't know what alternatives there may be.

For Photo Stream, Frank's selection is excellent: use the comment field.  You (the photographer) get notified immediately (and can set the notification style).

It is clever but it's a hold lot easier using BorderFX

Selet the image export ot BorderFX add file name info, return to Aperture.

Does BorderFX add watermarks and cn you do a large batch of images at the same time ? Never used it.

Is it not possible for the client to indicate the  5 5x7 copies in the comments field?

 

You can add as many comments as you like using the comments field. Just press the the + sign in the call out in the upper left corner of the thumbnail.

You can add any text to an image ungi BorderFx but it is probebaly only one at a time, never tried more then one.

I missed that part of your method, being able to do multiples (that is the case with yours right?)

regards

Unless I've missed something, the problem is that you can't comment using teh web interface, just through iOS or Aperture/iPhoto. If the customer is the average non-iphone owning PC user they can't comment, so they have to try and describe to you which phot's they want.

The method I mentioned is actually pretty quick and can do 100's of images in one go if you want.

Yep, basically select as many images as you want and create a contact sheet with them.

Does BorderFX add watermarks and cn you do a large batch of images at the same time ? Never used it.

Yes, you can select multiple images at once, and in addition to adding text (fom metadata presets) you can lace watermarks.

You can comment  and contribute from Windows 7 PCs, see: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4379

What do I need to be able to comment on a shared stream?

To comment on a shared stream, you will need an iCloud account and a compatible device and software:

• iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 6.0 or later
• PC with Windows 7 or later and the iCloud Control Panel 2.1 or later
• Mac with OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2 or later and either iPhoto 9.4 or later or Aperture 3.4 or later

 

But thats still not a very good solution. The problem is that the client would have to install iCloud Control panel and open an  iCloud account just to be able to order prints, I wouldn't ask anyone to do that!! It's much easier to look at the images on photostream with then file numbers attached, then email you or call you with the file names, they won't care how you got the file name there, either BorderFX or a contact sheet will give the same result to them.

In our experience it's all a bit of a moot point anyway. We used this method for a couple of months and the nubmer that converted to sales dropped off dramatically. We got the opinion that because people had easy access to their photo's they lost their impact, they got used to seeing them and showing them to friends, and the magic wore off. We also know people were copying them despite the watermark. We can't affored to run a business like that so have gone over to viewings in the studio.