deckerst
Thumbnail overlay icon for high resolution items
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When I take photos I often change between 12mp and 50mp modes depending on the subject, but spotting which photos are which without going into the file details is difficult. There is an overlay for HDR, but one for "High Resolution" or something similar would be very useful. Suggestion kind of related to #1442 (overlay showing file size), but since photo size differs based on so many factors - it would not directly address my issue. While my issue is mainly with photos, being able to see 4k vs 1080p vids quickly with the overlay would also be nice - but less important since i take much more photos than videos.
Describe the solution you'd like
The addition of an overlay toggle that shows something is "High Resolution". Since cameras have different specs, letting the user define which resolution counts as "High Resolution" in a drop-down menu ("Mark as High Resolution: < [10/20/30/40/....] mp") or text field (Mark as Hi Res: < [0-100] mp) would be optimal. As the overlay I think "HI RES" or some kind of easily distinguishable icon would be best.
Describe alternatives you've considered
An alternative would be to add an overlay that shows the megapixels of each of the photos, but I feel like that could make it slightly cluttered or harder to use - since it would be more difficult to spot the high resolution photos in the sea of all the other resolutions.
Additional context
Google Photos includes a "Hi Res" label on photos taken with a higher resolution - not exactly sure what their implementation specifics are. Screenshot of a normal vs high res photo in Photos to show as an example:
I'm not sure whether you talk about the overlay icons over the thumbnails in the Collection page, or the overlay details at the top of the full screen viewer. If it's the latter, it seems redundant with the resolution, which is already displayed.
I'm not sure whether you talk about the overlay icons over the thumbnails in the Collection page, or the overlay details at the top of the full screen viewer. If it's the latter, it seems redundant with the resolution, which is already displayed.
I'm talking about the overlay icons over the thumbnails, the viewer details are sufficient for me.
As for Google Photos, my guess is that their threshold would be 16MP / 1080p, because that's their limit for "high quality" storage: https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6220791?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&oco=1#zippy=%2Cstorage-saver But this is just a guess.
I tried Google Photos (v7.48, on a Sony device with Android 15) and it doesn't show any "hi res" mark, even for a 887 MP (30000 x 29560 px) image. Maybe it's only displayed when backup is enable, and it's used to distinguish whether it counts within the free tier.
Interesting, I have completely disabled backup on my account - yet it still shows the "hi res" mark. Wonder if it is a feature specific to Pixel phones (P9P) then.