f8lee wrote:
Well, @Day.Old, first allow me to make a clarification… DropBox and Google Drive are effectively remote storage options that allow you to share files (of pretty much any type), but they are not really designed to “display” what you store there. Think of them as cloud based floppy disks or thumb drives - where you can stick files for storage and then share them with friends who can view or download what you put up there. From your post it seems to me this is not what you are looking for (despite the title of your post); you seem to want to have a place to which you can upload images and tell your friends to go there to see or perhaps download ones they like. PBase and Flickr are websites that allow you to upload your images for the express purpose of viewing by others, with galleries and so forth - I suggest you look at them to understand the difference. In other words, they are not designed for remote the storage/backup/sharing of any kinds of digital files but instead for the creation of galleries. And there are other similar sites out there.
As for discouraging theft - uploading small sized files (as @CPR mentioned, about 1MB seems reasonable) will at least make it more difficult for someone who downloads the file to make any kind of large print, though not impossible since digital image software has become quite sophisticated. And you might want to consider a watermark on your images (I have them on some of mine - see website in my signature) but got a bit lazy about that - the idea is that if someone were to want to display the image they would have more trouble eliminating the watermark. Maybe.
I hope that clarifies some concepts for you, at least.
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Thank you for your explanation of the differences in storage sites. You have caused me to think a bit more in what I want to be able to do. I am not looking for cloud storage for all my shots, but for subsets for specific viewers. I have used FB occasionally, but I want to get smarter about what & where I park things.