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I had someone visiting me for 16 days in another country. We travelled a lot, took pictures, videos. It would be amazing to have a Story made by Google Photos on Google+ out of this time range. I couldn't find a function of Google Photos to create a new story.
Is it just Google who guesses what time range to analyse and create a story? Are there any known triggers to create a story?
Story would make more sense than an autoawesome movie this time.
You can easily do this with Google's command line tools.
http://code.google.com/p/googlecl/
Here's how to create a new album and upload new files to it:
Create an album titled "funny-pics-from-reddit"
stu@sente ~ $ google picasa create --title "funny-pics-from-reddit"
Created album: https://picasaweb.google.com/108147164794119808099/FunnyPicsFromReddit?authkey=Gv1sRgCNeGh-vqrJLlrgE
Upload some images to that album
stu@sente ~ $ google picasa post --title "funny-pics-from-reddit" *.jpg
Loading file 1IH46.jpg to album funny-pics-from-reddit
Loading file 8518.jpg to album funny-pics-from-reddit
Loading file 8mWVg.jpg to album funny-pics-from-reddit
Loading file aMgoD.jpg to album funny-pics-from-reddit
Loading file B5OzH.jpg to album funny-pics-from-reddit
Loading file BdA1X.jpg to album funny-pics-from-reddit
Loading file cinkh.jpg to album funny-pics-from-reddit
Loading file Il45S.jpg to album funny-pics-from-reddit
Loading file s8mYA.jpg to album funny-pics-from-reddit
Loading file VNXqI.jpg to album funny-pics-from-reddit
Loading file YS0ri.jpg to album funny-pics-from-reddit
Thats all!
you can also get a link for sharing
stu@sente ~ $ google picasa list-albums --title 'funny-pics-from-reddit"
funny-pics-from-reddit,https://picasaweb.google.com/108147164794119808099/FunnyPicsFromReddit?authkey=Gv1sRgCNeGh-vqrJLlrgE
or get a link for each of images within the album
stu@sente ~ $ google picasa list -link --title "funny-pics-from-reddit"
https://picasaweb.google.com/108147164794119808099/FunnyPicsFromReddit?authkey=Gv1sRgCNeGh-vqrJLlrgE#5676197402363448466
https://picasaweb.google.com/108147164794119808099/FunnyPicsFromReddit?authkey=Gv1sRgCNeGh-vqrJLlrgE#5676197407826357506
https://picasaweb.google.com/108147164794119808099/FunnyPicsFromReddit?authkey=Gv1sRgCNeGh-vqrJLlrgE#5676197411671223314
https://picasaweb.google.com/108147164794119808099/FunnyPicsFromReddit?authkey=Gv1sRgCNeGh-vqrJLlrgE#5676197415991037282
https://picasaweb.google.com/108147164794119808099/FunnyPicsFromReddit?authkey=Gv1sRgCNeGh-vqrJLlrgE#5676197418880127170
https://picasaweb.google.com/108147164794119808099/FunnyPicsFromReddit?authkey=Gv1sRgCNeGh-vqrJLlrgE#5676197428322810098
https://picasaweb.google.com/108147164794119808099/FunnyPicsFromReddit?authkey=Gv1sRgCNeGh-vqrJLlrgE#5676197433154709954
https://picasaweb.google.com/108147164794119808099/FunnyPicsFromReddit?authkey=Gv1sRgCNeGh-vqrJLlrgE#5676197440054494146
https://picasaweb.google.com/108147164794119808099/FunnyPicsFromReddit?authkey=Gv1sRgCNeGh-vqrJLlrgE#5676197445495462290
https://picasaweb.google.com/108147164794119808099/FunnyPicsFromReddit?authkey=Gv1sRgCNeGh-vqrJLlrgE#5676197447926728866
https://picasaweb.google.com/108147164794119808099/FunnyPicsFromReddit?authkey=Gv1sRgCNeGh-vqrJLlrgE#5676197458703531074
You have a couple of issues mixed in here, so the answer may get what you want, but not quite in the way you want it.
For starters, there is no way to assign what will show up in which column. There is not even a guarantee that you will have one, two, or three columns.
You can see posts, in chronological order, from just one circle if you want. Along the top of the screen will be several of your circles listed, you can click on any of them to see just the posts from that circle. (This shows the default circles - you can get to more of them through the "More" drop down, and you can select the order you want them to appear in.)
This is also how you can hint to Google+ which circles are more important to you than others. After you select a circle, there will be a card titled In this circle. Selecting the Gear icon in that box will let you select if you want posts from the circle in your home stream and, if so, a rough idea of how much you want to see this circle.
This is also where you can turn on notifications for this circle. Turning on the notification through the Bell icon means you will get a "Red box" notice when someone from the circle posts, and you may get email if you have chosen that as well.
How you use these tools is up to you. One strategy might be to set it so only your "Family" circle shows up in your home stream, and you need to look at the other circles explicitly. Another possible strategy is to have your Family circle set to notify you when they post, or just have it set to "More" posts, and the others may be show you "Fewer" posts. Keep in mind these are not absolutes, however, just guidelines to help Google determine which are more important to you.
Best Answer
With Google Photos you can currently create Stories only from the Google Photos app on phone or tablet.
Basically you click on the
+icon, choose "Story" and then select the photos, see:https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6156103?hl=en&rd=2
See how the app looks like on a smartphone: