Picasa 3.8 Features

Here are some of the new features that you get when you download Picasa 3.8:

You can now upload multiple albums to Picasa Web Albums at the same time, this is a time saver!

You can remove an album, change the upload size, visibility, or the sync state of photos already online using Picasa Web Albums.

"Face Movie" Perfect for making a photo slideshow for a birthday party or wedding. Wuth this feature you can quickly create a slideshow that is complete with transitions, music and captions.

Using Picasa Geotags

Geotagging is a way to digitally tag where you took a photo and add it to a map to share with friends and family. This feature is great for vacations or out of town trips because you can reference them by where you took them, making organizing your photos easier! There are two ways to add a Geotag to you pictures on Picasa:

Select the picture you want to add a Geotag to, click "Places" in the lower right corner of Picasa, select the city where you took the photo, click and move the green marker to the Geotag location and click "OK" to finalize.

or

Find the location on the map first and then drag and drop photos onto the map.

Picasa 3 Download - "Sync to Web" Feature

When you enable the Sync to Web feature in Picasa 3, you can sync the following changes from Picasa to Picasa Web Albums:

•Photo edits (Basic Fixes, Tuning, and Effects)
•Added or deleted photos
•Added captions, tags, or geotags
•Changes made to folder or album properties
•Edits made in other applications that are saved to your hard drive

Just one more reason to download Picasa 3!

Picasa 3 Download - More Features

Picasa 3 now has the ability to support up to a million photos on your computer, which makes the following features even cooler!

Collage
Experiment with six different collage types and new settings in the more hands-on collage creation screen.

Screensaver
Spice up your screensaver by adding photos from additional sources, such as your Web Albums and photo feeds.

Slideshow
Added features make your slideshow come alive.

Picasa 3 Download Features

Google has updated Picasa 2.7 to 3.0.....whats new? Check out some of the new features:

-Automatically sync your Picasa 3 to re-upload your photos to your Picasa Web Albums after making further edits

-Add text or watermarks to your photos

-Create and edit movies

-Screen capture software

One More Reason To Download Picasa

You can view Picasa Web Album on your new Panasonic PZ850 HDTV without a PC! The new web enabled LCD TV can browse You Tube videos, Picasa albums and news and stock information from Bloomberg. Check out the article HERE

Picasa Web Albums - Share Your Photos Online

The best part of using Picasa is the Picasa Web Album which you can click one button and upload your photos to a online photo album for you to share with your friends and family. You have total control share all your photos or just a few, share them only people you invite or let the whole world see, with Picase Web Album feature, it is up to you!

Download Picasa For iPhone

Google has Optimized Picasa for iPhone

"Google has introduced specific support for its online photo gallery service Picasa on the iPhone.
The company has completely redesigned and optimized Picasa's mobile interface for the iPhone. Images are proportioned to fit the device's screen, and control buttons have been fixed in order to be easier to navigate with an iPhone user's fingers."

Read the article here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140576-c,iphone/article.html

Download Picasa For Free

Another reason to love downloading Picasa for free! I got an email from a Digital Camera Help visitor who was having problems saving a slideshow he had created onto a cd to share with friends and family. It seems the cd would play the slides in a different order than they were on the PC! I was not familiar with the software he was using but did tell him that files are usually sorted (and played) in alphabetic order and an easy way to get the slideshow to go in the order you want is to use a number as the file name, like; 001, 002, 003, etc. Of course, renaming all the file names is only practical if your slide show is small!

I also suggested using Picasa and told him, “Using Picasa (free photo editing software from Google) you can save a slideshow in the same order that you had the photos arranged in your folder or album as long as you have the "Include Slideshow" option checked under step one on the "Gift CD" screen.”

Shortcuts for Selecting Photos In Picasa

Here are some keyboard shortcuts you can use while editing your photos in Picasa:

Ctrl-A: Select all photos in album
Ctrl-D: De-select photos
Ctrl-I: Invert photo selection
Home: Select the first photo in your album
End: Select the last photo in your album
Ctrl-H: Hold selected photos in Photo Tray
Ctrl-Enter: Locate the photo file on your computer
Ctrl-O: Open a file on your computer

Printing Multiple Photos On One Page Using Picasa

How do I print more than one photo per page using Picasa?

You can print 4 photos per page you select the 3.5 x 5' size, 2 images per page if you select 4 x 6' or 5 x 7', 9 images per page if you select wallet size or 1 8 x 10' image.


If you wish to print multiple copies of the same print, do the following:

1. In Picasa, select the photo you wish to print.
2. Click "Print."
3. Select the size template you want (either 3.5 x 5, 5 x 7, 4 x 6, 8 x 10, wallet size or full size for multiple photo printing).
4. On the "Print" screen, click the plus sign (+) on the left side of window until the correct amount of images appear on the 'Print Preview.'
5. Click "Print."

If you wish to print multiple photos to one sheet, do the following:

1. Select the photos you wish to print.
- You can select more than one photo in an album by holding down the "Ctrl" button while clicking the desired photos
- If the photos you wish to print are in different albums, you will need to click the "Hold" button after selecting each photo
2. Click "Print."
3. Select the size template you want (either 3.5 x 5, 5 x 7, 4 x 6, 8 x 10, wallet size or full size for multiple photo printing).
4. The photos you selected to be printed should appear on the "Print Preview" screen.
5. Click "Print."

Customize Picasa Buttons

You can customize the row of buttons that appear at the bottom of your Picasa screen by using the following directions.

The Button Manager can be accessed from "Tools" >"Configure Buttons." Using the Picasa Button Manager, you can add or remove buttons or change the order of your buttons. For example, if you rarely use the "Print" button, you can remove this button, or if you frequently use the "Collage" button, you can make that button first.

At any time, if you would like to include all of the original buttons, just select "Restore to Defaults." This feature is available under "Tools" > "Configure Buttons."

Picasa Timeline

Picasa's Timeline feature lets you instantly scroll through a chronological catalog of your photos. To see your photos in a timeline, click "Timeline" at the top of your screen. To move the timeline forward or back, you can click and drag an album cover or double-click one of the thumbnails to start a slideshow of the album.

Resizing Photos In Picasa

Picasa can resize photos in two ways: when you export photos or when you email photos.

To use the “Export” feature in Picasa to reduce the image resolution (pixel count) and .jpg compression (image quality) of your photos, just complete these steps:

1. Open Picasa.
2. Select your image and press the “Export” button.
3. Under "Image Size Options" select the "Resize To" button and adjust the slider. Please note that the number of pixels you select with this slider determines the length or height of your photo (whichever is longer). The other dimension will be determined automatically in order to maintain the aspect ratio of the photo.
4. Select the desired image quality for your photo using the "Image Quality" drop-down menu:
- "Automatic" will preserve the original image quality
- "Normal" will balance quality and size
- "Maximum" will preserve fine detail for large file sizes
- "Minumum" will yield some quality loss for small file sizes
- "Custom" will enable you to select your own value

In order to reduce the size (in pixels) of photos you wish to send via email, please do the following:

1. Open Picasa.
2. Click "Tools" > "Options" > "Email."
3. Under "Output Options," set the slide bar under "When sending more than one photo, resize to:" to the desired pixel size.
4. Set the "When sending single pictures, resize to:" option to 'XXX pixels, as above" (XXX will be the number of pixels selected with the slide bar in the previous step).
5. Click "OK."