Download all photos or videos. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Drive app. Tap Menu Settings. Under Google Photos, turn on Auto Add. At the top, tap Back. Find and open the Google Photos folder. Select the folder you want to download. Tap More Select All Download. Move all photos to a different Google account. Feb 6, 2019 - How to download your Flickr photo library and transfer it to Google Photos. Photos and Videos is just that: ZIP archives of all your images. Google Photos is a new photo gallery from Google, made for the way that you take photos today. Your photos and videos will be automatically backed up and organised, so that you can find and share them faster – and never run out of space on your phone.

Google Photos is a photo and video sharing and storing service by the web search giant Google. Google Photos was part of Google+, the social network from Google. In 2015, Google spun out Photos from Google+ to launch Google Photos service.

As you know, Google Photos is the not the first or the only photo and video sharing service out there but the service stands out from the rest not because it’s from Google but because of its features.

To start with, most of the features present in Google Photos today were available when it was part of Google+ service as well. That said, Google has added plenty of new features over the last eighteen months to make the service better than its competitors.

Compared to other services, Google Photos supports more picture and video formats. It supports .jpg, .png, .ico, .gif, .cr2, .webp, .dng, .bmp, .tiff, .crw, .arw, .nef, .pef, .orf, and .rw2 picture formats. When it comes to video, .mpg, .wmv, .mov, .mp4, .avi, .mod, .mpg, .3gp, .asf, .tod, .mkv, .m2t, .m2ts, .mts, .3g2. and .divx are supported.

Google Photos app for Windows 10

Uploading and managing photos is easy with Google Photos thanks to the official Google Photos app for Windows operating system. The Google Photos app can automatically back up your photos and videos from your Windows PC, meaning you don’t need to manually upload photos and videos.

Download, install and setup Google Photos on Windows 10 PC

Step 1: Visit this page of Google Photos from your Windows 10 PC and download Google Photos app setup.

Step 2: After downloading Google Photos setup, run the installer file to get it installed.

Step 3: Launch Google Photos app. You will see the following sign in page where you need to sign in by entering your Google account details.

Step 4: Next, you will see the following dialog where you can select sources from where Google Photos have permission to automatically back up photos and videos. With default settings, Google Photos automatically backs up photos and videos from cameras and storage cards, desktop and My pictures.

If you have saved photos in folders other than above mentioned locations, please click Add folder button, select the folder, and then click OK button.

Also, you need to select if Google Photos should back up original photos or back up scaled down but high quality photos. If you choose the Original option, Google Photos will keep original resolution of photos but the storage limit is about 15 GB for most users (you can purchase additional storage).

And if you choose High quality option, Google Photos scales down original photos to 16 megapixels, videos to high-definition 1080p, and then uploads them to Google Photos account.

Also, if you are really serious about privacy, you may want to uncheck Help improve Photos by sending anonymous usage statistics option.

Click Start Backup button to begin uploading photos and videos to your Google Photos account.

Click OK button when you see the following dialog.

Step 5: The Google Photos app will work in the background to upload photos and videos. A Google Photos icon sits in the notification area when the program is running and you can right-click on this icon to pause or resume backup, view uploaded photos, go to Google Photos, and access Google Photos settings.

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Marketing can be really tricky for those running small businesses or consultancies. You need as many tools at your disposal as possible; and with consumers becoming more and visually oriented, you need to add video to your marketing arsenal. Thing is, not everyone has the skills to fire up a video editor and create a professional looking video. That's why so many people turn to the likes of Animoto for promo video needs. However, did you know that you can create high-quality videos within the mobile version of Google Photos?

Not only are videos created by Google Photos professional looking, they are incredibly easy to make. I want to walk you through the process of creating a quick and easy video, all from within Google Photos. The only thing you will need is a collection of photos to be used in your video and the latest iteration of the Google Photos mobile app.

I will be demonstrating this on the Android Platform, with a OnePlus 3, running Android 7.1.1.

Creating your video

Once you have all your photos uploaded to your Google Drive account (make sure they are placed inside of Google Photos), open up the Google Photos app on your mobile device. From the main window, tap the menu button (three vertical dots in the upper right corner) and tap Movie. Scroll through your collection of images and tap to select the ones you want to add (don't worry about the order, as you can arrange them as needed later).

Once you've selected all the photos you want in your video, tap CREATE (Figure A)

Figure A

Depending on how many photos you've added to your video (you can add up to 50), this step can take some time. Once the photos are added, you will find yourself on the video editor window (Figure B).

Figure B

At this point you can do the following:

• Change the order of the images. To do this tap the right-most icon (the film strip icon) and then drag the images into the necessary order.
• Change the music. Tap the center icon and then select from either the included music (Theme Music) or from your own collection (My Music).
• Change the look (effect) of the movie. To do this, tap the left-most icon (above the overview button) to select from the built-in options. As you tap an option, it will be demonstrated in the preview window.

Once you have the movie exactly how you want it, give the movie a name and then tap the menu button and select Export video. This will download the video in mp4 format. You can also tap the share button and immediately share the video through the standard Android sharing system (which makes it very easy to share it directly to your business social media accounts).

And that's all there is to creating a professional quality movie from your images in Google Photos. For me, I create the movies with Google Photos and then use them in conjunction with OpenShot video editor and Audacity to add narration for an even more effective promotional tool.

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