Note: As of April 19, 2012 Picnik for Facebook is closed. See ‘Is Picnik Really Dead? for more info. If you use Facebook, you probably have some pictures shared thru your Facebook account. I often take pictures with my Droid smartphone and upload them directly to Facebook. That means that I don’t get the opportunity to Read More
Want to solve all your holiday giving needs with just a few clicks in Picasa! Collage coffee mugs were my gifts to family last year because we went on a family cruise to Alaska and I put our pictures on the mugs. You can also order cards with your photo on them, or calendars, or 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
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