Getting Started
Where did my Pictures Go?
I’ve heard many people say they don’t know where Picasa puts their pictures. I’m here to tell you that Picasa only puts pictures where *you* tell it to. If you don’t tell it what folder to import your pictures to, they don’t get imported. Here is Picasa’s Import screen. It gives you two places to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Picasa Tip: Picasa Web Albums
Picasa is free software for managing your photos on your computer. Picasa Web Albums is a free online photo-sharing website. These two are both made by Google but they are completely separate. People can upload photos to Picasa Web Albums even if they don’t have Picasa on their computers. And people can use Picasa to [...]
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- Edit/Improve Photos (20)
- ▼Getting Started (14)
- Backup! Backup! Backup!
- Dark Photo? Use Fill Light
- Five Deadly Sins of Picasa
- Free Picasa Webinar by Google and Geeks on Tour
- Importing and Folders
- Managing Digital Photos with Google's Picasa
- More Help from Google on Picasa
- Picasa 3.5 Import Screen
- Picasa Tip: Import from Camera
- Picasa Tip: Picasa Web Albums
- Picasa Tip: To Save or Not to Save
- Picasa Tip: Use Captions
- Upgrading to Picasa 3.6
- Where did my Pictures Go?
- ▼Organizing (43)
- Albums vs. Tags
- Backup and Tree View
- Backup! Backup! Backup!
- Burning Pictures to Disc
- Combining Stars and Tags
- Don't Delete your Original Photos
- Don't Delete your Original Photos
- Find Pictures by Date
- Finding Pictures with Two People
- Five Deadly Sins of Picasa
- Gift CDs and Temporary Albums
- Have you Backed up your Pictures Lately?
- How to Make a New Folder
- How to Remove a Tag from a Picture
- Importing and Folders
- Moving Folders with Picasa
- Organize with Tags
- Organizing with Sortable Dates
- People Albums – View Whole Picture
- Picasa 3.5 Import Screen
- Picasa 3.5 released
- Picasa 3.5: How to Turn Off Face Recognition
- Picasa Tip: “Cancel unfinished operations?”
- Picasa Tip: Different ways to Save
- Picasa Tip: Finding Duplicate Pictures
- Picasa Tip: Folders and Subfolders
- Picasa Tip: How folders get Dated
- Picasa Tip: Import from Camera
- Picasa Tip: Keeping Pictures in Order
- Picasa Tip: Photos as Wallpaper
- Picasa Tip: Picture Information
- Picasa Tip: Scanning Old Photos
- Picasa Tip: Screen Captures
- Picasa Tip: Search by Color
- Picasa Tip: To Save or Not to Save
- Picasa Tip: Use Albums
- Picasa Tip: Use Captions
- Picasa Tip: When your pictures get "All Messed UP"
- Sort Photos in Picasa Web Albums
- Storing Pictures on an External Hard Drive
- Using a Digital Picture Frame
- Where did I put those Pictures?
- Where did my Pictures Go?
- Photo (7)
- ▼Picasa (90)
- Albums vs. Tags
- Backup and Tree View
- Backup! Backup! Backup!
- Better Pictures
- Blue Skies with Graduated Tint
- Burning Pictures to Disc
- Capture One Shot from a Video
- Combining Stars and Tags
- Congratulations on your eBook Purchase!
- Cover Slides and Collages
- Dark Photo? Use Fill Light
- Do you take crooked photos?
- Don't Delete your Original Photos
- Don't Delete your Original Photos
- DVD of Pictures that Plays on your TV
- Emailing Photos with Picasa
- Emailing Photos with Picasa and Gmail
- Find Pictures by Date
- Five Deadly Sins of Picasa
- Framing a Picture
- Gift CDs and Temporary Albums
- Have you Backed up your Pictures Lately?
- How to Make a New Folder
- Importing and Folders
- Making a Banner Picture
- Managing Digital Photos with Google's Picasa
- Moving Folders with Picasa
- Organize with Tags
- People Albums – View Whole Picture
- Picasa 3 and Video Files
- Picasa 3.5 Import Screen
- Picasa 3.5 released
- Picasa 3.5: How to Turn Off Face Recognition
- Picasa Book updated to Version 3.5
- Picasa Releases Version 3.8
- Picasa Tip: “Cancel unfinished operations?”
- Picasa Tip: 4 Clicks to Dramatically Improve your Photos
- Picasa Tip: A Picasa Plug-In for Live-Writer
- Picasa Tip: Add a Watermark to your photos
- Picasa Tip: Automatic Updates
- Picasa Tip: Blue Skies
- Picasa Tip: Cut thru the Haze
- Picasa Tip: Different ways to Save
- Picasa Tip: Download photos from a Web Album
- Picasa Tip: Error Emailing a Picture with Gmail
- Picasa Tip: Fill-in Preprinted Forms
- Picasa Tip: Finding Duplicate Pictures
- Picasa Tip: Flipping Photos
- Picasa Tip: Folders and Subfolders
- Picasa Tip: How folders get Dated
- Picasa Tip: I'm Feeling Lucky
- Picasa Tip: Import from Camera
- Picasa Tip: Keeping Pictures in Order
- Picasa Tip: Make a Banner Collage
- Picasa Tip: Make a Movie
- Picasa Tip: Make your own Photo Holiday Cards
- Picasa Tip: Moving folders to a USB Hard Drive
- Picasa Tip: Nested Folders
- Picasa Tip: Out of Focus? I meant that!
- Picasa Tip: Outdoor-Indoor Collage
- Picasa Tip: Photos as Wallpaper
- Picasa Tip: Picasa to Facebook
- Picasa Tip: Picasa Web Albums
- Picasa Tip: Picture Information
- Picasa Tip: Printing options, White Borders
- Picasa Tip: Save Edits and Resize with Export
- Picasa Tip: Scanning Old Photos
- Picasa Tip: Screen Captures
- Picasa Tip: Search by Color
- Picasa Tip: Synchronized Web Albums
- Picasa Tip: To Save or Not to Save
- Picasa Tip: Use Albums
- Picasa Tip: Use Captions
- Picasa Tip: Using the text tool
- Picasa Tip: Web Albums default settings
- Picasa Tip: What happened to Sharpen?
- Picasa Tip: When your pictures get "All Messed UP"
- Picasa tip: Your photos as Screensaver
- Picasa Tip:Making a Panorama
- Professional Prints
- Resizing Photo Files
- Sharpening Photos with Picasa
- Storing Pictures on an External Hard Drive
- Taking Video with your Laptop’s Camera
- Upgrading to Picasa 3.6
- Using a Digital Picture Frame
- Webinar for Beginners to Picasa
- Where did I put those Pictures?
- Where did my Pictures Go?
- You have a Digital Camera ... Now What?
- picasa web albums (13)
- Sharing Photos (17)
- Show-Me Video (1)
- Special Features (9)
- Videos (12)