Amazon Prime Photos question

[fletch1027]

Does anyone know if Amazon Prime Photos has an option to share image URL's for CC posts similar to what I currently do with Flickr?

[fletch1027]

Test with Amazon Prime Photos with the share link doesn't work - as I feared:

 

 

Edited November 7, 2016 by fletch1027

[pierces]

Good news and bad news...

 

You can post from Amazon Prime but there are some dance steps to do first.

 

Steps to link:

 

- Double-click anywhere on the thumbnail photo to enter the view mode (black background).

 

- Right-click on displayed photo and choose "Open image in new tab"

 

- Copy the address from the address bar in your browser"

 

(Here's the part where we do some dancing)

 

The link address contains image dimensions

 

"https ://cnt-00.content-na.drive.amazonaws.com/cdproxy/templink...?viewBox=2685,1790"

 

Note the size. The original image is 6000x4000 and after checking several images, it seems that the site chooses the dimensions (in this case 2685x1790) based on some algorithm that doesn't seem to include the size of the browser window or screen resolution but varies based on the aspect of the original uploaded photo.

 

Changing the "viewBox=2685,1790" to "viewBox=1200,800" displayed the image at that size. If I only change the first number to 1200 and leave the second at 1790, it still displays the image at 1200x800 with the proper aspect ratio. I didn't play with it a lot but it seems to refer directly to horizontal and vertical maximum limits in HTML page code. More evidence that this is the case was when I re-sized a copy of the photo to 1000x667 and uploaded it to Prime Photos. The "Open image in new tab" address still says the same "viewBox=2685,1790" number but the photo displays at the 1000x667 size when displayed here. I was also able to change the dimensions on the original image to "viewBox=6000x4000" and display it full size. When I changed it to "viewBox=6000,1790" it displayed the image at 2685,1790 - limited to the max height of 1790.

 

Resized 1000x667photo with "viewBox=2684,1790":

 

Original "Open image in new tab" (viewBox=2684,1790) changed to viewBox=1200,1790:

 

So, unless you upload the photos in a reduced, displayable size, you have to tweak the address to set the size you want before you post.

 

On the plus side, you can display a photo at any size up to the original resolution (though you'll probably get flamed for posting a 24MP photo at full res... :) )

 

Happy posting!

 

Dave

Edited November 7, 2016 by pierces

[pierces]

Update:

 

You can also choose "Copy image address" to get the link address.

 

All the sizing stuff is the same.

 

Dave

[fletch1027]

Thanks a lot for all of the work you put into your reply!

 

I'll either go this route or Flickr - which ever turns out to be easier... :)

[pierces]

Thanks a lot for all of the work you put into your reply!

 

I'll either go this route or Flickr - which ever turns out to be easier... :)

 

Ulterior motive!

 

I am a Prime member and I think the Prime Photos may turn out to be a great added value. It is in about the same place Picasa Albums were at the beginning but Amazon seems to react to feedback pretty well.

 

We'll see.

 

Dave

[shootr]

Thanks for this thread, and thanks for your research Dave. I too will play around with this (now that you explained resizing) and see how the interface holds up on Prime.