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		<title>Is Picnik Really Dead?</title>
		<link>http://picasatutorials.com/2012/05/is-picnik-really-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edit/Improve Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creative Kit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editing pictures online]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month it was announced that Picnik – the online photo editing software that Google bought in 2010 – was closed.  No more could you enjoy the special tools it brought to the table like framing your pictures or adding ‘stickers’ (little clip art) or wrinkle removal, or shine-be-gone.  Picnik fans were very disappointed. Picnik <a href='http://picasatutorials.com/2012/05/is-picnik-really-dead/' class='excerpt-more'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Adding Text to a Collage</title>
		<link>http://picasatutorials.com/2012/03/adding-text-to-a-collage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sharing Photos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: As historian for a club of mine I just love Picasa’s Collage feature to put together the pictures I take of all the activities.  But, I need to identify the activities in the picture. Is it possible to add Text to the collage pictures that I have made? Yes, indeed!  Adding text right on <a href='http://picasatutorials.com/2012/03/adding-text-to-a-collage/' class='excerpt-more'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Picasa Tip: Framing Photos</title>
		<link>http://picasatutorials.com/2012/03/picasa-tip-framing-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doesn’t a frame make a normal photo look like a work of art?  Picasa 3.9 has several options for framing your photos, and you won’t believe how easy they are.  There are 5 new options that all relate to framing your photo.  They’re all on the last tab of Picasa’s editing tools.  So, just pick <a href='http://picasatutorials.com/2012/03/picasa-tip-framing-photos/' class='excerpt-more'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Picasa Tip: Resizing a Picture&#8217;s Height and Width</title>
		<link>http://picasatutorials.com/2012/02/picasa-tip-resizing-a-pictures-height-and-width/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I needed a picture to be sized to specific dimensions for use in website’s header. The website instructions were clear, the image needed to be 960 pixels wide and 280 pixels high.  How can that be accomplished with Picasa?  The same process applies to printed dimensions, you just need to divide the pixels by the <a href='http://picasatutorials.com/2012/02/picasa-tip-resizing-a-pictures-height-and-width/' class='excerpt-more'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Picasa Tip: Resize a Batch of Pictures</title>
		<link>http://picasatutorials.com/2012/02/picasa-tip-resize-a-batch-of-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you tried uploading your pictures to eBay and they were rejected for being too large.&#160; Picasa makes it easy to resize them all at once. Select the pictures you want to resize.&#160; You should see all the pictures in your selection tray. Click the Export button Select the folder to store the finished product, <a href='http://picasatutorials.com/2012/02/picasa-tip-resize-a-batch-of-pictures/' class='excerpt-more'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Fun with Picasa 3.9 Effects</title>
		<link>http://picasatutorials.com/2012/01/fun-with-picasa-3-9-effects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is my original picture, taken from a cruise ship in Miami Beach, looking back toward the city skyline at sunset.  It’s pretty, but quite unremarkable.  Once I brought it into Picasa 3.9 and started playing around with some of the new image processing features, I could create an entirely new image, just using the <a href='http://picasatutorials.com/2012/01/fun-with-picasa-3-9-effects/' class='excerpt-more'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Picasa 3.9&#8211;Side by Side Editing</title>
		<link>http://picasatutorials.com/2012/01/picasa-3-9side-by-side-editing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re using Picasa 3.9, you will see three buttons above your picture in editing mode.&#160; The A means you’re looking at one picture only – this is the normal view.&#160; If you click AB you will be able to view two pictures side by side.&#160; If you click AA you will be able to <a href='http://picasatutorials.com/2012/01/picasa-3-9side-by-side-editing/' class='excerpt-more'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Upgrading to Picasa 3.9</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Easy Way to Scan Slides</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are slide scanners that you can buy that do a pretty good job.&#160; But, how are you going to decide which of your old slides to scan?&#160; You’ll probably need to project them and take a look before you can decide right?&#160; Well, why not just snap a digital picture of the ones you <a href='http://picasatutorials.com/2011/12/the-easy-way-to-scan-slides/' class='excerpt-more'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Picasa Tip: Vertical Text</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Picasa makes it a simple matter to add text to your photo and turn it vertical. You click on the Text tool to start the process, then just type the text you want.  While you’re still in the editing mode, you should see a circle appear at the center of the text and a little <a href='http://picasatutorials.com/2011/09/picasa-tip-vertical-text/' class='excerpt-more'>Read More</a>
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