Opening Pictures

Select some images in your catalog, launch PictureSync and click the import/open button if necessary (when you launch PictureSync it automatically opens the selected pictures). This will import the annotations saved in your Expression Media catalog as opposed to those saved as IPTC/XMP fields in the file, and will enable resizing/watermarking using MediaPro (if that option is turned on). Do not control-click and use 'Open With' or drag and drop as PictureSync will be unable to rerieve Expression Media's metadata (unless saved as IPTC/XMP).

• With the 'Save imported annotations' preference PictureSync can tell Expression Media to export the annotations from your catalog to IPTC/XMP fields in your original files upon import, which results in these fields also being uploaded (subject to the Annotations preferences). You may also export annotations manually from your catalog by choosing Action>Sync Annotations.
• The current release of PictureSync cannot upload pictures if you have filtered the view of your catalog by selecting specific annotations in organize view—i.e. when [Keywords: Abstract] or somesuch is displayed in the title. The solution is to either choose Find>Show All, or to drag those pictures into a new catalog tempoarily before you import and until the upload is complete.

Image Conversion

You can have PictureSync resize your images using MediaPro upon upload. To activate resizing:

• Select an account (Window>Accounts) and click the Settings button in PictureSync.

The maximum size settings in PictureSync are not used, instead a Convert Image resizing options pre-set in your ~/Library/Application Support/Expression Media folder is used. With resizing enabled, after clicking save in the Settings dialog you will be asked to select an options pre-set for that account. You can change the image reszing options and create new ones in Expression Media:

• Open the Make>Convert Image Files dialog; choose [Name of Service] from the options popup; make your changes; choose Save from the options popup; enter a new name; then Cancel the Convert Image Files dialog. Return to PictureSync open the settings, save then select the new file (unless you replaced a previously existing one).
  
  
• The EXIF and Annotations checkboxes have no effect, EXIF and IPTC/XMP fields are always uploaded from the original file; DO NOT click the replace originals checkbox.
• With Expression Media, and MediaPro 3 (but not MediaPro 2.6) these settings default to using maximum quality resulting in much larger files than you may want to upload, you must change these quality setting manually as described above. You can also add watermarks to your uploads.
  
  
• The 'PictureSync Convert' preset is a special case and should not be replaced/edited.

Rotation

PictureSync will respect the rotation set in Expression Media and perform a lossless rotation at upload if it does not match the image. When using Expression Media, PictureSync does not respect the camera/EXIF orientation setting as Expression Media does this itself when you add an image to a catalog.

AppleScript

You can use AppleScript to select items in your catalog that have been uploaded with PictureSync. You could for example set a custom field value so that you can more easily identify uploaded items from your catalog. Download example script. You can run the example script from Script Editor, or place it in your ~/Library/Expression Media/Plug-ins/Scripts folder. PictureSync can also perform uploads using AppleScript.