LOS ANGELES — If you’re one of the nearly 70 million people who subscribed to the Kodak Gallery photo-sharing site, here’s some bad news: It has officially closed.
But no worries. Those cherished sets of family photos you uploaded to the site are safe, and you will be able to get them — eventually.
Your photos are among the 5 billion snapshots making the journey to the Shutterfly site starting this week from the Kodak site, which was permanently closed Monday. The big question is when you get to see them again.
Shutterfly Inc. acquired bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co.’s online gallery service in April. If you’ve ever uploaded or even just viewed photos on the Kodak Gallery site with an account, you’re counted among the millions moving to Shutterfly.
And what of your photos?
The photos of the most active gallery users will get priority and should move within a couple of weeks, said Geoffrey Weber, Shutterfly’s chief information officer. Less active users probably will get their notification within a couple of months.
If you’ve already created a Shutterfly account and linked your former Kodak account, you’ll be able to get to your photos even though they haven’t yet moved over to Shutterfly servers, the company said.
The Shutterfly page that lets you link your accounts has been down since Monday, frustrating those eager to get their Kodak photos. The company said Tuesday that it expects to restore the site this week.
If you don’t create a Shutterfly account — or have one with a different e-mail address — the photos will be transferred into a newly created account. You will get an e-mail with instructions on how to get to your photos.
