How to compress photos for email gmail

By Ankita Garg: Gmail currently doesn’t allow users to share files or photos larger than 25MB. This could be annoying for those who frequently exchange photos or files through Gmail. Well, for those who don’t know, Google has already made it easier for people to send larger attachments by adding the “Insert using Drive” option to its email app. Here’s everything you need to know about it.

Gmail tip: How to send files or photos larger than 25MB

You first need to upload your important photos to the Google Drive app, after which you can easily send big files to anyone through Gmail. It doesn’t take a lot of time to upload files to the Drive. On the desktop version, there is a Drive icon at the bottom side of the screen when you compose an email.

If you are using your smartphone, then you will find this option when you tap on the attachment icon. Once you tap on that option, a page will pop up that will show all your Google Drive files and you just need to choose and tap on the select button.

After this, Google creates a link to the file in Drive, which is automatically inserted into the email. You can then send it to the recipient. The receiver just needs to click the link and it downloads it from Drive. Note that before sending the email, Google will ask you to set “file sharing option.”

You basically need to inform Google whether you want the recipient to view or edit the files. You can also select the “anyone with the link” option if you don’t want to limit the access to files to one person.

An alternative way to send larger files online

Users can also use the WeTransfer service to send files larger than 25MB on Gmail. This service supports up to 2GB of transfer and allows email transfers to up to ten people. But, the transfer file link will expire after seven days, which shouldn't be much of an issue. All you need to do is go to the official site of WeTransfer, upload files, enter the required details and send.

You will be asked to verify your email. Once you complete the verification process, your file will get transferred. You will get the same email that the recipient will receive through this service. This way you will have a copy of what you have sent and to whom. The service is free and you don’t need to spend a penny. Though, there is a subscription if you want access to advanced features. This includes file sharing up to 200GB, password protection, and email transfers to up to 50 people, among others.

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In the age of social media, the majority of users don’t care all that much about superior image quality. Every social network and instant messenger will compress images to some extent and we learned to live with that. Honestly, it’s not that noticeable on small screens of our handheld devices. However, what if you want to share photos in their original size? Why Gmail is a solid option and does it compress photos? Learn below.

How do you send high-quality photos on Gmail?

If you want to send high-quality photos over Gmail, worry not — both inline and attached images will pertain to their quality. So, to answer the big question — no, Gmail doesn’t compress photos. If anything, images are even slightly less compressed because Gmail uses Base64 encoding.

Even if you resize the image preview with inline images (the ones in the body of text when you use the web-based client), they won’t change in size or reduce quality. Compression is just not a thing with Gmail. Unlike the aforementioned instant messaging apps that will compress your photos.

Of course, there’s the 25MB data limit as a single email can’t be larger than that. This includes the body of the text so don’t be surprised if there’s an error when you attach or upload files that are exactly 25MB in size. Not to forget that only certain image file formats are supported by Gmail. Your photos need to be in one of these formats:

• .jpeg
• .jpg
• .png
• .gif
• .bmp
• and .tif.

How to send RAR or TIFF files in Gmail?

Most people will convert, say, RAW photos to JPEG or PNG before sending them but you can send RAW or TIFF as an attachment. The best way to do so is to simply put RAW or TIFF images in a RAR or ZIP archive and attach it to the email.

Doing so on a PC is a rather simple task but it’s not as simple on your Android. Luckily, we have an instructional article that covers the topic and provides step-by-step directions. You can find it, here.

But what’s the best way to share your high-quality photos with someone besides email? The problem here is that you might have a whole gallery of high-quality photos and being limited by 25MB for an email message means that this can take a lot of time.

The best way to share your photos is to share them directly from the cloud service of your choice. That way recipients can download them in their original size with the original metadata and HASH. Services like Google Photos or Flickr have good free options but require a subscription if you have a whole lot of images to share.

That should do it. Thank you for reading and do tell us about other methods to share high-quality images with friends, family, or clients in the comments section below. We look forward to hearing from you here or on Twitter and Facebook.

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