Images uploaded to Facebook, by comparison, are downsized to a maximum of 2048 pixels on the longest dimension and are also heavily compressed. if you upload 24 megapixel images (6000 x 4000 px) the resolution is lowered to 4898 x 3265 px. Resolution of images (in the free service) is limited to 16 megapixels, e.g. Users can also like and comment on your photos. There is currently no storage limits on Google Photos and you can organise your Ultra HD images into albums and share links. camera model, lens details + aperture, shutter speed and ISO settings etc. It currently has over 500 million users and it is estimated that over 1.2 billion images are uploaded every day! As with Flickr, viewers of images on Google Photos can see the full metadata of your images (if included), e.g. Google Photos was launched in 2015 after Google Images was de-coupled from Google+. If you are a Flickr user who is not prepared to move to a paid Pro account, to preserve your 1Tb of storage, you may like to consider using ‘ Google Photos‘ as an alternative to share your Ultra HD images. Is this really the case? Some services still offer Unlimited Cloud Storage for images for FREE. After February 5th, 2019, free accounts that contain over 1,000 photos or videos will have content actively deleted – starting from oldest to newest date uploaded – to meet the new limit.įlickr states “at less than half the cost of Apple, Amazon, or Google, it’s the best deal in photography-hands down”. After January 8th, 2019, members over the limit will no longer be able to upload new photos to Flickr. Many users have also enjoyed an active photography community where users can create or join community groups and/or like and comment on others photos they see. Flickr, however, were recently purchased by SmugMug and they have recently announced they are ending Flickr’s 1TB of free storage and will now impose a 1,000 image limit unless users pay for a ‘Pro’ account.įlickr users with a Free account who have uploaded more than 1,000 photos or videos will have until Tuesday, January 8, 2019, to upgrade to Pro or download content over the limit. For many years Flickr has offered 1 Terabyte of storage for photographers to upload their Ultra HD or Full-Resolution images and then organise these images into Albums.
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