{"id":643,"date":"2024-12-11T16:17:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T16:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=643"},"modified":"2025-05-28T07:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T07:19:21","slug":"how-do-i-upload-images-directly-from-photo-mechanic","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/faq\/how-do-i-upload-images-directly-from-photo-mechanic","title":{"rendered":"How do I upload images directly from Photo Mechanic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are multiple ways to upload images to picdrop when working with Photo Mechanic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Export to your hard drive \u2013 drag and drop to picdrop<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Export the images from Photo Mechanic to your hard disk and upload them from there via drag and drop in your browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Drag and drop directly from Photo Mechanic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can upload images directly from Photo Mechnanic to picdrop. Simply select alls the images and drag and drop them from Photo Mechanic to the gallery in your browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>FTP upload from Photo Mechanic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Attention \u2013 FTP upload is only available for picdrop accounts registered before June 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>it is also possible to upload images directly from Photo Mechanic to picdrop. picdrop supports direct upload via FTP and thus all programs that offer an FTP upload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the necessary steps for a successful upload:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Select the images to upload<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Click on &#8220;File&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;Upload&#8230;.&#8221; or &#8220;FTP Photos as&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Select &#8220;SFTP&#8221; as uploader and set all necessary file preferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Click on &#8220;Connections&#8230;&#8221; and set up your connection here.&nbsp;All the necessary details can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.de\/user\/settings#ftp\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Close the connection and click on &#8220;Send&#8221; in the lower right corner of the main window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. Watch how your pictures are uploaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/pm6-fileuploader-settings.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-644\" style=\"width:664px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/pm6-fileuploader-settings.png 1128w, https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/pm6-fileuploader-settings-931x720.png 931w, https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/pm6-fileuploader-settings-699x540.png 699w, https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/pm6-fileuploader-settings-768x594.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/pm6-connection-settings.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-645\" style=\"width:472px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/pm6-connection-settings.png 720w, https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/pm6-connection-settings-679x540.png 679w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"template":"","faq-category":[29],"class_list":["post-643","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-category-using-picdrop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-category?post=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}