How to submit multiple GT photo submissions in one folder

[theemightyorbit]

I've been submitting this year's GT photos after each day's ride.

I've found it's just easier to get stuff sorted and out to the rallymaster ASAP.

At first I was submitting each pic as a separate attachment, which works fine, but ends up creating more work for both the rallymaster and I.

One day I collected 17 bonii and ended up sending multiple emails to get all that stuff to the rallymaster.

Eventually I remembered how to create a zip file, which reduces pic submission time substantially.

So, how do we do this?

Simple, really.

After a day's ride, I create a folder on my computer named for the day, like 'May 6, 2025' or 'June 8, 2025' and download all the day's pics into that folder.

I then sort through those pics, saving the best in a new folder named 'May 6, 2025 submission pics' or 'June 8, 2025 submission pics'.

I crop and resize those pics to a maximum 2000 px width or height size and rename them to meet the town, establishment, and rider number requirements.

After all that I'll have a folder with the correctly sized and named pics ready for submission.

Unfortunately, you can't send that folder to the rallymaster as an attachment.

There's one more step to carry out before you can submit that folder, tho, and that's to create a compressed, or zip, folder which can be attached to the email you send to the rallymaster.

To do that, follow the instructions at the link below...

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/wind...#v1h=tab01

That compressed folder will have the same name as your original folder, and it attaches to your submission email just fine.

Too, by compressing the folder, you reduce that folder's overall MB size.

Understand that there are limits to the file/folder size you can send via email.

Most email services limit attached file/folder sizes to 20 to 25 MB.

Gmail is 25 MB, as are Proton and Yahoo.

Outlook is 20 MB.

I've found that I can easily fit a day's submission pics into that compressed folder without a problem.

The most pics I've submitted via a zipped folder is 14, and I had room in that folder to spare.

The rallymaster has said that this method makes it easier for him to log the pics as well, so it's a win-win for everyone involved.

Questions?

Post 'em up!

[LSGiant]

I just keep my photos in a shared One Drive file. This is shared just between me and the rally master. No need to send anything, or resize photos. Nothing to do except tell the Rally Master I have added new files and make sure he can see them
You can use "One Drive" (Microsoft) 6 gigabytes free, "Drive" (Google) 15 gigabytes free, "Drop Box" (Independent) 2 gigabytes free, And if you have an Amazon Prime account you can have unlimited photo storage. Any of these are also a backup for normal photo storage location.

It is a little work setting up but much easier than sending individual emails.

[theemightyorbit]

(Yesterday 05:01 PM)LSGiant Wrote:  I just keep my photos in a shared One Drive file. This is shared just between me and the rally master. No need to send anything, or resize photos. Nothing to do except tell the Rally Master I have added new files and make sure he can see them
You can use "One Drive" (Microsoft) 6 gigabytes free, "Drive" (Google) 15 gigabytes free, "Drop Box" (Independent) 2 gigabytes free, And if you have an Amazon Prime account you can have unlimited photo storage. Any of these are also a backup for normal photo storage location.

It is a little work setting up but much easier than sending individual emails.

The rules state that the rallymaster wants all the photos submitted to him digitally, via email or USB drive.

It was decided that links to an external photo hosting sites, like One Drive, Drive, Flickr, and Drop Box, were not gonna be used this year, right?

You suggested in a thread elsewhere that the photos should be downsized prior to submission in order to fit more pics as attachments to an email.

The rallymaster asked me to provide instructions on how to send multiple pics in a zipped folder as an attachment to an email, so I did.

[DownUnder]

(Yesterday 05:01 PM)LSGiant Wrote:  I just keep my photos in a shared One Drive file. This is shared just between me and the rally master. <<snip >>

I was advised on this forum that was not allowed for the 2025 GT. Instead, I was advised to just resize the photos and send them via email attachment, as per the GT Rules.

I now resize the photos to 1000 x 563 px. This equates to around 250 kB each photo, which allows approx 80 photos per single Gmail email. (not that I have 80 bonus photos)

I think it would be more than confusing for the Rally Master if I now tried try change from email attachments to zipped files and/or on-line drives / albums.

[LSGiant]

If that what the Rally Master wants I absolutely defer to him and that is what is stated in the rules. If he wants them resized we better get that word out as it is not stipulated in the rules. There is also nothing in the rules forbidding zipped files but they can be an issue as some email servers and clients may block them as they are known to carrier viruses and malware.