The other day, I cropped a picture to just a person’s face and then I exported it to a folder called avatars. As I exported, I resized it to 200 pixels because that was the requirement of the website where I planned to upload it. (Tutorial Video: Resizing Pictures with Export) The export worked just Read More
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 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
Do you know how easy it is to play a slideshow using Picasa? Just click the play button at the top of any folder or album. When you do, the contents of that folder or album will start playing full screen. Once the slideshow is playing, you have a set of controls at the bottom. Read More
They like it! They really like it! Our little book on Picasa was a natural outcome of our seminars and tutorial videos. We weren’t even sure if anyone would want it. Over the couple of years it’s been available we have sold a few hundred copies. It certainly isn’t about to hit the best sellers 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
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 Read More
If your camera has the capability of taking video, you’ve probably noticed that they come right into your computer and show up in Picasa when you ‘Import’ from your camera. If you don’t see them, try looking at your options in Picasa: Tools | Options | File Types – and make sure the box is 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
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