How can I avoid duplicate Flickr uploads from overlapping Lightroom collections?
Asked 12/5/2010
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I have two Lightroom collections with some of the same photos. For example:
- Collection C1: A, B, C, D
- Collection C2: A, C, E, F
If I upload both collections to Flickr, I want 6 unique photos on Flickr, organized into two Flickr sets. Instead, photos that appear in both collections get uploaded more than once.
I’ve tried both Lightroom’s built-in Flickr uploader and Jeffrey’s Lightroom Exporter. Is there a workaround to prevent duplicate uploads when the same image belongs to multiple collections/sets?
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While Jeffery's Lightroom Exporter does seem to upload multiple times when using the traditional export mode, it at least doesn't result in multiple copies on Flickr (assuming you've set it to remove older copies of the same image).
It'd be nice if it could recognize no further edits have been made to the photo since you last uploaded it, but aside from that, there are also sharpening and JPEG quality settings in the exporter to contend with as well.
It looks like the Publish service is able to handle this:
http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/flickr/publish#comment-40161
Granted, I wouldn't be surprised if you publish to one set first and then go back and publish to another it'd upload again.
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A practical workaround is to use Lightroom’s Flickr Publish service rather than traditional export, since it appears to handle this situation better. With Jeffrey’s exporter, traditional export may process files multiple times, though it may avoid leaving duplicate copies on Flickr if configured to remove older copies of the same image.
If Publish doesn’t fit your workflow, another workaround is to use Smart Collections to find photos that have not yet been uploaded. For example, for your second collection you could create a Smart Collection with rules like:
- is in Collection C2
- Flickr uploaded is false
Then upload only that filtered group. It’s not elegant, but it helps prevent re-uploading the same image when collections overlap.
So the best available approaches are:
- Try the Flickr Publish service.
- Otherwise, use Smart Collections to upload only images not already sent to Flickr.
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