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Picasa and Google+
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If you've joined Google+, you can use Picasa 3.9 to share directly to the circles you've created in Google+.
They'll see your photos and videos in their Google+ stream.
People that don't use Google+ aren't left out. They'll get an email to view your album in Google+, and they don't have to join to do so.
Picasa name tags on Google+
If you've joined Google+, you may have noticed that name tags have become more social.
With the release of Picasa 3.9, you can now upload and share your name tags on Google+.
Note that if you choose not to join Google+, name tags won't change at all.
Picasa for Mac's?
Simply click here and download: Picasa for Mac
It's pretty much the same as the PC version, so get editing!
Saving vs Exporting
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If you want to use a changed/edited image outside of Picasa (on the web/blog/photoshop/etc) you will need to do one of two things:
- Save or
- Export
What's the difference?
Firstly, Save.
When you Save an edited image in Picasa it saves the image in it's present location on your hard drive. It then also creates a sub-folder in that location and places the original image in there for safety, in effect giving you a backup of your original image. You will then need to either export the image, or right click it and open it in another editing program like Photoshop.
Secondly, Export.
When you have edited an image in Picasa you can choose to Export it to another location. You can place it anywhere on your computer. You can also choose a new size and quality, as well as applying a watermark in the bottom right of the image if you want.
By Exporting you are creating a new, edited version of your image which should be the right size to use. If you need to further edit the image in Photoshop or Gimp then you can do that easily.
Which is best?
It's entirely up to you which one you do, depending on your needs.
I tend to use the export function rather than save personally as it's faster for my needs.
Watermarks - How To
Select an image
- In the "Basic Fixes" tab, left click "Text"
- Click anywhere in the image on the right and start typing
- To enter more than one line of text just use the "Enter" or "Return" key on your keyboard
- A rounded edge box will appear around your text (this box will not be visible when you finish)
- To move the text, left click on the rounded edge box and drag the text where you want it
- To change the font, use the drop down box labelled "Font"
- To change the colour of the Text, click the circle next to the Grey T, this brings up an eyedropper which allows you to pick a colour in your image or use the pop-up box to choose your colour
- If you just want your text to be an outline (not solid) click the white box with a red line through it
- To change the colour of the text OUTLINE, click on the "hollow" T to the right of the white box with the red line
- To make the outline thicker or thinner use the slider next to the hollow T
- You can have solid colour text with a different colour outline by using a combination of the above buttons and sliders
- To change the size, rotate and make the text opaque see below
- When you are happy with your watermark click Apply
- Don't forget to EXPORT or save the image with the watermark when you upload it
To change the size of the text there are two options:
- Use the Size drop down under the Font drop down
or,
- Hover your mouse over the MIDDLE of the text you have placed and a circle will appear with an orange dot to the right. Click and drag the orange dot to SCALE the text up and down as required.
- TIP. If you only want to scale the text and not accidentally rotate it, press and hold the left CTRL key on your keyboard.
To rotate the text, hover the mouse near the middle of the text and a circle will appear with an orange dot to the right. Click and drag the orange dot to stretch and rotate the text.
Once you have your chosen text, at the right size, with the right font and in the right place - click and drag the Transparency slider to around 60%. This makes the watermark less visible and thus allows the viwere to see the image better, while still protecting your image.
Try to place the watermark near the centre of the image if possible as this will be the most difficult to remove or crop out.
If you want to place a copyright watermark it MUST be in this format: "© 2010 R HORSFIELD" the year is the date of creation, followed by your name.
TIP: to get a © symbol...
Press and hold the left ALT key (the one to the left of the space bar)
Using the right hand numeric keypad (not the numbers at the top of the keypad) type 0169
Release the ALT key and a neat little © symbol appears!
Full Page Manual Slideshow, Scroller
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- In "normal" view (folders on the left and thumbnails on the right)
- Hover your mouse over any thumbnail in any folder
- Press and hold "Alt Gr" (right hand side of you keyboard space bar) and
- Scroll your mouse wheel or
- Press the left & right arrows keys on the keyboard
- (remember to keep the "Alt Gr" key pressed)
This allows you to scroll fullscreen through the contents of the folder!
You do NOT need to click on the thumbnail or folder, just hover on it.
Effective Portraits
1. In the "Effects" tab select GLOW and press ok without changing any settings
2. Select SHARPEN and press ok without changing any settings
3. Select SOFT FOCUS and choose where you want the focus and size to go...
This is a great effect for portraits and works really well with lower light/high grain images.
Focal Black & White
Well, here's a great technique by "Mushroom and Gadgets" that may be able to resolve that:
- Choose a suitable image
- Go to the "Effects" tab and select "Focal B&W"
- Choose the area you want to remain in colour and click "Apply"
- Export the changed image to a new folder on your desktop
- Go back to the original image and select a new focal point, then export this as before.
- When you have done all the focal points you want to do, find the exported images folder in Picasa
- Select all the individual images and click the "Collage" button at the bottom of Picasa
- Choose the "Multi-Exposure" option and you should see all the images combined with various focal points still in colour
Full Screen Image Preview
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It's normally the key to the immediate right of your space bar.
Additionaly, if you are in Folder View (folders on the left and thumbnails on the right) you can use the arrow keys on the keyboard or scroll wheel on your mouse (while pressing Alt Gr) to scroll through the images in the folder.
Perfecting White Balance
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Luckily, Picasa has a great tool for adjusting this and it's quick and easy to do.
Here we go:
- Select an image
- Click the "Tuning" tab
- You will see an option to use a "Neutral Colour Picker" (aka White Balance)
- Click the eye dropper to start
- Click on the image where it should be white (or 50% grey)
- You will see the colours change (if you are happy with this then you are finished)
- The eye dropper will close
Search by Colour
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...but Picasa has a trick in store! You can search for an image by it's colour instead.
To do this simply:
- Click on "Tools"
- Click on "Experimental"
- Click on "Search for..."
- Then choose your colour
Cool huh?
You can experiment yourself and see what colours you can use by typing colour names and codes after the "color:" search text.
Square Crop
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It's easy peasy!
Simply do this:
- Select the "Basic Fixes" tab
- Click the "crop" button
- Select the "manual" option
- Hold down the "shift" key on your keyboard and
- Drag your mouse over the image
Here's a sample:
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