Pdf to Flickr or Picasa (Automator?)

Hi All.
I am trying to get multiple page pdfs to Flickr and Picasa.
Can anyone advise as to what is involved with this and how to walk though this step by step.
New to Mac.
Thanks.

Those would be good for a site covering general photo stuff - this is a user to user help forum for iPhoto use
Based on my very limited experience with both they are totally different - Picasa is a Mac (or PC) program that runs on your computer and organizes your photos like iPhoto (although IMHO it does not come close to iPhoto in poser and ease of use) and Flickr is a web based system designed to share photos with very little overlap with iPhoto (or Picasa) iPhoto can set up and sync Flickr albums directly so you can use both iPhoto and Flickr on the same photos - you can not do that with iPhoto and Picasa.
LN

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