Camera Search Links in Google+ Photos

Last year, I mentioned that you can <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2013/12/search-by-camera-in-google-photos.html">search by camera in Google+ Photos</a>. I tried searches like #canon, #iphone5s and they worked. <a href="http://www.googleplusdaily.com/2014/05/google-photos-updates-recently-added.html">Since then</a>, Google added some search links to the photo viewer. When you open one of your photos, some of the EXIF values are linked: camera, camera make and lens.<br /><br />Search for <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/search/%23Canon">#canon</a> and Google shows your photos taken with a Canon camera, as well as the photos from your circles. Search for <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/search/%2335mm">#35mm</a> and you'll get the photos taken with cameras that have 35mm lens.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3yJPwOMiNiQuF6Ja36NKCCTCLaAZtPTBVtVQICu9RldVo896i1bTuIrBjGeEVntwaoFrp15xMCYbskDVLpc0s6krBWz1mj1gdyQ9WRnqKlpsu_17GfEoIrLsbzIJozYRNlKmNZgFwsfI/s1600/google-photos-camera-search.png" /></div><br />The "date taken" value is also linked, but it doesn't send you to a list of search results. Instead, you can edit the date and change the time zone:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg24vysuXH0FdVILqJALB_haz1FqnejQ66eoyMCrG7uZlzrG_WrzrGHa7peJT1-TsmZYDebXns4QC11WZh3BiuxC5GWhCgIIccZeXY58m0BCIdLLTjpni6lyu8X9n9vqeNwBrIccEKSgT1/s1600/google-photos-edit-date.png" /></div>

Camera Search Links in Google+ Photos

Last year, I mentioned that you can search by camera in Google+ Photos . I tried searches like #canon, #iphone5s and they worked. Since then...

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How to Download Auto Awesome Photos

Auto Awesome is one of the best features of Google+ Photos. It's a good reason to upload your photos to Google+ instead of choosing a different service: you get something in return. Auto Awesome photos and videos use your photos and videos to create something new. Some of them improve your photos, others are funny, while some of them would normally require professional software.<br /><br />Just because they're so nice, I decided to backup my Auto Awesome. Here's how to download them:<br /><br />1. open this page: <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/search/%23AutoAwesome">https://plus.google.com/photos/search/%23AutoAwesome</a> (or go to <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/">Google+ Photos</a> and search for #AutoAwesome)<br /><br />2. click "show all" below the first photos from that page<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwLo8pC-_-Y7Zj1STX6XQWWVpZlxbHYdeErouKEgOStdaXZR-_kW29cQ4efW6r6LFZfSfVhyphenhyphenpSbS1umUMbwGDjrkYYHc2SxpHHGO4wkb2p5ZbnsfGnTZXThsGoB6_IDInIpFqUi_iLlCn/s1600/autoawesome-show-all.png" /></div><br />3. select the first photo: mouse over the photo and click the tick icon.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHW_I35DKeJpjk-nsmCbx7zFgYcUEBWP5tRV9Rmf8AqnfccvppYMdhS6CbaMT6J0UkhyphenhyphenUm9ZLjpGcDVF_DR2hizEv716HqXSBxzvO6nHYgTb8A4klxwPUcBPJM_Oyh1widEIyE1P5oTHSR/s1600/autoawesome-select.png" /></div><br />4. use your browser's find-in-page feature (Ctrl+F or Command+F on a Mac) and search for <i>from your circles</i>. That's a different section which shows Auto Awesome photos from your circles and that's where your Auto Awesome gallery ends.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PcAH5Lbarv8Fs4zgsjLL7kUhkOSQyNq-O8LTTBJimtnZB510HqNlhZLZ4ZVPFdnMstP7_LJPjKZnw_qSIoB0L9q6WbdAf1dxMKDO7wt3rGNmxbs9OVPSIZbkOL8ko-TsYcbpnf3oAqxm/s1600/autoawesome-select-2.png" /></div><br />5. Shift+click the last photo above the "From your circles" section and you should see a message like "230 selected".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4gXUhWRL9HP98S3L6oo1d_5kZ1IGo0EhpgBhBFb8kdKEKjjt0NbBIEsbZFq_7W8vOQfsDVCCoKMmwoph_lnIitzCWd18wAeknd0Fomq3fmBTlbRUSjNOj4jniZ-f47JabAfPwaEz8HYlg/s1600/autoawesome-select-3.png" /></div><br />6. click "more" in the navigation bar and select "download".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIQapl1IiVMVN5Eb_nQjW3XA0EJxRHudfgXk0KRe957aRHjk0mvHsMLtlWhX-B9FZLpbS7J8bNhlMpT69KZrZXjR3NQtVFO6v640d83DosoEhdZHWzrYJ_DaKqyduFZrFOAqUV-vK4KaJ/s1600/autoawesome-select-4.png" /></div><br />7. You'll get a Photos.zip archive with both photos and videos. The filename includes the type of AutoAwesome effect. The archive should also include the "year in review" video titled 2013-MOVIE.m4v.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEckE4HhwZ0ABg2UhcTDEM-DtNOpoBU708nPAfDdhnaVqTihoo7J0OigdXCh3qi27MOFXiBpeiPTA4PDpshg6XxdUtyDbmWAuifQiBDHIt_nODOwVDzLAq8ZHTfW_puqt_enZRecTgivy/s1600/autoawesome-select-5.png" /></div>

