Uploading photos

In the panel: JPG, PNG, TIFF, MP4, WEBM, OGG, PDF and RAW up to 5 GB per file. Uploads keep running if you close the tab.

Upload from the gallery itself or from the camera. Both end up in the same place.

What you can upload

Type	Formats
Images	JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF
RAW	CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, DNG, ORF, RW2, PEF, SRW, MOS, MRW, 3FR
Video	MP4, WEBM, OGG
Documents	PDF

The limit is 5 GB per file. Anything above it is skipped with a message listing which files were left out; the rest of the batch still uploads.

What happens after the upload

Uploading and processing are two different steps, and this is where the confusion starts:

1. The file lands in storage.
2. It is processed: resized, a small grid thumbnail generated, and RAW files are converted to JPEG.
3. The photo becomes visible in the gallery.

While this runs, the photo shows as processing. If you reload the page the list is correct, but a photo may take a few seconds to appear with its thumbnail. A large video takes longer than a photo.

Duplicates become versions

If you upload a file whose name already exists in the gallery, Picstome does not silently replace the old one. It asks. You can save it as a new version, replace the current one or skip it.

For RAW files, the versioning is automatic: IMG_0001.CR2 and a later IMG_0001.JPG share the same identity.

Upload does not depend on the tab

You can navigate away from the gallery while files are uploading. The transfer continues on the server side and the gallery shows the result when you come back. Closing the whole browser is different: the upload queue lives in the page, so an unfinished batch stops.

For very large shoots, camera upload is a better path than dragging files into the browser.

When an upload is rejected

• Files too large: over the 5 GB per-file limit.
• Unsupported file type: the extension is not in the list above.
• Not enough storage: the plan has no room left. Free space or upgrade; nothing is partially stored.
• Pixel limit: with original size enabled, a gallery rejects images above the maximum pixel count. Disable it for that gallery if you need to keep huge files.