The new Google Photos service supplies "Unlimited" space for photos 16 megapixels and under. However, if I choose to upload photos at "Original Size" that are already at or under 16 megapixels, will they fall into the "Unlimited" space category? Or will they consume my limited quota?
Google Photos – Do Photos Under 16 Megapixels Consume Space When ‘Original Size’ Option is Chosen
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TL;DR:
Just go to this link, you can see that it summarizes all the information that you want to see as long as it is related to your account storage.
Explanation:
Google has a habit of combining all of our account in different services that they offer and because of that most of the time we are confuse. So here's the explanation regarding this link
General View:
If you hover your mouse at the graph you can see specifically the total free and consumed space in your storage.
Since I am using the High quality (free unlimited storage) settings in my photos and videos I can safely assume that there are 0.06 GB storage that consumes my storage.
Because of that we can assume that:
- It is still not converted to High quality (free unlimited storage)
- Maybe it is converted already but I didn't delete the original copy of it in my google drive.
Google will be resampling the image using a higher level of compression (which your stats don't show). The quality of the image is likely to decrease slightly, although whether this is noticeable to most people is another matter.
The "quality" (a scale of 1 lowest to 100 highest) factor is part of the JPEG algorithm. Reducing the "quality" increases the effective compression. Applied intelligently, small reductions in the "quality" (at the upper end) can result in significant savings in file size without any changes in the perceived image. This generally works OK with photographs, which is the intended image type.
Also, if your images are larger than 16mp then Google will reduce the physical size of the image to 16mp. See Choosing a storage size.
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Best Answer
It's not just about megapixels.
If you upload photos with the "Original Size" option then they will consume your limited quota, regardless of the megapixel dimensions of the photo uploaded.
This is because, under the "Original Size" option the original compression ratio is also used... the photo stored is the actual photo you uploaded.
Under the "High quality (free unlimited storage)" option all photos (including < 16mp) are resampled at a higher compression to save file space. This can affect the quality of the image (although most people probably won't notice). When photos come off the camera they generally have very little compression applied. The file size can be greatly reduced by resampling at a (slightly) higher compression with very little degradation in quality. However, a reduction in quality could be dependent on the type of photo used.
From the Google Help docs:
Choosing a storage size
Note they are not the same.
"resize" also implies "resample" in this context.