HOWTO: get a high-resolution version of an image on Blogger

Here is a quite big garbage JPEG picture made of pseudo-random noise.

A noisy picture thumbnail

Thumbnail URL:

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IBd5kptNGk_R6iYcCcVRbGPr-qznzJQXl51zG2kB8fPm5ksrpPdG3t4LrsNMq4kdsupZI3QBQ2RzvmdAXPtP6B4ZmwAur6IyQIZAA74UmNbOFE59MtXcTPyCwPlIrVPx4dAyhxT5oYg7/s320/noise01.jpg

"Big image" direct link URL:

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IBd5kptNGk_R6iYcCcVRbGPr-qznzJQXl51zG2kB8fPm5ksrpPdG3t4LrsNMq4kdsupZI3QBQ2RzvmdAXPtP6B4ZmwAur6IyQIZAA74UmNbOFE59MtXcTPyCwPlIrVPx4dAyhxT5oYg7/1600/noise01.jpg

And now we can guess a link to even bigger-sized version:

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IBd5kptNGk_R6iYcCcVRbGPr-qznzJQXl51zG2kB8fPm5ksrpPdG3t4LrsNMq4kdsupZI3QBQ2RzvmdAXPtP6B4ZmwAur6IyQIZAA74UmNbOFE59MtXcTPyCwPlIrVPx4dAyhxT5oYg7/2048/noise01.jpg

Tips: where to find the photos in your Google account

You can try to find your photos in different "departments" of your Google account:

• Photos - Google Photos
  • Albums - Google Photos
• Google Album Archive
• Google Dashboard (see the "Photos" count)
• Download your data [Google Takeout] (refer to the "Google Photos" section)
• Google Photos - Google Drive (somewhat deprecated)
• Photos - Google+ (discontinued)
• Picasa Web Albums (the classic option; unfortunately, discontinued)

And don't forget about the trash folder(s):

• Trash - Google Photos
• Trash - Google Drive
• Photos - Google+ (discontinued)

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Last updated: 2018-03-01

HOWTO: get a highest-resolution version of an image on Last.fm

Sometimes you can find an interesting picture on Last.fm, but don't have an obvious option to zoom in. Fortunately, sometimes you can view it in a better quality too (it depends on the originally uploaded image resolution):

1. First of all, copy the URL of a necessary image; you should get something like this:

   http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/64s/35346791/RJ+Test+Artist+1+knifefighttypepadcom.jpg

2. Then you'll need to modify the URL a little; just replace the entire substring consisting of alphanumeric characters between the two slashes after the "serve" word and before the image number with a single underscore:

   http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/35346791/RJ+Test+Artist+1+knifefighttypepadcom.jpg

3. Just paste the modified image URL into your browser's address bar and enjoy the (big) picture!

HOWTO: get a high-quality image from an eBay listing

Well, sometimes you can find an interesting item on eBay, and then you want to take a nice look at the photos. Unfortunately, the pictures are often displayed in a low resolution (and without a "zoom in" option). Luckily, often you still have a chance to get good quality images (with resolutions up to 1600 * 1200; it depends on the original quality of the picture the seller has uploaded).

Notes. The sites are in process of migration to HTTPS, so you'll often see image URLs beginning with "https://" instead of plain "http://". And it should work for all regional eBay sites (i. e., ebay.com, ebay.co.uk, ebay.de etc.), and also for "eBay Kleinanzeigen" (German eBay classified ads site).

1. An old image URL style.
   1. First of all, copy an URL of the needed image; you'll get something like this:

      http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Some-nice-item-For-sale-/00/s/S0mE-W1LD/$GaRb4gE~~60_12.JPG

   2. Then you'll need to modify the URL a little; just replace the last number found in the URL (it's preceded by a '_' and followed by a '.'; in this sample, it's "12") with "10":

      http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Some-nice-item-For-sale-/00/s/S0mE-W1LD/$GaRb4gE~~60_10.JPG

      or with "57" (I don't know what's actually better):

      http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Some-nice-item-For-sale-/00/s/S0mE-W1LD/$GaRb4gE~~60_57.JPG

   3. Just paste the modified image URL into your browser's address bar and enjoy!
2. A new image URL style. The method remains similar.
   1. Get an image URL:

      http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GaRbaG3/s-l64.jpg

   2. Change the appropriate URL fragment to "1600":

      http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GaRbaG3/s-l1600.jpg

   3. ...
   4. Done!

References:

1. getProductDetails : thumbnail How can I get high resolution picture of catalogued item. - eBay Developer Support / Customer Help
2. getProductDetails - API Reference - Product API - eBay Developers Program

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Last updated: 2017-03-14