How to Download Auto Awesome Photos

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Google+ Stories

<div class="tr_bq">Google+ Photos added a new feature called Stories. Google automatically groups some of your best photos and videos, based on the date and the place where they were taken, and creates animated stories you can edit and share with other people.</div><br />"Google+ Stories can automatically weave your photos, videos and the places you visited into a beautiful travelogue. No more sifting through photos for your best shots, racking your brain for the sights you saw, or letting your videos collect virtual dust. We'll just gift you a story after you get home. This way you can relive your favorite moments, share them with others, and remember why you traveled in the first place," <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/google-stories-and-movies-memories-made.html">explains Google</a>.<br /><br />Here's <a href="https://plus.google.com/+anilsabharwal/stories/e39549b6-120c-3653-b456-2457c19f8e56?authkey=1iJx3GJh">an example</a>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/+anilsabharwal/stories/e39549b6-120c-3653-b456-2457c19f8e56?authkey=1iJx3GJh"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfUHqs42NUrbuMtwmiFHHDmZoagtNzsxvqXVD6Qr95emZUIiU_0oRW0GftgOdEEcDGpdQNvTcZcKzvqQXskWKaup19_6icuD4y9e2luXhhZ_d_GBQeVG6S2llRUBpvLcIS9LHHuRKjfWs/s1600/google-plus-story.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQnA-ioLG7xYOljVjFdiJwuAjeDB1bkEVliqYSYGica-Cw1msat9c7VLiSzq6Wawu6sI18fiFXiQ8x0ZmGOkDl6A23EUZZnQaUT4fAehDWPGcuOjhTI70VFYbzsuAJbcZQzrJ_kx5KdfT/s1600/google-plus-story-2.jpg" /></div><br />To find all the stories generated from your photos, go to <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos">Google+ Photos</a>, click "More" next to "All photos" and select "Stories". They have pretty accurate titles like: "Friday afternoon in Istanbul", "Trip to Paris", "Weekend in Belfast".<br /><br />There are <a href="https://plus.google.com/113882113745075873153/posts/Fpsv7ugKX9N">many other new features</a> in Google+:<br /><blockquote>* Auto Awesome Movies are now available on Android, iOS and the web, so lots more people will receive highlight reels of their photos and videos.<br /><br />* You can now create animated GIFs and photobooth-style images on demand. Just tap the new plus button in Photos, and select either Motion or Mix. (<i>Android only?</i>)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnie8HvFDiHwEDtA8EhSvhyBuNyZYFg9UGiVQbgzvrQFcc8m9GxEbcGJUZL_GT7O4gN4ER19I5U2LOvHRza2L3vjiU0QN-asKFldtmG_OfkHtN22x1P1fSjffOhdRxR3t_eeHIlxWYb9Ru/s1600/google-plus-manual-autoawesome.png" /></div><br />* You can now browse your entire photo library, as well as your highlights, by date. Just drag the new scroll bar to move forwards or backwards in time.<br /><br />* Really big photo libraries are now supported on Android, so you can access your many thousands of photos quickly and easily.<br /><br />* You can now browse your entire photo library, as well as your highlights, by date. Just drag the new scroll bar to move forwards or backwards in time.<br /><br />*  A new navigation menu makes it easier to switch between your favorite circles and communities, as well as other places in the app.<br /><br />*  It's a lot easier to share content from your phone or tablet. To give it a try, just tap the new pencil icon at the bottom right of the stream.<br /><br />*  The app menu now slides away as you move down the stream, letting posts fill the entire screen.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYMcDO6Yef40BsVsgVb-1-hGxFgMa9k4HpRK0acA0EAEmJB_xoO_VC2ibB9yHyLJcoeM1O1piYzqeJa6nCGxbAIfDSZ0qAJb_mIPZ7FYG5KDhvYs2XY9HpsiNwwLbPKhEL3kEZRj0s5pxG/s1600/google-plus-android-new-ui.png" /></div></blockquote>

Google+ Stories

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Gmail's New Interface for Inserting Photos

