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Webinar for Beginners to Picasa
Below is the recording of the webinar produced at Google headquarters on November 13, 2009. Several members of Google’s Picasa team were there as well as Chris Guld from Geeks on Tour, who presented the section on all the editing tools in Picasa. For more tutorial videos on Picasa consider becoming a member of Geeks [...]
Do you take crooked photos?
by Chris Guld, www.Geeksontour.com
I’m always snapping photos out the window of a moving RV, and more often than not they come out looking like this one I snapped this summer as we crossed Lake Champlain into Vermont:
It was such a pretty scene, but this picture is unusable because it’s so crooked (that big orange [...]
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 [...]
Dark Photo? Use Fill Light
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 [...]
Picasa Tip: Picture Information
Every once in a while I’m telling someone the date that their photo was taken and they ask, “How do you know that?” I’d like to say that I am just that smart … I am all-knowing! But, the truth is that Picasa displays all the information you could ever want to know about each [...]
Picasa Tip: Cut thru the Haze
Our motorhome is currently parked in Salem, Massachusetts. A little city park called Winter Island. We’re using this home base to sightsee in the area, including Boston. For our day in Boston, we decided to take the ferry. Nothing better than a boat ride to start the day, and what a great way to see [...]
Resizing Photo Files
When you email a photo using Picasa, the file is resized to something that is compatible with email. Same thing when you upload a picture to a Web Album, the file is automatically resized to something appropriate for uploading to the web.
What if you just need photos resized for including in some other program? [...]
Picasa Tip: 4 Clicks to Dramatically Improve your Photos
I got an email today from someone asking me about my camera because he likes the pictures in our blog so much. I do get compliments on my photos often – thank you! But, I answered him the way I answer all the others – “Yes, I have a good digital SLR camera (Canon Digital [...]
Picasa Tip: What happened to Sharpen?
If you’ve been following the Tips here, you probably use the Sharpen feature of Picasa. With a single click it makes your digital photos look a lot crisper. It can’t take an out of focus picture and make it in focus, but it takes that soft look and makes it … sharper. I use it [...]
Picasa Tip: Blue Skies
Did you ever take a picture and you were disappointed that the sky was washed out? You wish it was just a little bit bluer. Well that’s the main use of the graduated tint effect.
In the example above, I selected the original photo on the left, clicked on the Effects tab and selected Graduated Tint. [...]
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