Getting Started

Importing and Folders

I’ve written (and said on video) many times that, when I import pictures from my camera, I like to Import All into a folder for the current month.  Two points to be made here:

Import All: It’s just a one-click, no choices method.  This way, I know that I’m getting all the pictures from my camera [...]

Tags: , , ,

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 Getting Started, Organizing, Picasa 5 Comments

Five Deadly Sins of Picasa

Have you heard the one about the lumberjack who decides to turn in his trusty old axe for a new chainsaw?  After struggling for several days with the chainsaw and not felling even one tree, he decides to return it to the store.  He tells the salesman that the chainsaw doesn’t work and he wants [...]

Tags:

Upgrading to Picasa 3.6

Yes, you heard right … there IS  a Picasa 3.6 now.  You can view all the notes about what has changed at Picasa 3 Readme from Google.  You can get here from your Picasa menu.  Just click Help and Online Readme, or Release Notes.
There’s no huge changes from 3.5.  The only real difference is the [...]

Friday, December 11th, 2009 Getting Started, Picasa 1 Comment

More Help from Google on Picasa

Where do we (Geeks on Tour)  go when you all ask a question we can’t answer?   We go to the Google Picasa Support Forum.  This is where thousands of people ask their questions about Picasa.  If you have a question, odds are that someone else has had the same question and there are also [...]

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 Getting Started No Comments

Free Picasa Webinar by Google and Geeks on Tour

This Friday, November 13, you can watch a one hour Picasa Seminar on the Web.  Geeks on Tour will be in Mountain View, California to co-host this webinar with Google. 
You can check it out and register for the event by visiting the Picasa Help page. 
Here’s the Webinar description:
New to Picasa? Want to learn how to [...]

Tags: , , ,

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 Getting Started 2 Comments

Picasa 3.5 Import Screen

The latest upgrade to Picasa came out on September 23. They’re calling it 3.5. The biggest change is in the ‘Import Photos’ screen. In the prior version, Import was on 2 screens; first you selected what you wanted to import (All, or Selected, Exclude duplicates or not) then the next screen asked where you wanted [...]

Tags: ,

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Getting Started, Organizing, Picasa 14 Comments

Backup! Backup! Backup!

by Chris Guld of Geeks on Tour:
I sometimes feel like a broken record, telling people to backup their photos.  Just when I figure that *everyone* has the idea and I can rest, I read something like this post in the Picasa Help Group where someone lost 15,000 photos when their computer crashed.  !?#!!??@!! 
How can anyone [...]

Tags: , , ,

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 Getting Started, Organizing, Picasa 17 Comments

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 [...]

Tags: , , , , ,

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 Edit/Improve Photos, Getting Started, Picasa 2 Comments

Picasa Tip: Import from Camera

Many people use the software that came with their camera to import pictures to their computers. That’s fine. Picasa doesn’t care how your pictures get onto your computer. As long as they get saved into a folder that is being watched by Picasa (like your Pictures folder), you will see them next time you open [...]

Tags: , , , , ,

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 Getting Started, Organizing, Picasa No Comments
Name:
Email:
HowHeard?: