There’s all sorts of reasons why I think that Picasa is the best photo management program for the majority of people taking digital pictures. Number one is the fact that it handles 90% of all the tasks involved with digital photos – you only need to learn one program instead of 5 different programs for 5 different tasks. But, a very close second is that it is so easy to make your pictures look better. I love looking at photos of our travels, but not the photos I snapped. I like looking at them after they have been improved with Picasa. And it only takes a couple seconds with each one.
This is the photo I snapped from the window while Jim drove the motorhome down I-95 at 60 mph:
But, this is the photo I enjoy looking at – and it’s how I actually remember seeing the scene. It’s a real trick to get the camera to capture what the eye is seeing
The first one is ho-hum. The second one is dreamy.
It literally only took a few seconds to click on:
- I’m Feeling Lucky
- Straighten
- Sharpen
- Increase saturation
- Apply a blue graduated tint to the sky
- Crop
Videos to show you how to do these things include:
- Basic Edits – Membership required
- Intro to the 12 Effects – Membership required
- Cropping - Membership required
- Working with Individual Photos - Free
If you’re not a member, you can join here.
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I created my own wwebsite in concert with Yahoo and Picasa3.
It was amazing … Picasa allowed me to create the images and
moods I was seeking, quickly and efficiently. I even wasable to
enhance old film black andwhite, type C and chrome images for
quality reproductioin on the computer screen.