{"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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Attention \u2013 FTP upload is only available for picdrop accounts registered before June 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the necessary steps for a successful upload:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Select the images to upload<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Click on &#8220;File&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;Upload&#8230;.&#8221; or &#8220;FTP Photos as&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Select &#8220;SFTP&#8221; as uploader and set all necessary file preferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. 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