Flickr+Tools

Flickr Tools / Ideas
Not strictly a tool per se, but there are many different ways to use flickr itself as a platform for creating/sharing stories in interesting ways. Before exploring Flickr, read this [|blog post] by Alan Levine.

Picnik http://www.picnik.com/
Picnik works with your photos wherever they are - so you can use it on your Flickr photos http://www.picnik.com/app#/in/flickr - so you can add text and effects on your photos and

Linking Flickr Notes http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/269039506/
Using any set of flickr photos, you can link them together via hypertext links embedded into flickr notes - the popups that appear when rolling over an image. You could weave a story together linked linearly or branching, by using these "hotspots" on images

Flickr Tell a Story in 5 Frames http://flickr.com/groups/visualstory/
"Tell a Story in 5 Frames has two important parts. The first part is creating and telling a story through visual means with only a title to help guide the interpretation. The second part is the response of the group to the visual story."

Flickr Six Word Story http://www.flickr.com/groups/sixwordstory/
is "a photo with a Six Word Story in the title section of a Flickr photo. Be as inventive as possible. Have those few words tell the whole tale, and let the picture be its visual interpretation."

Flicktion http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/flicktion/
Flickr+Fiction = Flicktion. Take any single image and write a short story built around that image. Save in flickr with the tag "flicktion".

Pictures with Stories Flickr Group http://www.flickr.com/groups/stories/
"Your photograph must be accompanied by a story. The story must be at least five sentences long and MUST be true - no poems or fiction please. Tell us something about your photograph, why you took it, the story behind the photograph." This is a loose fit in the 50s as it is more aimed at sharing te thoughts behind a picture.