Last month it was announced that Picnik – the online photo editing software that Google bought in 2010 – was closed. No more could you enjoy the special tools it brought to the table like framing your pictures or adding ‘stickers’ (little clip art) or wrinkle removal, or shine-be-gone. Picnik fans were very disappointed. Picnik Read More
by Chris Guld, www.GeeksOnTour.TV Aren’t digital cameras great?! Just snap away to your heart’s content, no worries about wasting film, or costing more money, or taking up more space. You can see right away if you captured the image you wanted, and take more shots if you didn’t. I’ve been known to take over 100 Read More
Last week, Google came out with a new version of Picasa – version 3.9. There are some major differences between this version and its predecessor, version 3.8. Here’s the official list: Added ability to upload to Google+: share with circles, post pictures to your stream, and upload images at original size. Social Tagging: name tag 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
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
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 had never heard of the website Picnik.com until I got the message that Google bought Picnik as part of the Picasa group. Picnik has been around for a while as an online editing tool for photos that you upload from your computer, or that you link to on Picasa Web Albums and many other Read More