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PhotoShelter has added a Flickr Import Tool to its online archiving and e-commerce service for photographers. The new feature allows PhotoShelter account holders who also use the Flickr photo sharing site to import images to their PhotoShelter Personal Archive from a Flickr Pro account and to export photos from PhotoShelter to any level of Flickr account.
Images can be imported with the tool in sets and exported singly or in batches, and retain IPTC metadata such as tags and keywords when copied between the sites. Being able to migrate images easily between the two sites allows photographers to take advantage of both the rich sharing and community features available on Flickr and the photo marketing, royalty-free and rights-managed sales, and secure archiving tools provided by PhotoShelter. To copy images to the PhotoShelter database, account holders log into their PhotoShelter Personal Archive, select images to transfer, and then select "Import from Flickr" from a pull down menu.
March 11, 2008 Update: Use of the Import Tool has been suspended while PhotoShelter and Flickr address implementation problems. According to a Flickr spokesperson, Photoshelter did not follow the guidelines outlined by Flickr around API usage when it first created the tool. PhotoShelter has estimated that it will take a period of weeks to resolve the issues.
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