Elliot B. Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I only want to use my Google Drive account as a backup device, so I don't mind if the images are made smaller (via. smaller dimensions or a higher level or compression). Any idea how to make this happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Can't upload 40 GB of photos to my 15 GB Google Drive account You do know what you state in your title is basically asking how do I fit the Windows 7 installation disc into a 3 1?2 inch floppy right? AsherGZ, Thief000, Dot Matrix and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 You do know what you state in your title is basically asking how do I fit the Windows 7 installation disc into a 3 1?2 inch floppy right? Then read the topic content... Bryan R. and Roger H. 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Then read the topic content...I read it too but it just doesn't make sense.... First, you are trying to fit 40GB into 15GB. Later, you reply to yourself saying "so I don't mind if the images are made smaller (via. smaller dimensions or a higher level or compression)." So you basically have answered you own question: 1: Resize your pictures dimensions. 2: Save them as another compression tech such as JPG or put them in a ZIP. Im not sure exactly what you are trying to accomplish. chago12, Dotdot and AsherGZ 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 zip program. such as winzip so they will compress into small size. then your zip files will be fit in your drive account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXtermia Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 xnview lets you do batch processesing, you could resize them all or use a different compression type and possibly get theem to fit. Depends on how lossy the compression can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 I was hoping Google Drive could be this itself but if not, not to worry :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaP Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 If you want to use that as backup why would you resize them or compress them using a more lossy format??? Compress them using 7-Zip and if the size is still too big then find another could service offering enough space to store them. xrobwx71 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted March 18, 2014 Veteran Share Posted March 18, 2014 You can try changing some of the auto backup settings on Google Drive itself. Specifically, it sounds like you want to change the size of the photos from Full Size to Standard Size Full size is the default setting. This setting uploads your photos and videos with their original image resolutions (up to 50 MB for photos or 1080p for videos) and counts against your Google Drive storage quota, which is shown under Full size when you touch this setting. If you start approaching the free storage limit, you'll see a Google+notification. If you run out of storage we'll automatically switch to storing photos at standard size. Standard size photos are great for sharing on the web. If you choose this setting, your photos will be resized so that the longest edge of the photo does not exceed 2048 pixels. You can store an unlimited number of standard size photos on Google+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 The ZIP format won't be able to compress JPEGs very effectively. You'll have to commit to some loss of image quality to get to significantly smaller sizes, I'm afraid. Thief000 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneNutter MVC Posted March 18, 2014 MVC Share Posted March 18, 2014 You could use Google+?On Google+ only photos over 2048 x 2048 pixels and videos longer than 15 minutes count towards your Google account storage limit.So: Resize down to 2048 x 2048 or lower with FastStone Photo Resizer (Free app) Upload to Google+ Set albums to private Profit I would however want to keep a copy of the full resolution original image personally. Edit - I think DirtyLarry's method is probably more what you are after. xrobwx71 and chago12 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 If it's too much work, then head over to flickr and they have 1TB space ... no settings change needed... all you do is upload your photos there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurkWorks Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Instead of using Google Drive, you need to use Google+ Photos. Images uploaded there under 2048 x 2048 don't count against your storage limit. You can use Picasa to upload and I belive resize..... Here is a link explaining their quota limits on your account. https://support.google.com/picasa/answer/6558?hl=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 You can try changing some of the auto backup settings on Google Drive itself. Specifically, it sounds like you want to change the size of the photos from Full Size to Standard Size QFS (Quoted For Solution) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted March 18, 2014 Veteran Share Posted March 18, 2014 Additionally, may I also suggest signing up for Microsoft's OneDrive and using it as well, as right now they also have a promotion to upgrade to 100GB with 100 credits. You can get those 100 credits fairly easy over the course of a couple of days by using Bing and doing some other things. If you sign up using <<referral link removed>> I get 500 credits. You can then do the same for someone else and have your free 100GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 Thank you, guys! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acido00 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I suggest you to use flickr.com to be honest the best cloud storage out there with a lot of privacy settings and it is 1TB :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted March 18, 2014 Veteran Share Posted March 18, 2014 Let me know how long it takes you to resize 40gb of photos as i have 29gb i want to do the same with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I thought Neobond went crazy today and unblocked Andrea Borman. timster, RadishTM, Thief000 and 7 others 10 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I thought Neobond went crazy today and unblocked Andrea Borman. lol timster, Thief000, Victor Rambo and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted March 18, 2014 Veteran Share Posted March 18, 2014 Any reason why you want to use Google? Mega.nz would give you 50GB free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaP Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I thought Neobond went crazy today and unblocked Andrea Borman. Why would he do that? He would then be responsible for the destruction of the universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 zipping won't compress images much at all. Nor would it really compress video or audio for that matter. I suggest you to use flickr.com to be honest the best cloud storage out there with a lot of privacy settings and it is 1TB :) Bingo. FInd a service which will allow you to upload that much. flickr's kind of ####, but there are others. I think Box,com is currently giving away 50gbs of storage. Save yourself the hassle and just find another service. I also agree with +riahc3's post on the first page: the topic title is confusing. I was going to come in and say "because 40 is greater than 15". It was only until I scrolled the first page that I realised you wanted to compress the images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I just did the same recently - I uploaded all my photos/videos at standard size (>100GB full size). After I did that, they introduced the really cheap storage plan (100GB for $2/month). Damn! I wasn't looking to do full size backups, just to have something in case my other forms of local backups fail. Elliot B. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
episode Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I only want to use my Google Drive account as a backup device, so I don't mind if the images are made smaller (via. smaller dimensions or a higher level or compression). Any idea how to make this happen? If you use Google+ Auto Backup (desktop program), it can auto-resize to 2048x2048 and when the pictures are that size or smaller, it does not count against your storage capacity. It auto-installs with picasa 3.9 and later (http://picasa.google.com) Elliot B. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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