Gmail has a new interface for adding images to a message. When you click the "insert images" icon, Gmail now shows all the photos highlighted by Google+ Photos. You'll see all the photos that are displayed here: <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos">https://plus.google.com/photos</a>, including Auto Backup photos from your desktop and mobile devices.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU80L7xe-r3Si_189a5C893ABbLn9Qy3kEZzcv5_26a7ow5mVl8asfCW2574Bq_hO-Co-34TBnA92Mj-YSbI63vnIa2Xqt7_PD95xTKkCOmKzQVnVRjjbhzr5PmLqpCHMx0p2Hg54nNIfB/s1600/gmail-insert-photos-new-dialog.png" /></div><br />Google uses clever algorithms that find your best photos and place them in the "highlights" section, which is displayed by default when you visit Google+ Photos. Gmail only shows these photos, but you can click "X more" to show all the photos from an album (X is the number of photos).<br /><br />After adding a photo, you can now resize it by dragging on any corner.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXDMVhsLTSq-a9_UN61ez-pnUjD7e5YIXrE4xe_gi8XiLSGFXLqFamC-6vOGFizhaMF2YSM-y_qIclEY5q_R-ksITLx_HZQoChoLqMHo0NbMK5n7LCLpVvDesOJ59l58uxLI6YJjsizhH/s1600/gmail-insert-photos-new-dialog-resize.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXDMVhsLTSq-a9_UN61ez-pnUjD7e5YIXrE4xe_gi8XiLSGFXLqFamC-6vOGFizhaMF2YSM-y_qIclEY5q_R-ksITLx_HZQoChoLqMHo0NbMK5n7LCLpVvDesOJ59l58uxLI6YJjsizhH/s1600/gmail-insert-photos-new-dialog-resize.png" /></a></div><br />Gmail's dialog also includes a section for albums, so you can insert links to your Google+ Photos albums. "Inserted albums are shared via link. Anyone with the link can access the album," explains Google. You can also upload photos or paste URLs. By default, images are inserted inline, but you can also add them as attachments if you click "as attachment" next to "insert images".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHie5cbuH12O92wggoRp2NyiDdtK82l63Chprm_benFdmwbYvuL1_p1PtJiPtMH7bV8iP1QMGZk0Ewd0ziGCmhpnB2IP-on8M_euc-JUtZerUkmyld4qa_Sn_H4i0u-oibZiv3Hctvgrw/s1600/gmail-insert-photos-new-dialog-albums.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPaI3SA9nbEm4N8PYM1dVS1BpucIdAd9BXSpv3RmQqMEzyO5I13UUt5YV4iqaEahjxpejZEd0Vb6QL6GFGnYDZdUy9U9o2CXA29EjSWHyGQENnGXb_oGTpjYVSkaayCnO6VgwL5gHeLRh3/s1600/gmail-insert-photos-new-dialog-upload.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtoopFBVRXQAgx2YAwyJgrocRO_2GRhE83qUIoI0MVbeQxcTFFRAyTeGfULKdmXTUSRMtxFI6QR8XMSK2T7obe6d0px4ypSWRlgvYJeIF-ptCqFVjUMJCNwoqM8StUPKbQA62Xxa4zLijw/s1600/gmail-insert-photos-new-dialog-url.png" /></div><br />"Whether it's photos of your hiking trip or a night out, sending photos to friends and family just got easier. Starting today, you can save time and insert your Auto Backup photos from your phone into Gmail messages on the web using the new Insert Photo button. When you click the button, you'll instantly access all the photos that are backed up from your mobile devices, starting with the most recent," <a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-photos-from-your-phone-now-one.html">informs Google</a>.

Gmail's New Interface for Inserting Photos

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Google+ Auto Backup Installer Links

If you want to install the <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2013/12/google-auto-backup-for-desktop.html">Google+ Auto Backup app</a> for desktop without first installing Picasa, here are the direct links to the setup files:<br /><br />Windows: <a href="https://dl.google.com/dl/edgedl/picasa/gpautobackup_setup.exe">https://dl.google.com/dl/edgedl/picasa/gpautobackup_setup.exe</a><br /><br />Mac: <a href="https://dl.google.com/dl/edgedl/picasa/gpautobackup_setup.dmg">https://dl.google.com/dl/edgedl/picasa/gpautobackup_setup.dmg</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0bEkjeHqC5ZsqR48702b6QPw7N13U585o44jOkllTSThbKwact3rEYNWDCpR-XNo40cHrm83li06_m_EjbBUVIfF_C5WhsymVekosxweD9WcgtJP30OvJE5WNlmP8ZiayusdsrSoMTJ1/s1600/google-autobackup-windows.png" /></div><br />After installing the software in Windows, search for Auto Backup in the Start menu/screen, click "Google+ Auto Backup" and log in to your Google account.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VjvuOWioA2uPe9nJBaK6akYoxxTs87TjAincY4GGxCH-S_AzFyNFyP5xwcK2UiS-tzsKk_S9EbSixAAQAee119QF_iHYQXPpDnENE6XHSI2jF8UfpVSK-N36Ga8UntxmV6FIwpHyroAF/s1600/google-autobackup-windows-start.png" /></div><br />"It's now easier than ever to back up all of your photos with Google+ Auto-backup, available with Picasa for Windows and Mac. Automatically sync photos from your desktop computer and any time that you connect a phone, camera or storage card to Google+," <a href="https://support.google.com/picasa/answer/4392268">informs Google</a>.<br /><br />If you go to <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos">Google+ Photos</a>, you might see this message and a download button: "Back up photos automatically from your computer. Automatically save your photos and videos online with Google+ Auto Backup. They'll be private to you until you choose to share them, and easy to get to from all your devices."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUc011LamZdSqUb2Rh5Gr1ZNxjGnuRDnUnT08jceChbYvQPQpMJTZw14KhL5oE4_3rM40bUDlIRo4XvYP0tNQ5HxmUbfexfjRa1ktkQxUdU4jVbbNcDrA3ew5NNfCEoGdMQ4rOBxfzZIp/s1600/google-autobackup-info.png" /></div><br />{ Thanks, <a href="https://plus.google.com/+J%C3%A9r%C3%B4meFlipo/posts/Shvx8euJL3Q">Jérôme</a>. }

Google+ Auto Backup Installer Links

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How to Delete Auto Backup Photos

