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PhotosLink - get direct link images for forums from Google Photos

BrutusBoots

Newbie
Jun 6, 2011
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It's a royal pain in the butt to post photos on forums from Google Photos on mobile since they don't provide direct image links. I made this app to solve that problem and I figured some of you might find it useful. If you share a photo or photos from Google Photos to PhotosLink, it will provide you with the direct image links. It will also allow you to choose an image size as well as copy with forum [bbcode] markup.

PhotosLink in the Play Store

* Not affiliated with Google or Google Photos

Here are five promo codes. Get em while they are hot. The app is well worth $2 though :D

Code:
VPZQ5DM3X6Z5963M7CN95T0
E12YB2487BR9Q4Z2T63B8TR
0MVG68Z9H8YYLM4001FGHXD
X842S7256L6ZXSFY2HMAY5X
WGTNKCZHX18E95KGMHLTFHM

1. Pick your photo or photos
NMoOEQhHUnMWZuovSOeOWCRvREWc-A1EmhNA56UvktSDQHonQeqr2iKl_lgF7EcpERSQSrPVtdq7eeljBtzdzQ_9bGEiFfJ-GPvtqy9pOZ0a7aoWj8HEnsLeBg865U71j0LOnC-zGO8=s1024


2. Hit share and share to PhotosLink
fIt1EN59MuWLpdo9Pd1qd8qah2vAsqH2N2RuUBz0Zv3MBZWN7jshX3YRHUeu2l02KkmiiMULkv9R1MOfUViWyYUXnp82ofNNXborQq2QZxvZ5dljdQl6xTKmRXceZTZazC1mfxJY7tc=s1024


3. Choose create link
GMJyJawSWABw-7W1c5ezNK0DhunvLvE-QaKe4VjQRMq1FdCwqZ0wmFnh1iUwsGncE57NmnTKibUJIw4Pi0nFOGE6z5pzOLo_aV69pIhfyiLWq23OMhp08ODD_eyx989QcNavtNSlaRU=s1024


4. Voila, linked images
l5dX7gpSCltE_QE0eOsevYxJ6AyPzNNdJHenNroLQT9R1aM3MILjBQeE1aaMgmgcCCktZ1TZvd6peq02RQWuBTLjQjCYoj-pa65SWavkMHs0gb15ZnjEkuLzQJPIY7Apd89jgDdW91s=s1024
 
Now that's a useful app. :thumbsupdroid:

I'll save the codes for someone who uses the app as I'm primarily on the desktop so it's not as big of a deal for me.

Could you please post an announcement using the mobile app so it creates it's own channel according to in this post?

That way I can move this post over there.

I'll do that now. Stand by.
 
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All right, give. What am I missing: Did you use a code to purchase it @Unforgiven?
Walk me though the process. Please?
I used a code, but that doesn't matter, as that is just using a different form of payment. It installs the same APK. One thing I did that wasn't mentioned was tap the app (PhotosLink) in the app drawer the to run it for the first time. I seem to remember one of the security features of Android is that an installed app needs to be run manually the first time. After that, I opened the google photos app on my phone, selected share and chose to share it with PhotosLink, tapped the size photo I wanted and copied the URL to the clipboard. Posted the image here by pasting the URL into the image box.
 
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