Unable tyo load certain photo's to profiles.

+1 vote
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In the last couple of days I have had a problem with photo's failing to upload to profile.  Always get box "Invalid Image Type".  The images are in JPG, less than 10mb.  Most of these are headstone photo's copied from Find A Grave, but it has just started happening in the last couple of days.  Any ideas???
in WikiTree Tech by Arthur Van Riper G2G6 Mach 2 (23.6k points)
recategorized by Steven Harris

Moved this to WikiTree Tech and added some tags to get attention for the upload issue.

I do want to note though, copying images from FindAGrave and reuploading them on WIkiTree is not advised as this is considered copyright infringement unless you have contacted the originator of the photo and received their permission. In this case, make sure you are attributing them in the photo upload.

From Help:Photo FAQ: "How do you know if you have permission to upload a photo? You generally do not have permission if you downloaded it from another website." and "Commercial sites such as Ancestry.com and Find-A-Grave do not generally allow republishing images."

2 Answers

+2 votes
Hi Arthur, can you email a couple of the images to jamie [at] wikitree.com so I can do a bit of testing?
by Jamie Nelson G2G6 Pilot (612k points)
Jaimie, Thank you for the response.  I have no idea to make an attachment to these comment blocks.  It seems that the only photos being affected are headstone photos, as I tried again this morning..
+3 votes
Jpeg images are compressed, so the image itself may actually be too large still.
by Dennis Wheeler G2G6 Pilot (569k points)

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