Plug-in for Photo Mechanic® (Mac & PC)
Photo Mechanic® is a product from Camera Bits®
Versions: 5 and 6 NEW
Photo Mechanic® upload plug-in lets you upload photos to SlickPic directly from within the Photo Mechanic® application with settings and adjustments performed to your specifications within Photo Mechanic®. Just select the photos you want and quickly upload them to SlickPic.
See installation and “how to use” instructions below.
Photo Mechanic’s Version 6.0 Build 3291 released on June 17, 2019, now comes with the SlickPic upload plug-in built into the product, so you don’t need to install it separately. If you’re using a previous version of Photo Mechanic, please install the plug-in.
Download Photo Mechanic® Plug-in
* Quickly and easily upload your photos to SlickPic from Photo Mechanic®.
* Upload your photos to an existing album or create a new one.
* Uploaded photos include metadata and tags added in Photo Mechanic®.
* RAW files support.
* Import likes, comments and photos marked by users into Activity folders.
Installation Instruction for Photo Mechanic® 5 and 6
SlickPic upload plug-in allows for direct upload to SlickPic from Photo Mechanic® 5 and 6.
1. Save any work and exit the Photo Mechanic® application.
2. Download the latest version of the Photo Mechanic® plug-in
3. Create new folder with name “User Uploader Templates” in your Documents or Systems folders, see below:
On Windows:
My Computer → Documents
On macOS:
/Documents/
4. Unzip the downloaded file and copy the resulting “SlickPic” folder into your “User Uploader Templates” folder you’ve just created, see below:
On Windows:
My Computer → Documents → User Uploader Templates
On macOS:
~/Documents/User Uploader Templates/
5. Open Photo Mechanic® application and navigate to “Preferences,” then “Files” tab.
6. For “Location of user Uploader templates” choose path to the “User Uploader Templates”. If you’ve chosen the suggested system folders, then the path is:
On Windows:
My Computer → Documents → User Uploader Templates
On macOS:
~/Documents/User Uploader Templates/
Upload to SlickPic Using Photo Mechanic®
SlickPic offers a convenient upload plug-in for use with the popular photo management tool Photo Mechanic. This allows users to upload photo files directly into your SlickPic account, with settings and adjustments performed to their specifications within Photo Mechanic®.
- Make a selection of the images in Photo Mechanic® that should be uploaded to SlickPic.
- Open the Photo Mechanic® File Uploader by choosing “Upload” from the File menu (right click any photo) in Photo Mechanic®.
- In the File Uploader panel, make sure SlickPic is set as the “Selected Uploader.”
- Click the “Connections…” button to create a new preset with your SlickPic credentials. From here, enter your username or email and password that you are using to log in to SlickPic.Note: This plug-in doesn’t support Facebook and Google login, so please go to SlickPic Account Preferences to create a password to login using the email on file with your Facebook or Google account and a new password. Then log in to Photo Mechanic® with your Facebook or Google email and new password. This will not affect your SlickPic login.Click “Login” to verify entered data. When finished, click “OK” in the “Connection Settings” window.
- Configure the remaining options in the File Uploader as needed.
- Click the “Send” button to initiate the upload. Photo Mechanic® will display a log to show upload process. Once upload is finished, photos will appear in your Slickpic Organizer and Web Gallery, depending on the album’s privacy preferences.