Picasa Tutorials

Better Pictures

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:

1. I’m Feeling Lucky
2. Straighten
3. Sharpen
4. Increase saturation
5. Apply a blue graduated tint to the sky
6. 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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