If you've tried <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2013/12/google-auto-backup-for-desktop.html">the Auto Backup tool</a> and you want to delete your photos, it won't be easy. You can go to the <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/search/%23AutoBackup">Auto Backup section</a> of Google+ Photos, mouse over a photo, click the "tick" icon, select photos one by one and click "Delete". You can also select photos by dragging a "lasso", just like in your favorite file manager. You can also select a photo and Shift+click the last photo you want to select or Ctrl-click photos for non-contiguous selection.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJv2hLNCnC1j2LETODQDPhFzJmga85JVSmW8Xxr-zks1X9tPnm7UjE9_xwRK2z0MsT6CbuLeIJq9jhFm06JRssDuaeckvtUJqVb3-YdaEE-NqXPaQfuzAjmxiRoKmKO47WiSmYGcBWnIUs/s400/auto-backup-select-4.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />That's great if you only have a few photos, but not if you have thousands of photos. Fortunately, there's a better way:<br /><br />1. go to <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/">Google+ Photos</a>, click "More" and pick "Albums"<br /><br />2. add <i>/camerasync</i> to the URL in the address bar and press Enter. You should get something like: <br /><br />https://plus.google.com/photos/+YourName/albums/camerasync<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUeY1g45TjLbCjrETeRhbpeI089R6ZwCBZh5bvEdayiEF8v1bEI-rh_R0j71F31miHVXpvc6liOOvTIX1VuCLHN7NJCzOhvuJyxBSXAT0gP-m6PRwSz4sajp6C9ooiOBqeS1xUuHN-MfZZ/s1600/auto-backup-select-1.png" /></div><br />3. click "Select" below "Photos from Auto Backup". After a few seconds, Google will select the last 2000 photos uploaded to Auto Backup. If you have less than 2000 photos, all of them will be selected.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RIX3B8aUr7pYuAIZI8PdSiFombXP8v9GUE4cUwgH-JOcLTIdj1Q8-Ox3liH3dPQ21-mKSo98ezL6zFLH1OhjM39vSEslWT0PATtZ4fTy7HQ6RktYv5PB8Qi56s6hbohxzNI4lueZzIQf/s1600/auto-backup-select-2.png" /></div><br />4. click "Delete" at the top of the page. This only moves the photos to Trash, so they're not permanently deleted. If you change your mind, click "undo" after they're moved to Trash.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRiiljRV1e_19KEEiw2ly1516WKkDKMPfi0NHoGeIi-6845Ny0PliPnKiP8P5Q_tiulCumIQwhAgUqdhWTKFQcAZgBxmzi8Qc1CQWuOT_x7DnnENhdWz9pec8Vaf0f03rFo1e5iocF8W0W/s1600/auto-backup-select-3.png" /></div><br />5. you may need to manually refresh the page (press F5) to see the remaining photos. You'll have to go back to step 3 and select the next 2000 photos and then go to the step 4.<br /><br />6. to permanently delete your photos, go to the <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/trash">Trash</a>, click "Empty trash now" and confirm this action.

How to Delete Auto Backup Photos

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Search by Camera in Google+ Photos

Google+ Photos has a sophisticated search feature, but some of the features aren't easy to find. For example, you can search photos by camera. Use queries like #canon, #nikon, #sony, #apple, #panasonic, #samsung, #nokia to find photos taken using a phone or camera from one of these companies. You can also use the name of the phone or camera, but not all of them work. These worked for me: #iphone4s, #iphone5s, #canonpowershots95, #canoneos, #dsc-w150, #k800i.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFCJR_ELemqLh4fy4xf8koyJK23idQKFuN7t8UBcCY99rxNFHBu1c7QOgosAZ1MhBwt16yJS7F6T7Lm-etfU6NhnzlnCEiFcjNOLe3_qANiEpJGqcyQZ2EiNLnCe4EnOUxFrmEK3QpNfO/s1600/google-photo-search-camera-1.jpg" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkRZGiLEboQOnhva6rjrGZChf7agoC1oHGJ1XakwzirVU-Q9kEyEFlAfeGGS6k4P_xCdmo0iCYHgrb0sZiNE-H-0eHuuIhfw64PhvKmScW-MZjMaUmSzgQRhXJkD4iS6HRjM-jPkVVatl/s1600/google-photo-search-camera-2.jpg" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxEQdfwFfbGcw8wkHoRJie86WR6TZbXU2J_v_09la90cYvYAbc5J_PhC3eMi8S6Ss5EtApiqUboFbFavbZOO-43bTwsnb-RmVG2lAc0AyqveyEwNFJHABFrWWNbyCH-xegQ5y-FiuCuTh/s1600/google-photo-search-camera-3.jpg" /></div>

Search by Camera in Google+ Photos

Google+ Photos has a sophisticated search feature, but some of the features aren't easy to find. For example, you can search photos by c...

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Google+ Auto Backup for Desktop

The latest version of <a href="http://picasa.google.com/">Picasa for Windows and Mac</a> installs a separate utility called Google+ Auto Backup. It's a simple tool that lets you select the folders that you want to backup automatically and even has support for SD cards. Google+ Auto Backup works in the background, much like Google Music Manager and Google Drive for desktop.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1amJAs2iH0vGvr_FvTsCQ2_Q7Fd3-JmbkSrdppLSjeBcxa-JraLCob03HDhfwfQeKKIbi2i7G6y5QOxx53_rxuV50OkqodLTW17PHnDNpo9o2UsNfs5BzotjIJorZDQA3scw1ujeytmy/s1600/auto-backup-picasa-2.png" /></div><br />The application uses the new Google Photos icon and, even though it's installed by Picasa, it doesn't have anything to do with Picasa, which has its own syncing feature.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFtuohP39bucmrC_dsfBr97yIhERLyDGLEpafUV3FBnNn_drCooyCVahyphenhyphenwT68rbG7jR6jwl9AoYbwukN0bwOzc-6DW3EWIz-XZgiQVEvpkYwPRcPIhZmbbx1ZRpx0reekEAi6kNviKDXc/s1600/auto-backup-picasa.png" /></div><br />Here's the installer file GPAutoBackup.msi in the Picasa folder:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDU3W5YB9QF1we4X1HiCVjabMzm-3VZtZ-sMCoNVYMbxw73C0pZzwJocPfAjb1AQya-s_wYwLR7vtDd7874yUURJSxy4eBmx4mPiiljLNd1pOOcVLLHsV_CUyT3EIikWKZn7AQSir28JK/s1600/auto-backup-picasa-3.png" /></div><br />The application has its own uninstall entry:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXe8SEqYFSH3BmuFpP-JgvzUi8_gxOTZHFuakC01bqeSkBmdS2PKGBcrBUkoV6mbL7AAiTW-NcA5hYRXxnM6e35XBxA88y5SvG-CPrC0lSc3A7qjvMvFNpoc5F706UlRUGXWqQ22fyASbE/s1600/auto-backup-picasa-5.png" /></div><br />When you visit Google+, you'll see this message, which informs you that you can use the search box to find photos and videos from Auto Backup.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6uG3pN5o4A72T-6EQcalPijH54ypaInhx0zwRr0zl7itiUseSRRol1p7PWcPLESE2Ehi21eyKW5PRH_UNeOW2Fsx_09lrK3oiR2TiiMuRSmjVwFr4ZEWSrPbUUZ5gQoCRaSlQrh4WX6aX/s1600/auto-backup-picasa-4.png" /></div><br />By default, Google uploads the original photos and they use your Google Drive storage space. You can enable <a href="https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1647509?hl=en&ref_topic=3049663">photo resizing</a> (standard size), so that the uploaded photos don't count against your Google Drive storage quota. Photos are resized so that the longest edge is 2048px or less.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTwTZLvmMHo2Mtnz7ysGB3IaMEF1Ta1OBegEg8KeEcGb3kI5L1oWbj29M1PHGXpR9Onyrj5D2WNmtW8_21mXjuaR-RbJ3zBvfnN2JKwTzVcn_mkYU-GpeHkrnUtr7hYlUBxo3DrPIZJ5zc/s1600/auto-backup-picasa-6.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMa3-AVlTkpVOfWMHCgAzCouqbuCHJoyPo9Tx1VYHU3NLOmKM8r_fF8F88XQBhgfu3AQ9A2MWvoJfC68oFuce52h9-L9SCcuATBMrdfqhSV47x_uYGpXbKJeO__nHGVPWJrE-Ga_yotUlo/s1600/auto-backup-picasa-7.png" /></div><br />"All photos uploaded through Google+ Auto Backup will default to private in Google+, so you can decide what actions to take once they are backed up to Google+. Once your photos have been uploaded, they will appear along with other Auto Backup photos. We'll arrange them by date in the Highlights section of Google+ Photos, and you can search #desktop in Photos Search to easily find all of the photos that you've backed up through your desktop." (from <a href="http://www.gplusexpertise.com/2013/12/google-photos-auto-backup-now-in-picasa.html">GooglePlus Helper</a>)<br /><br />To get Auto Backup for Desktop, you need to install <a href="http://picasa.google.com/">Picasa</a>. If you already have Picasa, make sure you've updated to the latest version (137.69). Go to the Help menu and "check for updates". <a href="https://support.google.com/picasa/answer/53209?hl=en">The release notes</a> include some other changes: new file size limits for uploads: 50 MB or 100 MP, "Edit in Creative Kit" function has been removed, updates to RAW support to include newer cameras.<br /><br />{ Thanks, <a href="https://plus.google.com/111676504208312895055/posts">Daniel</a>. }

Google+ Auto Backup for Desktop

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Google+ Photo Search Filters

Google+ Photos has some filters you can use to refine your search results. Just click the search box or the small arrow icon and you can choose the source of the photos (Auto Backup, Hangouts, Google Drive, posts) or the type of results (Auto Awesome, photos of you, photospheres, videos). For some reason, Google uses hashtags and they don't work well all the time: the #Videos hashtag returns not only videos, but also photos that match "videos". <br /><br />Here are the hashtags: #AutoBackup, #Hangouts, #GoogleDrive, #Posts, #AutoAwesome, #PhotosOfYou, #PhotoSphere, #Videos. You can add them to your query and filter the results. Google first shows your photos and then the photos from your circles. If you choose the source of photos, Google will only show your photos.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyvCObStesmK4UC_K-gVCHBwOlIOcaPzFIYkRqcjS8yCozUxdUw8OT1s8THd2QpOIaNsEsBZpYYacshzbBHUgz1iv9osn75pnOhVihpkqhNvdazDEUCvAeQq3Wod2gX1doH5Z2hGduxsb/s1600/google-photo-search-source.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFtRABx0VzsXP5RfSTP5y3DUEKUIZK38N06NHEiUi1nGK0x7vL4mEivKiQOu0_5MqO0ILUK_962B72-Yxh4X1EMd3AW6tx5aBM5lySr8km4MIgzwdfWfY4hZvHF3DI5XlXbj08JH_VXp3/s1600/google-photo-search-photosphere.jpg" /></div><br />Some cool searches you can try:<br /><br />- <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/search/%23AutoAwesome">#AutoAwesome</a> (all your Auto Awesome photos and videos and the ones from your circles - if they're public or shared with you)<br /><br />- <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/search/%23AutoAwesome%20twinkle%20gif">#AutoAwesome twinkle gif</a> (find photos with the twinkle effect)<br /><br />- <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/search/%23AutoAwesome%20motion%20gif">#AutoAwesome motion gif</a> (find photos with the motion effect)<br /><br />- <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/search/%23AutoAwesome%20snow%20gif">#AutoAwesome snow gif</a> (find photos with the snow effect)<br /><br />- <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/search/%23PhotoSphere">#PhotoSphere</a> (show panoramic images uploaded from Nexus devices)<br /><br />- <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/search/%23AutoBackup">#AutoBackup</a> (quickly find the photos from your mobile devices).

