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
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
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
Picnik is the web-based photo editing software that Google bought earlier this year and added it to Picasa. If you want to play with our pictures, trying out different effects and add-ons, this is *really* fun. Here’s an example of the fun I had. It’s called the Crystal Ball effect. Read on and I’ll tell Read More
If you’ve ever used a forum to ask a questions, you know that a picture is truly worth 1,000 words. Let’s say for example that you want to ask, “What are the buttons at the top of each folder in Picasa?” Wouldn’t it be nice to have a picture of those buttons, so your reader Read More
A few days ago, Picasa version 3.8 was released. You will be getting it automatically at some point. One day, when you open Picasa, you’ll see a message about a new version being available. If you want to get it before that day comes, you can re-download it from Picasa’s home page. For more detail, Read More
I keep a personal blog, and I like to have a personalized top banner. Here’s what my blog looks like today. Notice the top banner with the title and picture at the right. I made that using Picasa and this tip will tell you how. Create a Collage I used Picasa’s collage feature to make Read More
Some people adore the Face Recognition feature in Picasa – just ask anyone researching their family genealogy! Some people find it a nuisance. I fall somewhere in the middle. But, I have found a really good use for it myself and I want to pass that along. Have you ever needed to find a photo Read More
Question: I like the face recognition feature. I would like to be able to create albums based on the recognition of a single person, but I want the original photo that the face came from not the face only photo. Is there a way to do this? ; Tom Answer: Oh boy! This is an Read More
Question: I like the face recognition feature. I would like to be able to create albums based on the recognition of a single person, but I want the original photo that the face came from not the face only photo. Is there a way to do this? ; Tom Answer: Oh boy! This is an Read More