Explore tutorials and tips for using Picasa, the free digital photo software from Google. These resources will help you get the most out of Picasa.
Picasa 2 includes a backup pictures feature which will help you to keep your photos safe from disaster like a hard drive crash or stolen computer. This tutorial will walk you through the process of backing up your photos to DVD, CD or another hard drive using the Picasa digital photo software.
Picasa is a popular free digital photo organizer. It includes a tool for red eye removal that helps you quickly remove the glowing red pupils from your snapshot photos.
Everyone has a few digital photos that could stand a touch-up or two. You can alter your photos in Picasa, a free Google program. Learn how to use Picasa effects and tuning.
It's easy to share digital photos, artwork, or pictures with family and friends when you know how to organize them in Picasa! See how to organize and share pictures in Picasa.
When you want to post photos on the Web or email them, it's good to scale them down to a small size so your recipients can load them faster. Or, you may need to scale the pictures down to get them to fit on a CD, memory card, or flash drive. You can resize a whole folder of pictures or multiple pictures at once using the free photo software Picasa.
Picasa is a flashy and functional digital photo organizer and editor which has improved considerably since its first release. Although I expected better organization and searching capabilities from a Google property, Picasa is excellent for beginners and casual digital shooters who want to find all their pictures, sort them into albums, do quick edits, and share with friends and family.
From Google Guide Marziah Karch: "Picasa is a free photo organization and editing tool from Google, and for a free program, it really has a lot to offer."
Want to spice-up your blogging? This video demonstrates how to add images to your blog with Picasa.
"Picasa Web Albums lets you post photos to the Web directly from Picasa on Windows computers or iPhoto on Macs. Picasa Web Albums also lets you sort and share your photos into public and private areas and post those photos to your blog."
Bill Minton has created a useful tool for folks who want to make the switch from ACDSee to Picasa for photo management.
If you're using Picasa to manage your digital photos, the easiest way to get your photos to the Web is by using Picasa Web Albums.
Learn how to create your own slide show using Picasa 2.
Now when you use Picasa on your PC to organize your photos and use Gmail as your email program you can send your photos to friends and family right from Picasa and Gmail will even resize your photos for email for you.
picasa2flickr: A simple "plugin" that allows picasa users to upload their photos to flickr.