Google+ Photo Search Filters

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Auto Awesome Snow Shake in Google+ for Android

This is another fun feature for the holidays, but it's limited to the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.plus">Google+ app for Android</a>: "Shake your device while viewing one of your photos, and watch the snow fall. Shake it again to save your new snowy photo and share it with family and friends."<br /><br />It's a way to manually trigger the <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2013/12/auto-awesome-winter-special.html">Auto Awesome Snow effect</a> for any photo.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhGmz_sMh-srZ2O-9oDv6jZK6JkQw3RQUEHsyblwKhv_M6rkBoC5CVitRTAYBNZAmYFVMFJjS1syqUs8nNXwnJilc5wgzPKk37MUjDU6CAplCXkXPCCsW3JaZK4ExEot99lXBUkjEK_J1/s1600/google-auto-snow.jpg" /></div><br />You need the latest version of the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.plus">Google+ app</a> (4.2.4), which was released today. Blame staged rollouts if you don't have the new version. You can also <a href="http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/12/12/give-your-device-a-shake-to-make-photos-snow-and-more-following-the-latest-google-update/#download">manually download the APK file</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YWRa6Cz6m_M" width="560"></iframe></div><br />This is <a href="https://plus.google.com/+jterleski/posts/AhxQt5xsjLj">not the only new feature</a>: "when you +1 posts in the stream, you'll see something lovely" (hearts). There's also a unified search box, a new section for less important notifications and separate "What's Hot" streams for different categories.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGlJT9wmsVuTvoCNdDVKhODppr7iRkeuYoE7GM7Nxno9jfxw1KtK-cSFu-wIxI3tdZiyJns4CkdjVDY43uYdbro7r9BXxts01Xi0c4aYlElUEQQJS6MSpFrWYtAHBP3zp9jOdPIr7LDOt/s1600/google-plus-hearts.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcUAtbwf6vowCG0UVz8Boty2VjJEMyVNx54nes7L1SaV-FGtOBAcGNwjLTG_aj530IfYUCzpqPR9dpvHq2wtOOIkQA_jL7tiyo-z0I0p11AIXyrH6zz3DW7g1qoJIgi98amAgrzdS7nfb/s1600/google-plus-unified-search.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTg075MJx12wBFMDhhrwCyQQiYTZlO7Z1uA3E8CxhYd3spIVrR7Yc_DqpWRKnDtMP90KtdzyDoavGH1d5j03lTWhttS0u8TkL58w6u9ldCdo6GQtqFckQ0x9PF_4D-yMF1mcHRj_UQIhFR/s1600/google-plus-hot-categories.png" /></div>

Auto Awesome Snow Shake in Google+ for Android

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Auto Awesome Action, Eraser and Movie

