You will love the fill light slider. Pictures you thought you needed to throw away can be saved. When a photo is dark, just drag the fill light slider (right on the basic fixes tab) towards the right and it will fill it with light!
Just drag the slider to the right and it will take you
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This tip is taken directly from the ‘Beginner’s Guide to Picasa 3.’
If your original is *really* dark, the fill-light effect will make the photo grainy, reducing the quality. But, hey! It can make the difference between a photo that you would just throw out, to one that is viewable!
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Watch the Show-Me-How video at Picasa 3: Basic Edits (membership required)
Or, right now (Sep 9, 2009) this video is the Free featured video on Geeks on Tour homepage.
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Great tip…Picasa is a pretty nifty setup….Thanks..
There are some fabulous tools in Picasa. We used to use Photoshop Elements on every picture, but hardly ever any more. I did use it the other day to turn a wall from patched unfinished (and tan) sheetrock to all white, but Picasa can do nearly evrything else, and a whole lot faster.
I am not able to get into the section when I have the tools to edit my photos .how do I get in?