Can I upload a photo as origonal file size to SkyDrive?

Question

Hi All.

I try to upload some photo files to SkyDrive.

Some files were uploaded by reduced file size. 
It is same both REST API and IE client.

Some files were upoaded by same file size.

I don't know What are diffrent two case.

 

Can I upload a photo as same file size to SkyDrive?

I want to don't change my original photo file.

Thanks,

HanTanKang

Answer 1

What resolution is your photo? Depending on the file size and resolution, photos uploaded to SkyDrive can be resized to a format SkyDrive can display to a user.

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Federico Raggi. Program Manager / Windows Live Developer Platform / Microsoft

Answer 2

If the photo is larger than 2048x2048, it will be scaled down to fit that box without losing its aspect ratio. Any other photo should be uploaded with no modification at all.

Answer 3

These days, may camara and phone supplied Hi-Res image photo.

so, My Users take some photos over 2048 pixel,

and They want to store original files at SkyDrive.

 

one of photos is 2560x1920 pixels, It takes from GalaxyS phone.

 

Answer 4

Ok. Thanks for the information, but currently it's not a supported scenario to upload images larger than 2048x2048 without them getting resized. We will continue to keep this in mind for a feature releases.

Thanks again for the feedback!

Answer 5

Is this new? In the past, I had the options to upload photos in their original size (i.e. 10 megapixels). Right now I don't see this option - has it been removed?

Answer 6

When you say new, do you mean to the Live APIs or new to SkyDrive itself? I don't know much about what the v4.X APIs allowed, but this is a new requirement that SkyDrive has decided on. In the past you may have been able to upload larger photos, but they were never fully supported and came with poor user experience.

Answer 7

I mean the SkyDrive itself. I am not sure about user experience, but in the recent past, when you try to upload photos, there used to be a combo box with selection of Original size and scaled down resolutions. This one is gone now, so someone might think it uploads the originals, while it scales down to some predefined resolution. Is this by design?

Answer 8

I believe that this just recently became SkyDrive's default option, and with the LiveConnect APIs it is the only option. We are looking to see if there's a way we can accept an option to disable this behavior. If we're able to do something like that, you might see it in a subsequent update of the APIs.

Answer 9

But I guess it will be valuable to still have the option to attach the photos in its original resolution - Picasa has it, other sites too. Otherwise photos are mutilated by drasticly reducing resolution (without even telling you) and what if you want to share the photo in its original resolution so people can print it etc?

Answer 10

I'd just like to add my input to this - if you post a large picture via the Skydrive website, it takes it no problem, it's fully supported and user experience is 100%.  It has a checkbox on the upload progress that defaults to scale to 2048x2048.  But is certainly in no way a requirement of SkyDrive itself.

If I'm uploading a big 10meg picture, I've already used the bandwidth to send it to the server.  The SkyDrive system obviously supports the larger file, it seems an utterly arbitrary restriction that it's automatically scaled down to 2048x2048.  Sure, make this the default option, but allow a switch for the developer to keep the untouched uploaded file. 

I really do hope you address this in a future API update, as it's going to become a problem.  I'm currently developing a WP7 app with an HTC Titan (8mp camera) which is why I happened to run into the problem and pretty much rendered the concept of my app - backing up full-res phone camera photos in Skydrive - impossible.

Answer 11

Ditto.  I currently use Windows Live Photo Gallery to archive all my photos on SkryDrive.  It has an option to upload without resizing.  I am making an application that automates the album creation and upload process and am troubled that the files may be altered.  Please allow users of the API to upload original size files.

Answer 12

This automated behaviour already had catastrophic consequences in cases where someone has chosen to "two-way-sync" between his original pictures and Skydrive.
This way people have lost the high-quality pictures on their smartphone, notebook and/or computer, because Skydrive modifies them without any warning!

Since some of my customers have used this for private pictures and have initially correctly set the (back then) existing option in Windows Live to not reduce the resolution, they where completely perplex when they came to know what happened.

This really wasn't a good idea, Skydrive-Team!

Answer 13

Hello,

I'm sorry that your users photos have been downsized do to the way photo uploads are working today, however the fact that photos over 2048x2048 get downsized upon upload is documented in our REST APIs section for photo objects: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh243648.aspx#photo

Also 2-way passive sync functionality is against our SkyDrive usage guidlines. Syncing files without the user specifically saying, "I want to download/upload this file" are against our policies: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/live/hh561489.aspx#guidelines

For what it's worth we are still looking into adding the capability to disable downsizing via query parameter, but we have no plans to do so at the moment.

Answer 14

Hope you remove this restriction in the future, at least for the paid SkyDrive plans to come. Today most people will prefer to store original hi-res photos in the cloud rather than disk/PC/USB/drive. I bet 90% of people prefer using SkyDrive for photo storage rather than photo sharing. Leave sharing to the social networks and unleash the real power of SkyDrive.

Answer 15

So what you are saying is, Skydrive will only store photos 2048 x 2048 max. simply because that's what you say we can store on skydrive.

I see no valid reason that skydrive could offer that restricts file sizes, If we have 25 gig then it should be our choice how we use it, not yours.

If we want 1 file at 25 gig, 25 files at 1 gig or 5,000 files at various sizes it should be OUR CHOICE.

Answer 16

So what you are saying is, Skydrive will only store photos 2048 x 2048 max. simply because that's what you say we can store on skydrive.

I see no valid reason that skydrive could offer that restricts file sizes, If we have 25 gig then it should be our choice how we use it, not yours.

If we want 1 file at 25 gig, 25 files at 1 gig or 5,000 files at various sizes it should be OUR CHOICE.

Agree.

Is there any new plan to change this? WP users from my apps are demanding it...

Answer 17

Wow, that's really poor. I'm regretting buying my Windows phone and advising my friends against them due to all these silly restrictions. I've been hoping to use Skydrive as a way of avoiding Zune, which is one of the worst pieces of software I've ever used, but doing the most basic things such as saving photos to your computer is ultra complicated, restricted or just not supported on Windows phones.

What happened to the days copying and pasting or dragging and dropping to get a job done? Simple and effective.

Answer 18

Is there any new plan to change this?

Answer 19

Now that MS has announced new stuff for SkyDrive and now that Google Drive comes into play, you should waive this limitation. It limits your API hence limits all 3rd party apps in the ecosystem. Please realize this!!!

Is there now any plan to change this?

Answer 20

When upload starts, there's a status/dialog box at the lower-right corner on the SkyDrive window, at the lower-left corner of this box there's a check box "Resize photos to 2048 px". Uncheck it then the original photo size/resolution will be kept. Hope this helps.

Answer 21

No, talking about the API, in fact this forum is about the Live Connect API.

Answer 22

Hi,

the fact that the limitation is documented doesn't make it better. The automatic resizing of photos you enforce for photos is a big misconception, cause

1. If people shoot a photo exceeding 2048y2048 they expect the resolution not to be changed. Especially, if they buy additional space they want to store the original photos.

2. The SkyDrive clients for Mac and PC upload the original file and not the downscaled versions. So a typical user expects the same behavior from any 3rd party app using the REST API. The current behavior is highly confusing to the user.

3. If the user actually decides to downscale a photo this should be done in the 3rd party app before the photo is uploaded to SkyDrive. Transferring an original photo and then relying on SkyDrive to downsize it, is a waste of bandwidth.

The automatic resizing makes it very unattractive for any 3rd party app that seriously deals with photos to integrate with SkyDrive. If MS  really want to compete with other cloud services, they should urgently remove this limitation.

Can anyone from MS comment, when this will finally happen?

Cheers,

Hendrik

Answer 23

Microsoft needs to allow original image file uploads, just as the SkyDrive website does!

Answer 24

Not only the website, the desktop client allows anyone to drag and drop an entire album full of 10mp photos. So I don't get why such limitation to third party apps.

Answer 25

Why cant you just use the "File object" to upload the photos. Uploading them as ordinary files should prevent the resizing right? As there are Microsoft apps which can upload images without the resizing why not see how they do it and do it the same way ...

Answer 26

The 'type' field is a read only field, you cannot upload a file and tell the APIs it's a file object as opposed to another type. There's no way today to upload full resolution photos through the connect APIs.

Answer 27

Hello,Have to sorry for you as a failing you perfectly here.you are not included any  photo file if your file's size isn't matching.You have to change the file size that you want to upload., thank you.

o <a href="http://www.retouchassistant.com">Photo Retouching</a>

Answer 28

Since the conclusion of this thread it IS now possible to upload full resolution photos. By default we will downsize them to fit inside a 2048 square box but if you add the query parameter "downsize_photo_uploads=false" we will switch off that behavior.

Answer 29

Hi Matt

Hope your plans to grand access for full size uploading are to be realized also enabling sync movies. I am using the app CameraSync (Homegrown Software) on my iPhone to sync the pictures and movies but to be honest I am not excided of the limitations made by SkyDrive.

I chose SkyDrive as my primary cloud service and I am using money increasing the storage but if it is not possible to upload full size pictures or movies I will be forced to find another supplier of cloud services.

I hope that you will consider changing your policies and allow the requested functions.

Regards 

Nikolaj

Answer 30

As I tried to point out in my previous post, we aren't making any restrictions on photo uploads anymore (the app still does have to opt-out of photo downsizing though.) We're also not restricting file types anymore.

The only restriction we still have is not allowing a single file being more than 100MB and that one is still around primarily due to technical shortcomings. We are looking into changing this but we have no plans to do so yet.

Answer 31

Still SkyDrive downsizing uploaded photos. 

Answer 32

You have to make sure to add the query parameter "downsize_photo_uploads=false" to stop the SkyDrive APIs from downsizing.

Answer 33

Clearest explanation so far. I'm assuming that smaller photos are not enlarged to 2048 px, so maybe the checkbox should state 'reduce photos to 2048 px', so as to avoid further confusion?

Answer 34

My name is Claudia Wey, and I am the author of a note taking app which uses Microsoft ink  technology. I am currently saving the ink notes as embedded PNG or GIF using Microsoft library, and I am looking into skydrive integration in response of several user requests. Unfortunately my ink images are often larger then 2048 and when I upload them using WL.backgroundUpload they are resized and the embedded ink is removed.

This is a disaster for me. I spent a week figuring out a sleek integration with skydrive and now I have to give up because this absurd limitation. Is there any plan to revisit this or provide some workaround?

Thanks!

Claudia

Answer 35

Please see the above answers already given in this thread:

     "You have to make sure to add the query parameter "downsize_photo_uploads=false" to stop the SkyDrive APIs from downsizing."