<a href="https://support.google.com/plus/answer/3113884?hl=en">Auto Awesome</a> is a collection of features that create new images which use the photos you upload: panoramas, animations, HDR, better group photos. They're created automatically and Google now even sends notifications when they're ready.<br /><br />There are <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/google-hangouts-and-photos-save-some.html">3 new Auto Awesome features</a>: 2 of them are only for photos (action, eraser) and the third one is for both photos and videos. <br /><br /><b>Action</b> is great for action photos. "Take a series of photos of someone moving (dancing, running, jumping) and Auto Awesome will merge them together into one action shot where you can see the full range of movements in a single image, capturing the movement in one captivating still."<br /><br />Google combines these 6 photos:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic46sEZfBGQx4KHTdJxUv_eg3eVLZalYBVlbBu6_gFtQ2icE-fbyrLJbaKM1Da4cIghKLvQIZR_FILy2siM10srf1SAOk5sMOpo1CWnH38wCz6DcwHLGzs2I2osCesRK31FFJsnZXzkUal/s640/auto-awesome-action-1.jpg" /></div><br />and creates this awesome visual effect:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzA0vh3-034cna7LzKN4J01Ef6LlvaDqMblxXwnwReeGRmYO43Td2ywTkwfPcjgJrNtRIfdMNtm6TI0SaoNkg3T5N3reMuDbFmUNl34LOQsNOjeGxtx1_Fluw25AeZp6CadLXgU_qzwOK/s640/auto-awesome-action-2.jpg" /></div><br /><b>Eraser</b> is useful when you want to remove people from photos. "If you take a sequence of 3 or more photos in front of a structure or landmark with movement in the background, Eraser will give you a photo with all the moving objects removed. It's helpful for those situations when you're trying to get a great shot of a landmark or other crowded place, but want to avoid including all of the people in the background of your photo."<br /><br />These photos aren't great:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxD4CXNjxfZRKikPQvvX6KoMUJitvoeHffHb7lz0nCRRZLVP8NR7-H7RzSLBLHIjzsOlZEWRmAu0RQsOiqpyFOV-v1bGlzUugfw6vxNbBEItydUAVf8i3Xg35YUMQveVdb_cCg3JjNzb1/s640/auto-awesome-eraser-1.jpg" /></div><br />but they can be combined to get this:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvmHim3bpYr_7rfLt5qShzOWOQ9WtB4qmIZ6tyihFAnMZOs0iuFUEgcpRXPP141txjQptHRW1V4DIGWKXLHQ7KeYdUTPlRr9_tfRA0QZULzf7sBLIs9MmeDR8q8bdxQ47u7bIAwX1bAPX/s640/auto-awesome-eraser-2.jpg" /></div><br /><b>Auto Awesome Movie</b> is a bit like HTC Zoe, but it's a lot more advanced. In fact, it's the only Auto Awesome feature that lets you customize the result and the only feature you can trigger manually. Google creates a video that combines some of the videos and photos you uploaded, processes the videos, adds image stabilization and picks some appropriate music. "You can create Auto Awesome movies from the Google Photos app for Android, which are short films created automatically by editing together the videos and photos you capture around an experience. Choose the photos and videos you wish to make into an Auto Awesome movie, and let Google do the rest. You can change the theme, style, background music, or even remove, shorten, or re-order scenes. After your movie is created, you can choose to share or save it. Auto Awesome movies are currently only available for some devices running Android 4.3 and up, including the Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Nexus 10, and HTC One."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Rv1tZm1sHQI" width="580"></iframe></div><br />Auto Awesome shows that <b>advanced features don't need complicated interfaces</b>. It also shows <b>the power of the cloud</b>: Google+ Photos finds your best photos, enhances your photos, it lets you search your photos and it even creates new ones. All of this without buying expensive photo editors and learning how to use them.

Auto Awesome Action, Eraser and Movie

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Google+ Photo Search Detects More Than 1,000 Objects

Back in May, Google announced <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/google-hangouts-and-photos-save-some.html">an impressive search feature</a> that allows to find photos even if they don't include any useful metadata. "To make computers do the hard work for you, we've also begun using computer vision and machine learning to help recognize more general concepts in your photos such as sunsets, food and flowers." Here are <a href="http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2013/06/improving-photo-search-step-across.html">more details</a>: "This is powered by computer vision and machine learning technology, which uses the visual content of an image to generate searchable tags for photos combined with other sources like text tags and EXIF metadata to enable search across thousands of concepts like a flower, food, car, jet ski, or turtle."<br /><br />Now Google announced that it detects more than 1,000 objects. It may not seem like a lot, but it's extremely difficult to detect objects algorithmically and do this with enough precision. Distinguishing between so many objects makes this task even more difficult. Google can now detect labradors and snowmen, tulips and umbrellas, laptops and shoes.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9eFj30P-OS-6_4M2-k3B-HriD5WAVmW5nAroQVHcrCMPLWcSXxIAYQXTX38Abn25SRSYiQwsz6Q1a9biXXqELtK9Rrf7mwQmJDBhthQovX1C6uOtheZGY6DeDUrXObUSfSDHlziVUF0pL/s640/google-plus-search-labrador.jpg" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRn0MM6c115fnT6dAhLlaogf_dYQdGYQhqpVXvNoQtbo6fe1SIgdyWykrjSBFmGoB3xBGDsP2f0H5Y3a21z43GOxYLIDCT99up-cBt9nXD2p0q_L4yaZiV4OEtGePTNBFg7n-Pz9NYQrTL/s640/google-plus-search-snowman.jpg" /></div><br />Google's announcement is strange because <a href="http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2013/06/improving-photo-search-step-across.html">a Google post from June</a> mentioned that the classifier already detected 1,100 classes of objects:<br /><br /><blockquote>We came up with a set of about 2000 visual classes based on the most popular labels on Google+ Photos and which also seemed to have a visual component, that a human could recognize visually. In contrast, the ImageNet competition has 1000 classes. As in ImageNet, the classes were not text strings, but are entities, in our case we use Freebase entities which form the basis of the Knowledge Graph used in Google search. An entity is a way to uniquely identify something in a language-independent way. In English when we encounter the word 'jaguar', it is hard to determine if it represents the animal or the car manufacturer. Entities assign a unique ID to each, removing that ambiguity, in this case '/m/0449p' for the former and '/m/012x34' for the latter. In order to train better classifiers we used more training images per class than ImageNet, 5000 versus 1000. Since we wanted to provide only high precision labels, we also refined the classes from our initial set of 2000 to the most precise 1100 classes for our launch.</blockquote><br />I'm not sure if there's some improvement I'm missing. It's likely that the search results are better, but the number of objects has not increased.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HmyttsE-wspJwGvW3dS-Cs9FzYwa1n2c8CDJG59xs4BKuWs29e4WUd3K8Y3Ne81wDcN9XNLY5x82-Q4p22EV_N8iaRjNqsGOSEj2ohYQWQE5tKqKBZ1XiaOKfmIP67mrkFvJGydeTIWi/s640/google-plus-search-photos.jpg" /></div>

Google+ Photo Search Detects More Than 1,000 Objects

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Which Google Drive Images Are Added to Google+ Photos?

