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
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
Last night, my husband Jim and I went to see Paul Simon perform in Nashville on his ‘So Beautiful or So What’ tour. Hard to believe that this man is nearly 70 years old and has been performing over 50 of those. He looked and sounded like a performer at his peak. We thoroughly enjoyed Read More
Q: I received an email with pictures in it. I want to save them on my computer and view them using Picasa but can’t seem to do it. I am a Geeks on Tour Member and have watched the Tutorial Video on saving emailed pictures, but it assumes the picture is an attachment, the email Read More
Question: I’m scanning my family photos by putting 4 of them on the scanner at one time. I then scan it 4 times, so I can crop each one and end up with the 4 individual pictures. Is there a better way? Don’t Scan! First of all, I prefer not to use a scanner at Read More
There actually is a way to provide simple frames for your pictures just using Picasa’s Collage tool. But now, with the online editing tool called Picnik, it’s even easier, and you can get really fancy. A simple Picnik frame: A fancy Picnik frame: So, how do you do this? Just select the picture you want Read More