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Autosizing photo file size to Connect every time

I would love it if the photos I try to upload to Connect could resize itself automatically from any of my devices (phone, iPad, or desktop). I find that many times I want to upload a photo or to Connect and I get an ".jpeg exceeds maximum file size of 3072K".

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It doesn't happen all the time, but it happens enough times that it becomes annoying and I stop wanting to upload a photo to Connect because it takes me time to download and edit the file size (harder to do on a mobile device) and then try to upload again.

 

Cheers,

Karen

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Former Google Contributor

Hi @StephenAbraham,

 

@KarenVChin's idea Autosizing photo file size to Connect every time is alredy in progress. Precisesly because they are sharing the same subject I am going to merge yours to it. 

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Hi, my phone takes pictures that are 4MB or more. When trying to add them to a post, they are rejected because they are bigger than the limit. Would it be possible to either increase the limit or to give the option to automatically resize the pictures to a smaller size while uploading?

Former Google Contributor

Hello @DiegoGaltieri,

Thank you for your contribution.

 

I am going to merge your idea to the Autosizing photo file size to Connect every time one, because it is similar to yours.

 

I just recommend you before you submit an idea to search the community. It’s possible that someone else has already submitted the same one, so you can show your support by voting for that idea.

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Level 10

It is so boring try to post something in local connect with pictures and all the time receive that message to resize the picture.

Today everybody take pictures with very good quality.

 

Level 10

@alexandradias There are reasons for limiting photo sizes for ensuring speed and performance etc, although you are right that there could be better automated ways that the system should be able to handle it like automatic compression etc. But it's not there at the moment. 

So for the moment, we will need to reduce the size of photo before uploading, considering that most modern smartphones have high MP cameras.

One easy way would be to try out Sqoosh from Google Chrome Labs (or others), which is a browser based app that works on device which can greatly compress image sizes, you can try it here https://squoosh.app/

Or just set your phone camera to capture in a lower MP resolution (probably not a good idea if you are wanting to use photos for other needs as well)

Level 9

Today i am starting a very common topic here i think everyone faced the same problem during upload/attach a photo in a post. 

The problem is about the size of picture which is fixed by the Google developers (3072 Kb). Please increase the maximum limit so that we can upload more clear and bright pictures here. Every time when i attached a picture for my post the system gives me a warning and i don't want to compress the picture size because my all photos are above than 5 Mb of size, so its my heartily request to the Connect team and all Google Moderators please think about this issue so that we don't face any type of boundaries related to photo size. 
Better to design a good quality of limit (more than 5 Mb) it will looks good.
Please resolve this problem in localguidesconnectPlease resolve this problem in localguidesconnect

 

 

Connect Moderator

Hi @IshantHP_ig

Yes, this subject has been discussed several times. There are specific reasons related to the size of photos, so actually the size will remain .

You can embed your photos at Full size.

For more information, please read:

Uploading a photo on Connect? Read these guidelines first

Google Moderator

Hello @IshantHP_ig,

 

Thank you for sharing, what you mentioned here sounds like an idea and it will fit on our Idea Exchange section

 

Since there is similar idea suggested about photo size, I am merging it - Autosizing photo file size to Connect every time

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Level 7

Traté de subir una foto tomada con mi teléfono y no me deja porque es muy grande  Sería bueno que agregarán la opción de cortar la foto y así dar el tamaño adecuado, sin tener que volver a la galería y buscar el editor y tratar de nuevo hasta conseguir la cargada de la imagen. 

Former Google Contributor

¡Muchas gracias por tu idea @maregena8869! Ten en cuenta que voy a fusionarla a la idea Autosizing photo file size to Connect every time porque son similares. 

 

Antes de crear una idea, no olvides de buscar si ya existe alguna similar por la que puedas votar.

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