Even if you’re not immediately concerned with Instagram’s updated TOS, you might still want to backup, print or share your Instagram collection. Here’s a brief tutorial on how to use our Pi.pe service to migrate your Instagram pictures in seconds.

1. Log-in to Pi.pe. We support authentication using your Google, Facebook, Yahoo & Mozilla Persona credentials, there’s no need to create an account.

2. Click on the Instagram logo & authenticate your account. tip: You can add additional Instagram accounts by clicking on the + symbol.

3. You can now select individual files or simply click on ‘Select All’ to copy your entire account.

4. You can now edit the Title, Description & Tags of individual images by clicking on the image preview, this step is optional.

5. Select the service or services that you’d like to copy use as the destination for your Instagram pics You’ll only need to authenticate the service one time. tip: You can add additional accounts for the same service by clicking on the + symbol when hovering over the logo.

6. We verify your authentication & available space on the Summary page, just choose ‘Start Transfer’ if you don’t see any issues.

7. That’s it you are done! We’ll transfer your media & send you an email when it’s been completed.

Bonus!: If you select the ‘Save this Pipeline’ option, we’ll automate the process & automatically transfer any new media added to Instagram to your specified services.

Liberate your Media with Pi.pe!

While the setup is pretty straightforward, it can be a little tricky if you’re not familiar with adding OAuth apps on your OpenPhoto server. Here’s a quick tutorial on setting up with Pi.pe.

1. Log-in to Pi.pe at http://pi.pe, you can sign-in with your Facebook, Google or Yahoo log-in.

2. You’re now going to need to generate an OAuth key, log-in to your OpenPhoto server & select ‘Applications’ from under the ‘Manage’ link on the top menu bar.

3. Now click on the ‘Create a new app’ button, give your app a name & choose to ‘Create and Approve’.

4. Click on the ‘View’ link to the right of your new application to view the credentials (btw, these credentials are invalid).

5. Now go back to http://pi.pe & click on the OpenPhoto logo to start the authentication process.

6. Give the account a nickname, this can be anything. Just copy your hostname URL for the ‘Host’ value, e.g. http://twinkie.openphoto.me/. Now just copy all of the key, secret & token fields from OpenPhoto to the Pi.pe dialog & select ‘Submit’.

7. That’s it you’re done! You can now access your OpenPhoto server for import & export from compatible Pi.pe services. Tip: Hover over the service logo & select the + symbol to add a second OpenPhoto server configuration.

We don’t normally support self-hosted servers so this is experimental for us, please let us know if you encounter any issues at http://support.pi.pe. By sure to checkout our brief tutorial if you’re new to Pi.pe & would like to see how it’s used for media migration.

Homescreen: No account is required, just log-in with a Google, Yahoo, Mozilla Persona or Facebook account

Select Import Service: Services in bold have been authenticated previously

Album Selection: Albums can be selected for transfer by clicking on individual albums or simply selecting all

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Detail view for Album Selection: In the detail view, individual photos, videos & files can be selected

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Edit Details: This step is a review of the items selected, media can be deleted or meta-data can be modified in the next screen

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Detail View for Edit Details: The detail view comes up when you click on an album or image. The Title, Description & Tags can be  modified here

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Facebook Settings:

- The insert media into timeline option will put the media into the

FB timeline based on the date of capture, if EXIF information isn’t

available (like with Instagr.am, we use the date uploaded)

- Preserve album structure will duplicate the album names from the

source on the destination service(s), you can also transfer the media

into one album

- The privacy setting allows you to override your default privacy

settings. I have this transfer set to Private, only I will be able to

view the media

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 Summary: In the final step, we verify that the credentials are valid, & there is enough space & that the transfer will succeed. You can see that the Flickr user will need to upgrade to import more then two of the selected videos. That’s it, we start the transfer & send the user an email when it’s been completed.

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We’ve offered the ability to export media we host for years now, this was however a one at a time process. While this feature isn’t for everyone, users that have accumulated thousands of uploads with us over the years will appreciate the ability to export them up with just a few clicks.

To try out the feature just visit http://pixelpipe.com/export. This has been designed as a desktop or tablet experience, you can however torture yourself with a tiny UI if you insist on doing everything from your phone.

Looking for a place to host your media? For a general storage solution we’ve found that SugarSync is a great & is well supported on a variety of mobile platforms.

This is a beta so please get back to us at beta@pixelpipe.com if you encounter any issues or have suggestions.

Here’s a sample of the export process.

Select Media:

Adding Pipe(s) for the transfer:

Export Summary: