Why Does Snapfish Keep Copying My Photos When I Am Trying to Upload Them

In Role I of this serial on backing up your photos, I talked about what I currently exercise for storage which involves saving duplicates of my photos to several difficult drives and occasional DVD burning. In this role, we'll take a look at photo sharing and photo storage sites. As mentioned before, not every possible company is listed below, but the more popular ones I could find or others had talked near I included below.

Option #2: Uploading to a Photo Sharing/Photo Storage Website

You lot may have heard of some of these companies before: Flickr; Snapfish; Shutterfly; Phanfare; SmugMug, Photobucket and Picasa. These photo sharing sites allow you store your photos (and videos) and invite friends and family to view them. You lot can too order prints and other photo products from many of them. The all-time service for you depends on what your needs and preferences are, as well as your upkeep.

Possibly however, you lot don't want to spend annihilation at all. Well, there'southward something out there for you too. Flickr (a Yahoo offering) actually provides 1 TB of gratuitous storage. Just to give yous an idea of how many photos that is, if you have an average six.five megapixel photo, y'all tin can store 537,731 of them. That's a whole lotta photos! If 1 TB is not enough, Shutterfly and Snapfish offer you unlimited storage naturally in hopes that you'll order some prints and photo products along the mode.

Pros

• You can recover your photos should the demand arise;
• Y'all can share your photos;
• You can order prints of your photos or other photo gifts (like photo books!);
• Some sites offer free storage;
• Some sites offer pro options such as customizable galleries, ability to sell;
• Videos tin also be uploaded

Cons

• Some sites may not allow for downloads of the original photos (may exist downsized);
• Some sites limit the size of the photograph uploaded;
• Have to pay almanac fee typically based on storage needs;
• You may have to make a minimum yearly buy or log on within a specific time frame or risk deletion of your photos;
• Some sites do not support all common file formats (like RAW) or charge an extra fee;

Photo Sharing Sites Comparison Summary

Visitor	Cost	Private Photograph & Video Size Limits	File Types Supported	Photo Editing	Special Features/Notes
Flickr	1 TB: Free 1 TB no ads: $49.99/yr 2 TB: $499.99/twelvemonth	200MB per photo 1080p Hard disk videos up to 1 GB each	jpeg, non-animated GIFs, png (tiff and other formats converts to jpeg)	No	Upload and download full original size Flickr Pro no longer available
Phanfare	Gratis trial for 2 weeks Unlimited storage: $29/yr. Unlimited storage west/full size originals: $99/yr Pro (allows for sales): $199/yr	1400 pixel max photo size 2 GB per video file + xx min max length	jpeg, tiff, psdRAW (Pro level westward/additional fee – $24.99/year for ten GB (100 MB each photograph max)	Yep, non-destructive	Ad freeViewers don't have to register to view your photos Full screen web slideshows due west/video Your own URL Pro a/c offers ability to sell w/markup Customization of gallery Not-destructive epitome editing
Photobucket	2 GB: Gratis twenty GB: $29.99/yr l GB: $49.99/year 100 GB: $89.99/yr 200 GB: $169.99/yr 500 GB: $399.99/year	Photo – not limited Videos – under 10 mins. and 500 MB or less in size 500 max videos in a/c	jpeg, gif, png, bmp	Yes	10 GB/calendar month of bandwidth for linking to blogs, forums – unlimited for upgraded a/c Can print photos or other photo gifts via partner LifePics
Picasa	xv GB: Gratis 100 GB: $59.88/twelvemonth 200 GB: $119.88/yr i TB – 599.88 (other capacities not shown – goes upwardly to 16TB)	Photo: 20 MB and 50 megapixels Video: 1 GB Photos nether 2048 ten 2048 or 800 10 800 pixels (depending on whether you take Google+ a/c) and videos under 15 mins don't count against your free storage	RAW, jpeg, tif, tiff, bmp, gif, psd, png, tga	Yeah, non-destructive	Picasa doesn't store the photos, it but finds and displays them Fill-in aid feature
Snapfish	Gratis unlimited storage with min 1 buy/year (every bit low every bit a unmarried $.09 print)	Photo: No limit noted Video: < 1 GB	jpeg	Yeah – basic crop, rotate, red heart, contrast	Free download of high-resolution copies of photos (50 at a time) Share site for photos Video upload and share $24.99/yr for unlimited
Shutterfly	Free unlimited Pro Gallery Pro (v GB): $99/yr Pro Gallery Premier (unlimited): $199/yr	No max file limit just recommends 10 megapixel or less	jpeg	Yeah – basic	Share site free Pro can sell prints Video sharing (10 complimentary) $29.99 for unlimited Ad free share site
SmugMug	Basic: $xl/yr* Ability: $threescore/yr* Portfolio: $150/yr* Business organization: $300/yr* All unlimited storage	Photo: 50 MB and 100 megapixels Video: iii GB and twenty mins	jpeg, gif and png RAW, tiff, pdf, psd 3 GB per file limit with SmugVault (addtl fee of $i.00 + $.09 per GB/month)	Yep – basic and also uses PicMonkey	Sleek designs & customization bachelor Make prints & create gifts *Pricing levels non based on storage but other features – more than directed to pros such equally branding Share video and photos

Then, what do you do with this information? One conventionalities that'southward been reinforced for me because of my experiences with this site, is that anybody is dissimilar with unlike needs. What may piece of work for me may not work for you lot. I surprising thing to me was that non many sites support fill-in of RAW files. I like to shoot in RAW because it retains the highest level of pixel information that allows me the near flexibility when I do post processing. The downside is RAW files are big – about 9 to eleven MB per photograph, versus 4 to five MB for the average jpeg. So you'll fill upward your storage twice as fast if you lot want to backup RAW files. About of the services hither don't fifty-fifty offer it as an option, and the ones that practice, charge an additional fee, so y'all'd fill upwardly the free level rather quickly. I could just back up the final jpegs later on I do my mail-processing on them and I would hope that I'd never have to practice a restore, and so it may not be as much of a limitation as I thought initially.

Out of the vii companies higher up, I've had feel with four: Flickr, Picasa, Snapfish and Shutterfly.

Flickr
I haven't used Flickr as a backup site, but rather equally a place to host photos for my web log. By keeping my photos at that place rather than on my site, my pages load faster which hopefully gives you lot a better browsing experience. I had a Flickr Pro account that gave me unlimited storage for $24.95 per yr, but they've changed their pricing structure and did away with the Pro accounts. Those who were current subscribers got upgraded (bigger file size) while retaining their unlimited storage, which is the best of both worlds. A huge plus for using Flickr is the 1 TB complimentary account and the fact that you or anyone y'all give permission to (which can exist equally broad as everyone if you lot choose the "public" setting) tin download the original full size photos. Y'all can set privacy settings for every photo you upload so you can control who sees it. I may consider backing up a subset of my photos on Flickr since I take it anyway. I would have never idea about that had I non researched this serial.

Picasa
Picasa I've used more than for their tools rather than for storage. I like their collage tool which I reviewed here. I've even used Picasa to design layouts for a photo book I've done. Picasa likewise has some decent editing tools which I discussed here. But in evaluating Picasa for storage, it's rather pricey when compared to Flickr. It does accept RAW files without an actress fee, but you would max out relatively fast. I would say for storage, Flickr would be a better selection than Picasa.

Snapfish and Shutterfly
As for Snapfish and Shutterfly, I would never take thought about using them as backup. I only upload the photos I intend to employ in my photograph books or other photo gifts. Just they don't restrict file size and you go unlimited storage. However, if y'all actually need to restore your photos, y'all won't exist able to download them at total resolution. Y'all would get a 1600 x 1200 copy which Shutterfly says is sufficient for an viii 10 10 print. If yous want the total resolution you can order a DVD mailed to you lot of the total resolution photos starting at $nine.99 (for one – 100) up to $xix.99 for 1000 photos (with each additional 1000 for $iv.99). The price really isn't that bad at all, if you really did lose your photos. Snapfish offers the more user friendly recovery service. It really allows you lot to download your original resolution images for free via batch-downloading (meaning several photos at once instead of ane at a fourth dimension). So, one of these options may work for you. You lot don't accept to pay anything unless the demand arises and at that bespeak, I think you'd gladly pay the fee.

For more information on batch-downloading images from several of the sites in my chart, check out this informative article.

I don't accept personal experience with Phanfare, Photobucket or SmugMug, but out of the 3, SmugMug has the nicest looking share site templates. In terms of pricing, because SmugMug's pricing structure is not based on storage simply rather on features, their basic $40/yr membership seems like the ameliorate bargain to me. If you are non a pro lensman and then you're not concerned about branding etc. which is what the higher levels provide at a higher toll.

Summary
Out of all the share sites, Flickr seems to exist the overall meliorate option mainly because they're giving i TB free. Even if all your photos don't fit in that 1 TB, if y'all have a subset of actually of import photos like wedding photos or babe photos, why non give yourself some extra insurance? If you're using Shutterfly or Snapfish for books or prints already, and so it makes sense to utilize the no limit storage they provide.

This review focuses on storage and not the sharing attribute of these share sites, so if yous would like to have reward of the share features, that may change your analysis of what's best for you lot. As mentioned I really like SmugMug's design and interface, but Photobucket'southward and Phanfare's weren't bad either. Overall however, I would requite the thumbs up to Flickr.

Before you make a final conclusion however, be certain to catch Part III of my series focusing on online file fill-in a/k/a The Deject.

Every endeavour is made to insure accurate information, but companies may change specs and prices. Please double check any info before purchasing and experience free to let me know of whatever errors. I was not asked or compensated by any company to write this article. I am an affiliate of Shutterfly and Snapfish and some links are affiliate links, which ways if you lot click from my site to theirs and make a purchase, I may exist given a referral fee. My opinions are solely my own and an honest opinion is given whether positive or negative.

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