If you're wondering why not all the image files from Google Drive are available in Google+ Photos, here's the explanation. Google+ Photos only <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2013/08/view-google-drive-photos-in-google.html">imports photos</a> if they meet these criteria:<br /><br />1. photos MUST be at least 512 x 512<br />2. JPG photos MUST have 'Date Taken' EXIF metadata<br />3. supported formats: JPG, GIF, WebP, RAW.<br /><br />I've tested various image files and these are the rules. Google wants to restrict the feature to photos, but it's not clear why GIF and WebP are allowed, while PNG isn't.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yaju4W44Quhos7hZODp1kTHgsArERwHcZT3YDS4PimS91I4tH5onKuzmQEw9z6MvfaCX4ip3T5HO3GFmcl58iv4UAwxe32kHpQXHycJXYrd2_8hmiLx7j5xKidbDyT-8Qq7Mkl6hFhe8/s640/google-plus-drive-2.jpg" /></div><br />{ Thanks, <a href="https://plus.google.com/114320273016139799853/posts/greZRdsLRRy">Martin</a>. }

Which Google Drive Images Are Added to Google+ Photos?

If you're wondering why not all the image files from Google Drive are available in Google+ Photos, here's the explanation. Google+ P...

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View Google Drive Photos in Google+

Google Drive is supposed to be the service that stores all your files and lets you access them from any device. It's supposed to be, but it's not. There are <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-trouble-with-google-drive.html">other Google services</a> that are better suited for storing some of your files: Google+ Photos for storing photos, YouTube for sharing videos, Google Play Music for uploading music.<br /><br />If you happen to store photos and videos in Google Drive, you can now add them to Google+ Photos. Just visit <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/">this page</a> and click "Show Drive photos in Google+".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1oKgPMq2qr2onNZiL-ZrtjqY_k-jhTDjHg8DG1O-LHUKR0_3cfKfyee4sqMCSzdtK7D1KlCfsS8RQbxIZqeyvg88GSrGvwHCbH_8xvcXKGLY9jMD4q36qdHiE5hbsZiJ_2bAb6qxS2LNH/s640/google-plus-drive.png" /></div><br />Click the "albums" section and you'll see some albums with a Google Drive icon: they're from Google Drive. For some reason, Google+ displayed only a few of my Google Drive photos and videos, not all of them.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yaju4W44Quhos7hZODp1kTHgsArERwHcZT3YDS4PimS91I4tH5onKuzmQEw9z6MvfaCX4ip3T5HO3GFmcl58iv4UAwxe32kHpQXHycJXYrd2_8hmiLx7j5xKidbDyT-8Qq7Mkl6hFhe8/s640/google-plus-drive-2.jpg" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIiETFo-0vsOA_Uf_PSNa9OOjRab_SXERuT7NWr8L7zD0EY14dsG8QCV7vlFyo8w9DzyAb3wGuSKMMKtLVCfyJrnw37eSL0kxg_bRYTX62SLMHAb9dU2O-zvju6udaUCz3qgmF6GnHtW7/s640/google-plus-drive-3.jpg" /></div><br />"If you store photos in your Google Drive, you can also choose to view each folder as an album in Google+. Only you will be able to see them in your library until you choose to share them. If you have Auto Awesome or Auto Enhance turned on, then those features will be applied to your photo album but your original drive files will remain intact. After you enable the feature, folders containing JPG, GIF, WebP, RAW or video files will be viewable from your Google+ photo library and each Drive folder will become a different album marked with the Google Drive icon. Only you will be able to see them in your library until you choose to share them." <a href="https://support.google.com/plus/answer/3259546?p=photos_drive&hl=en">explains Google</a>.<br /><br />To enable or disable this feature, you can go to the Google+ settings page, find the Photos section and check or uncheck "Show Drive photos in your photo library". To remove a Drive album from Google, open the album in Google, click the drop-down next to "Share" and then click "remove album" (the album will only be removed from Google+, not from Google Drive).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNR9MG-mV20IYCmiZzN0ElzwUPeA3HWW7j90k9T9ZmOJAOjxrpQkCF0tMPRgYJuBDvOCcfH-knArOj-NLNeoyXbi1fNwWXx1BjYb-Be76hRkLBYzes3jAsfo3mJBqOKXj_Ur4SQ-n00bb/s640/google-plus-drive-settings.png" /></div><br />There are many limitations: "This feature is not available for Google Apps accounts. Screenshots, icons, thumbnails, and other images may not be viewable using this feature. You cannot tag, +1, edit, or comment on Drive photos. To enable these features, share the photo first. Sharing a photo will create and post a copy of the photo - your original Drive photo will remain intact and your circles will not gain access to your Drive."<br /><br />I don't think that the new feature is a good idea. Why not store all your photos in Google Drive and use Google+ Photos as an application that can manage photos and display them in interesting ways? This way, you would no longer have to deal with the old Picasa Web limitations (1000 photos/album, limited sharing, no sub-albums) and you could access all your photos in both Google Drive and Google+ Photos.

View Google Drive Photos in Google+

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