This video takes you thru the process of backing up an entire year’s worth of pictures. We use DVDs. Picasa will fill up the first disk, then just ask for another, until all pictures have been backed up. Then it’s your job to check the disks.
This is an 8 video series on how to organize your Pictures using Picasa. Forget about Picasa! Know where your pictures are WITHOUT Picasa. Using Folder Manager Your Folder System and Backups Importing Pictures to Named Folders Moving Pictures to a New Folder Fixing Folders previously created with Auto-Dates Use Albums to Organize, NOT Folders [Click for the rest ...]
Picasa automatically finds faces in your pictures, and it will group together faces that it thinks are the same person. It’s your job to identify who the faces belong to. This video will show you how.
It’s easier than you might think to get the pictures from your phone to your computer. Got the cable that came with the phone? Then you’re all set. This video will show you how.
The first time you open Picasa it will scan your computer to find your pictures. It has a couple of questions for you to answer first. This video explains what you should answer to those questions and why. Alternate Link/Downloadpic303_firstscan.mp4 – 12.39MB Download
You can put your pictures in any order you like with Picasa, but it takes a little trick to keep them in that order, especially if you want to show a slide show outside of Picasa.
The latest version of Picasa (3.8) has made a big improvement in sorting. You can manually sort pictures in Picasa just by dragging them around and, now, if you upload those pictures to the web using the ‘Synchronize’ feature, they will keep your manual sort order.
You won’t find a command in Picasa to Make a New Folder. This video shows you how it’s done. Alternate Link: pic346_newfolder.mp4 – 7.7MB Download
This video shows you how to use the Graduated Tint effect in Picasa to make blue skies bluer. You can adjust the shade, the feathering, and the position on the picture.
You won’t find a command in Picasa to make a new folder. So, what do you do if you need to put pictures into a folder that doesn’t exist yet? This video shows you how.