In Windows it’s called ‘Explorer’, in Macintosh it’s called ‘Finder.’ It’s the computer’s way of storing and organizing files and folders. Picasa is software that sits on top of the files and folders. “Picasa does not store your pictures, it is a tool for working with the pictures that exist in your computer’s folders.” We’ve Read More
I love my Droid, I now take the majority of my pictures with my Droid smartphone. This article is about how to import them to your computer. It’s a lot simpler than you might think. Plug the Phone into the Computer via USB The cable that came with your Droid phone for plugging in an Read More
I love Picasa’s Album feature. I use albums to create groups of pictures for my every whim. Want to see my best flower pictures? I make an album to collect all my best flower pictures from over 20,000 pictures in my library. How about pictures of RVing in Florida? We’ve been living in our RV Read More
My friend Jimmy showed me his Picasa Library and pointed to the list of folders on the left side, “I don’t want my pictures in folders for each date,” he said, “how do I change that so the pictures are in folders by names that I tell it?” Does your folder list look like Jimmy’s? Read More
Picasa has the ability to burn your pictures to a CD or DVD – a DVD is simply greater capacity – all from within Picasa. You don’t need any extra steps. But wait! There are actually 2 ways that Picasa can burn your pictures to disc. Gift CD: Create menu | Create a Gift CD… Read More
Picasa’s ability to take and instantly save screenshots is one of my favorite features. I use it daily, and I’ve taught many other people about the uses for screen captures, like posting a screenshot to illustrate a question you post in our forum. Recently I’ve received quite a few questions, ‘Where did my screenshot go? Read More
Backup! Backup! Backup! Your pictures are priceless – you don’t want your only copy to be on a computer which is subject to getting lost, destroyed, or crashed. Whatever method you use to backup is better than nothing, but I want to tell you why I always back up my pictures to disks that can Read More
Picasa gives you three options for sorting pictures in folders, Name, Date, and Size. To see these options, right-click on the folder and choose ‘Sort Folder By.’ I usually choose Date and that shows my pictures with the earliest pictures first and as you scroll down you see later photos. How to Reverse the Normal Read More
Words do matter. If you ask a question and you use the term ‘Upload’ when the correct term is ‘Import’ you might not get the answer you were looking for! I see this all the time. In the Clouds Let me give you an image that helps me remember the meaning of Upload and Download. Read More
I’ve been using both Picasa and Blogger for over 8 years now, and yet, I’ve *never* used the BlogThis! button in Picasa. Many people have wondered why I have such a blatant hole in my teaching of Picasa – I cover every button on Picasa’s bottom button bar *except* BlogThis! The reason is because the Read More
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