Access Facebook & Instagram Photos
These are buttons on your Photo Finale site that appear right in line with the Collections, on the print ordering screen. They allow connection to those services so that images can be viewed and ordered as prints, or included in any creative product you offer.
- Facebook connect button is free, it's already there. Users log in, account is connected.
- Instagram has a $99 fee, retailers can sign up in myLab.lucidiom.com (use Lab 50 credentials).
Size Info, for Printing
- For Facebook printing we use the largest size of the photo available … depends what they have uploaded to Facebook, but if they do a large upload we can get a 2k image… 2000x1333 or 2000x1500 usually (2:3 or 3:4).
* Instagram is… 612x612. 8” probably the biggest you want to offer. User FAQs
How do I disconnect my Facebook account from the PF account?
To log out, just go to Facebook and log out there, then it’s not connected. To not show the Facebook button, on the PF site, go to My Account, Setting and uncheck the option.
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What can I do with the Instagram connection?
-view/order your instagramed photos
-view/order photos from feeds you are following
-view/order photos you have liked
-view/order popular shots from Intstagram’s public feed.
Retailer Tips
- Offer square prints for Instagram!!
- Take advantage of the Facebook friends connection...suggest/make sample of a book made with friends' photos.