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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/'>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/'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Upgrading to Picasa 3.9</title>
		<link>http://picasatutorials.com/2012/01/upgrading-to-picasa-3-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To upgrade, or not to upgrade, is that your question?&#160; There are definitely some features worth upgrading for!&#160; And that is what I’ll talk about in this article.&#160; However, your pictures are precious, and any upgrade can have it’s problems on some people’s computers so what do you do first?&#160; You better know the answer <a href='http://picasatutorials.com/2012/01/upgrading-to-picasa-3-9/'>Read More</a>
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		<title>The Easy Way to Scan Slides</title>
		<link>http://picasatutorials.com/2011/12/the-easy-way-to-scan-slides/</link>
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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/'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Picasa Tip: Vertical Text</title>
		<link>http://picasatutorials.com/2011/09/picasa-tip-vertical-text/</link>
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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/'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Take Better Digital Pictures … Later</title>
		<link>http://picasatutorials.com/2011/07/take-better-digital-pictures-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We travel a lot, so I take thousands of digital pictures.  I always tell myself, “I need to figure out all the settings on my camera so I can take better pictures.”  And, someday I will!  Meanwhile, I can make my pictures better, later, with just a few clicks in Picasa. Picasa Photo Editing Workshop <a href='http://picasatutorials.com/2011/07/take-better-digital-pictures-later/'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Picasa and a Cell Phone are Genealogist’s Tools</title>
		<link>http://picasatutorials.com/2011/03/picasa-and-a-cell-phone-are-genealogists-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My cell phone is always with me and I find myself using the camera feature more and more because of that simple fact.  Any time I’m at family’s homes and I see a photo on the wall, or in a photo album, I simply take out my Motorola Droid cellphone and I snap a photo.  <a href='http://picasatutorials.com/2011/03/picasa-and-a-cell-phone-are-genealogists-tools/'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Pointers on Pictures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wanted to have an arrow to point to something on your photograph? This picture was taken at the Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, Illinois.&#160; We love visiting Presidential Museums as we travel and Lincoln’s was especially memorable.&#160; Here you see where the entire Lincoln family poses very patiently all day, every day, <a href='http://picasatutorials.com/2011/01/lets-point-that-out/'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Captions or Text on Pictures?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope you all use captions on your pictures.&#160; It’s probably my most-used feature of Picasa.&#160; All you have to do is click below an open picture and type a few words.&#160; You’re done!&#160; Not only does that caption tell you a little about the picture, it is also searchable, so you can find that <a href='http://picasatutorials.com/2011/01/captions-or-text-on-pictures/'>Read More</a>
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		<title>Fun with Picasa and Picnik</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Guld</dc:creator>
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