Viva la "uh oh" FTP
RBrogen
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Hi All,
I've been tinkering with my new 5D MkII with the wireless file transmitter (WFT-E4A) accessory and I had an idea of how to use the combination of that and Smugmug at an even higher level. Being that I live in the Boston area, known for many very popular historic areas and monuments, I thought it would be a nice setup to actually go to someplace like a Fanieul Hall or "The Constitution" and similar to the "Disney Photo Pass" setup, as tourist walk by, offer take their picture for free at the landmark and then have it automatically upload to my SmugMug site using the WFT-E4A.
One of the great things about the MKII, as you probably already know, is that I can shoot in RAW + JPG at different size settings for each format at the same time. Well, taking advantage of that, the WFT-E4A actually lets me decide in that mode to only upload the JPG file from each set so the file size is considerably smaller and thus a faster upload. It also uploads while I continue shooting adding to my streamlining. Once uploaded to the SmugMug gallery, which has a preset "Proof Delay" of 5 days, the potential customer goes to the site and says yes I like shot X and places the order. You match the jpg file name to the raw file so you can get the best post processing result (aka Happy Customer) and do a replacement of the shot chosen in the gallery and then release it for print. This minimizes the processing to only those shots that are ordered, maximizing the efficiency. This process can then be mirrored in other historic areas across the country.
So the long and short of it, the WFT-E4A can auto upload using FTP protocol. My understanding is that there is currently no FTP access to SM and thus my dilemma and I'm wondering if you great sorcerers out there had any thoughts, insights or suggestions as to how one would go about "skinning that FTP cat" so to speak.
Thanks for any insight.
Best,
Randy
I've been tinkering with my new 5D MkII with the wireless file transmitter (WFT-E4A) accessory and I had an idea of how to use the combination of that and Smugmug at an even higher level. Being that I live in the Boston area, known for many very popular historic areas and monuments, I thought it would be a nice setup to actually go to someplace like a Fanieul Hall or "The Constitution" and similar to the "Disney Photo Pass" setup, as tourist walk by, offer take their picture for free at the landmark and then have it automatically upload to my SmugMug site using the WFT-E4A.
One of the great things about the MKII, as you probably already know, is that I can shoot in RAW + JPG at different size settings for each format at the same time. Well, taking advantage of that, the WFT-E4A actually lets me decide in that mode to only upload the JPG file from each set so the file size is considerably smaller and thus a faster upload. It also uploads while I continue shooting adding to my streamlining. Once uploaded to the SmugMug gallery, which has a preset "Proof Delay" of 5 days, the potential customer goes to the site and says yes I like shot X and places the order. You match the jpg file name to the raw file so you can get the best post processing result (aka Happy Customer) and do a replacement of the shot chosen in the gallery and then release it for print. This minimizes the processing to only those shots that are ordered, maximizing the efficiency. This process can then be mirrored in other historic areas across the country.
So the long and short of it, the WFT-E4A can auto upload using FTP protocol. My understanding is that there is currently no FTP access to SM and thus my dilemma and I'm wondering if you great sorcerers out there had any thoughts, insights or suggestions as to how one would go about "skinning that FTP cat" so to speak.
Thanks for any insight.
Best,
Randy
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You might try contacting Nikolai because Star*Explorer already has many of the features implemented that you would require.
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I'm not sure it has everything you need, but it has a lot going for it and Nik would probably work with you. How many developers will do that?
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I used it a while back when I first joined SM and the full potential wasn't clear to me given I didn't have the complexity to my galleries that I do now. I've actually been in technology for over 23 years myself, and am looking forward to discussing the technical possibilities with Nicolai
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