Can Photos be locked from editing?
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Due to Covid both my son and daughter had their graduation ceremonies this year, but from different universities
We ordered digital downloads of the graduation photos because I want to crop/resize them for printing.
Using Google photos son's photos could be cropped without any problems
My daughter's photos just revert back to the original image when I save. There is no error or warning, it simply says saved, but instead the image just changes back to the original and there isn't a copy saved.
To get around this I took a screen shot and cropped that but obviously it's reduced quality.
Is there a way the photographer locked the image to prevent it from being edited? I've tried on two devices and the same thing happens.
We ordered digital downloads of the graduation photos because I want to crop/resize them for printing.
Using Google photos son's photos could be cropped without any problems
My daughter's photos just revert back to the original image when I save. There is no error or warning, it simply says saved, but instead the image just changes back to the original and there isn't a copy saved.
To get around this I took a screen shot and cropped that but obviously it's reduced quality.
Is there a way the photographer locked the image to prevent it from being edited? I've tried on two devices and the same thing happens.
fbc said:
To ask the obvious question - any chance the application is saving your edited version in a different location to that which you're expecting so you're not updating the file you think you are?
No because when I edit my son's photo and save it shows the edited version, and that version automatically appears in "Photos" alongside the original.If I then edit my daughters photo in exactly the same way, on save it just reverts back to the uncropped version, and no extra photo appears.
98elise said:
No because when I edit my son's photo and save it shows the edited version, and that version automatically appears in "Photos" alongside the original.
If I then edit my daughters photo in exactly the same way, on save it just reverts back to the uncropped version, and no extra photo appears.
"Photos" could just be a library, not the actual location of the file, so it's possible your saved version isn't appearing in that library - based on your image above the actual file itself is stored in a location called "Download", check that location and see if the edited file(s) are there. Are your son's images stored in the same place, and have the same file extension?If I then edit my daughters photo in exactly the same way, on save it just reverts back to the uncropped version, and no extra photo appears.
My guess is the edited versions are actually being saved, but those new images aren't then being included in the "Photos" library (so it's an issue with where the images are being saved, and / or how Google photos is updating your library, rather than any specific security issue with the original image itself). Another, admittedly long shot, and presuming these images are stored on Google, is that you've now filled up your free space (after downloading your son's and daughter's images and editing your son's), hence there's now no free space left (I think you get 15GB for free) for the edited versions of your daughter's photos.
Edited by fbc on Saturday 24th September 15:11
Edited by fbc on Saturday 24th September 15:19
fbc said:
98elise said:
No because when I edit my son's photo and save it shows the edited version, and that version automatically appears in "Photos" alongside the original.
If I then edit my daughters photo in exactly the same way, on save it just reverts back to the uncropped version, and no extra photo appears.
"Photos" could just be a library, not the actual location of the file, so it's possible your saved version isn't appearing in that library - based on your image above the actual file itself is stored in a location called "Download", check that location and see if the edited file(s) are there. Are your son's images stored in the same place, and have the same file extension?If I then edit my daughters photo in exactly the same way, on save it just reverts back to the uncropped version, and no extra photo appears.
My guess is the edited versions are actually being saved, but those new images aren't then being included in the "Photos" library (so it's an issue with where the images are being saved, and / or how Google photos is updating your library, rather than any specific security issue with the original image itself).
Edited by fbc on Saturday 24th September 15:11
The edited versions are saving to the "download" folder rather than Google as you suspected.
It appears I don't have the original of my son's photo on my device which is probably why in that case just creates the new file in Google.
What was really confusing was that the photos were done by the same company so no reason that my daughter's photos should be locked somehow and not my son's.
Cropped and printed both sets now
Edited by 98elise on Saturday 24th September 16:14
98elise said:
extraT said:
If the logo is at the bottom / discreet and you just need to crop, use snipping tool?
I'm not trying to remove a logo, I want to crop the picture to make it more of a head and shoulders shot rather than a 3/4 body shot.Simpo Two said:
If in doubt choose 'Save as' and save it to the desktop. Then you know where it is, rather than buried inside a programme.
It wasn't on a PC (it was a tablet) and it didn't give me "save as" options. It simply changed back to the original photo as if nothing had happened.The problem occured because it was downloaded from the photographers site, so was sitting in "downloads" folder rather than the camera folder which is linked to Google photos.
Once it was uploaded I just forgot about the original in the download folder.
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