Fraser Spears has recently bumped FlickrExport to 1.0.8. The update includes a bug fix and work around for an Aperture 2.0 and 2.0.1 bug. The full details can be read here. The update is available for free to current user and a new license will run buyers the usual £14.

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Fraser Speirs of Connected flow is at it again! FlickrExport has just been updated to version 1.0.7. This new version is the first plugin we have seen that has specific features for users of Aperture 2.0. FlickrExport now takes advantage of Aperture’s handling of lens EXIF data and will automatically tag the image to the lens in Flickr.

This feature is only available for users of the paid version of FlickrExport, which runs £14. The plugin remains compatible with Aperture version 1.5.

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Software development company, Übermind, has just announced an upgrade to their existing FTP Pro export plugin for Aperture. This new plugin, renamed ÜberÜpload, has been completely re-written from the ground up and offers the following added functionality:

FTP and SFTP support
Bonjour support for auto-detecting servers on the network
Safari-like organizable Favorites
Finder-style browsing of remote servers with Column and Outline views
Narrow down a list of files on remote servers with Spotlight-like search
Permissions on uploaded images and new folders simplified
Zip your images, individually or as one, on upload

The plugin is available from the Übermind website for $24.95 and there is a free 15 day trial. For more information please visit their website at www.ubermind.com.

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Fraser Speirs of Connected Flow has some quick updates to FlickrExport:

1. Added a button to the registration sheet that takes you to a web page where you can retrive your serial number.
2. Fixed a number of memory leaks.

This brings the current version to 1.0.6. For more information and to download the latest version of FlickrExport, check out Connected Flow or download here

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Fraser Speirs of Connected Flow has updated his FlickrExport plugin for aperture fixing a minor bug. The latest version and release notes can be downloaded here.

Frasier has also started offering a free or "Lite" version of his FlickrExport plugin. This FlickrExport Lite plugin will replace the old "Flickr Plugin" and is available for free download from Fraser’s website.

The paid version (£14) of FlickrExport boasts the following features:

• Edit photo titles and descriptions, and add tags to them.
• Create a new photoset with your photos, or add them to an existing photoset.
• Automatically send your photos to a Group Pool on Flickr.
• Choose from a list of your Flickr tags and add them to your photos before uploading.
• Automatically add an Aperture keyword to each photo uploaded.
• Add Flickr photo ID and URL to Aperture metadata.
• Replace existing photos on Flickr with updated versions from Aperture.
• Edit Geo data before uploading and integrate with Google Earth to locate your pictures.

The "Lite" version offers the following:

• Unlimited uploading to Flickr.
• Creation of photosets.
• Conversion of Aperture keywords to Flickr tags.

For more information and to download the latest version of FlickrExport or FlickrExport Lite, check out Connected Flow.

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There is a really great interview with Connected Flow’s Fraser Speirs on the Late Night Cocoa Podcast. Fraser, the developer of the FlickrExport plugin for Aperture from Connected Flow goes into great detail about the Aperture Export SDK.

If you are considering developing a plugin for Aperture this would certainly be a great way to get things started. Fraser talks about each piece of the Aperture Plugin template and offers great insights about what one should consider when developing a plugin for Aperture.

You can listen to the podcast here.

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Connected Flow has announced a new plugin for exporting images from Aperture to Apple’s pro video editing application, Final Cut Pro. The plugin has been released as a free product and can be downloaded here.

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