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Picasa Tutorials

The Essential Tool for managing all those Photos !

From the Camera to the Web - Picasa handles it all. It’s *fast*, it’s *easy*, and it’s *free* from Google. Chris says it's the *best* software she has ever used.

In the video tutorials below, Chris shows you how to make your photos look better with one click. You can also email, print, backup and upload to the web with one click!

Click on any video linked below to get started. You will need a good, fast Internet connection in order to view these properly. If you don't have that you can order a CD.

  Topic Description Date Recorded Minutes
Members Only Downloading and Installing Picasa Where to get the free download of Picasa from Google, with step-by-step demonstration. 6/10/06 5
Free Basic Search How to use Picasa's search box to find photos 7/11/06 7.8
Free First time scan for photos The first time you open Picasa it will scan for your photos 7/11/06 5.5
Members Only Views Different ways of viewing your photos in Picasa 1/19/07 4.5
Members Only Import from Camera Import photos from camera to computer using Picasa. Then organize into folders. 7/11/06 6
Members Only Rename, Move, Delete Using Picasa to rename photos, delete, and organize in folders. 7/11/06 6.3
Members Only Email Emailing your photos with one click in Picasa. 11/24/06 4.5
Members Only Remove Folder Removing a folder from Picasa's view without deleting it 7/12/06 4
Members Only Improving photos How to use Picasa's basic editing features. Crop, Feeling lucky, Fill light, Straighten 9/17/06 6.8
Members Only Gift CD How to use Picasa to make a Gift CD of a photo slideshow 11/24/06 3.5
Members Only Printing Using Picasa to print photos. Use your own printer, or order from the web. Print on tshirts, mugs, mouse pads and other gifts. 11/24/06 8.5
Members Only Starred Album Marking your favorite photos and viewing them all in one 'album'. 1/19/07 7.3
Members Only Web Albums Uploading photos to your Picasa/Google Web Albums 11/24/06 9.5
Members Only Resizing Photos How and when to resize photos using Picasa 8/12/07 6.5
Members Only Restoring a file Retrieving one picture from a Backup CD and using Picasa to restore it. 1/18/07 2
Members Only Nested Folders How to viewing the folder list in a 'nested' tree structure style usng Picasa. 1/19/07 6.6
Free Backups Backing up your photos to CD or DVD using Picasa 11/24/06 5
Members Only How Picasa Handles your Edits Picasa does not touch your original file. Learn how it does it. 8/11/07 7
Members Only Viewing a photo received as an email attachment If you receive an email with a photo attached, how do you keep that photo and view it with Picasa? 11/4/07 5
Members Only Organizing photos by Date Using Picasa to rename photos with a sortable date and storing them in folders by month labeled with a sortable date. 4/20/08 5.5
Members Only Captions on Photos How to add captions to your photos in Picasa, and how they show up in Web Albums 11/23/07 7
Members Only Preparing photos for other programs with Export Use Picasa to improve and resize your photos, then use Export to make new originals for use on websites or other programs like Photo Story, or MS Word. 4/1/08 3
Members Only Mapping Photos in Web Albums How to place your photo on a map in Web Albums 10/9/07 6.8
Free Put a Picasa Slideshow in your Blog How to use Picasa Web albums to put a slideshow in your blog, or any other webste. 6/26/08 3
Members Only Using Web Album photos in other Websites Many websites let you add your photos if you know the 'URL.' This video shows you how to get that URL from a photo in Picasa Web Albums. 3/30/08 7

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