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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. If the video is labeled 'Free', it will play right away. If it is labeled 'Members Only' you need a membership username and password. 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. You can also download our Seminar Handout.
Picasa Classroom. This is the group of videos referenced in the 'Beginner's Guide to Picasa'. For members only.
Free Google Webinar: In November 2009, Google's Picasa group asked Geeks on Tour to co-host a beginning level Webinar on using Picasa. It was recorded and you can see it here.
| Topic | Description | Date Recorded | Minutes | |
| Free | Picasa 3.5: Overview | A slide show explaining why Picasa 3 is the only software you'll need for managing your digital photos. | 11/16/09 | 6.5 |
| Free | Picasa 3: Install Picasa 3 | Download and install Picasa 3 for free from Google. | 11/3/09 | 3.5 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: First time using Picasa | After downloading Picasa 3, you will open it and need to answer a couple questions the first time it runs. | 11/18/08 | 5 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Folders | 10/28/08 | 6 | |
| Free | Picasa 3: Orientation to the Library Screen | Understand that the position of command buttons on the screen informs you about what they do. | 10/28/08 | 5 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Adding Text to Photos | Placing Text wherever you want on a photo, change the font, fill color and outline color. | 11/23/08 | 6.2 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Tree Folder View | Understanding the difference between Flat Folder view (the default), the Tree Folder view, and when to use each. | 11/25/08 | 6.5 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Move Folders to External Hard Drive | Use Picasa's built in commands to move a folder of photos to an External Hard Drive | 11/25/08 | 4 |
| Members Only | Folder Manager | Use Folder Manager to include any folder in Picasa's View. Also to exclude folders from Picasa's view. | 11/4/09 | 4.5 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Make a movie from photos | Select a group of photos and click the Movie button. Add music and you have a movie. | 11/30/08 | 4 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Viewing and Sharing Video files | Picasa can manage video files as well as it manages photo files. One click will share a video either with Web Albums or Youtube. | 12/4/08 | 5.5 |
| Free | Picasa 3:Individual Photo View | Navigating between the library and single picture view. Navigating within single picture view and using the different tools available. | 12/12/08 | 2 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Search for pictures | Searching is fast! All text is searchable: folder names, Folder Descriptions, File Names, Captions, Keywords | 12/12/08 | 5.2 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Selecting Pictures | Selecting pictures puts them in the selection tray, then there are many things you can do to all selected photos. | 12/12/08 | 3.5 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Starrred Photos | Learn how to designate the photos which are your stars and group them together no matter what folder they're actually stored in. | 12/12/08 | 4.5 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Importing from Camera | Use Picasa to import all the photos from your camera into your desired folders, then delete them from the camera. | 1/30/10 | 7 |
| Members Only | Backup | How to backup selected folders to CD/DVD. Picasa will even burn the discs for you, and span multiple discs. | 11/16/09 | 5 |
| Members Only | Using Albums | How to use Picasa's Album feature. Store all photos in one folder and use multiple albums to create logical groupings. | 12/30/08 | 8 |
| Members Only | Delete/Rename Files | Use Picasa to delete pictures or rename them. | 11/2/09 | 5.5 |
| Members Only | Create New Folder | Picasa does not have a command to simply 'create a new folder', but this video does show you how it can be done. | 8/4/10 | 4 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Tags | Adding 'tags' or 'keywords' to photos helps you find and organize them. | 1/4/09 | 2.5 |
| Free | Picasa 3: Redeye | Learn how to fix photos of people with red eyes. | 1/3/09 | 2 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Basic Edits | Shows you how to use the most popular tools on the Basic Edits screen: I'm Feeling Lucky, Crop, Straighten ... | 1/3/09 | 6 |
| Members Only | Import from Camera | Import pictures from your camera. Exclude duplicates. Create folders of your choosing. | 11/2/09 | 6 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Retouching | Using the retouch tool to eliminate blemishes and other minor problems such as eyeglass glare. | 1/3/09 | 4.5 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Sharpen and Batch Edit | Learn how to use 'Sharpen' to make your photos look better. And, 'Batch Edit' can work on many photos at once. | 1/3/09 | 3 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Tuning | Adjust lighting and color tones on your photos with the tools on the Tuning tab. | 1/4/09 | 5 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Cropping and Print Sizes | When you crop, you have the choice to constrain your cropping area to the size of the print you want. | 1/4/09 | 5.5 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Web Albums Introduction | Picasa Web Albums is a photo sharing website, separate from Picasa but they are meant to work together. This video will explain. | 1/8/09 | 8 |
| Free | Picasa 3: Collage | A quick look at the new, improved Collage feature in Picasa 3. Scrapbookers will love it! | 9/4/08 | 3.5 |
| Members Only | Picasa 3: Intro to the 12 Effects | An explanation and demonstration of all 12 of the options on Picasa's 'Effect' tab. | 1/6/09 | 10.5 |
| Members Only | Blue Skies w Graduated Tint | How to use Graduated Tint and its options to make blue skies bluer and still leave white clouds white. | 8/25/10 | 3 |
| Free | Picasa 3.5 Geotagging | Picasa 3.5 integrates with Google Maps. View Google Maps in the 'Places' pane. View photos in place, place photos on the map. Geotags follow the photo to Web Albums. | 9/23/09 | 6 |
| Free | Move Folders between USB Hard Drives | As your library of photos grows, so does your need for bigger hard drives and ways to move your photos to the disks with the most space. Picasa makes it easy. | 10/25/09 | 8 |
| Members Only | Captions - Picasa 3.5 | Use captions as the fastest way to give your pictures some identification. With Picasa 3.5 they are now editable. | 11/8/09 | 6 |
| Members Only | Search and Temporary Albums | Albums are SO useful! This video shows you the quickest way to get the functionality of an album - just Search. Then use the search results like a temporary album. | 2/18/10 | 5 |
| Members Only | Email w Picasa 3.5 | How to email photos and let Picasa do all the resizing automatically. Includes discussion on which email programs work with Picasa. | 11/9/09 | 6 |
| Free | Create a Picture Fram with Collage | With a little creative thinking, you can use Picasa's Collage tool to frame a picture. | 12/29/09 | 3 |
| Free | Updating Picasa Software | How to see that you are using the latest version of Picasa and download any updates if necessary. Demonstrates version 3.6 | 12/11/09 | 3.5 |
| Free | Webcam | How to use Picasa to capture video from your computer's built-in webcam. | 1/22/10 | 2 |
| Free | Face Albums | When you're looking at the faces in a Person's album, you may want to see the whole picture that the face comes from. This video shows you how. | 2/8/10 | 3 |
| Free | Basic Search | How to use Picasa's search box to find photos | 7/11/06 | 7.8 |
| Free | Downloading and Installing Picasa | Where to get the free download of Picasa from Google, with step-by-step demonstration. | 6/10/06 | 5 |
| Free | First time scan for photos | The first time you open Picasa it will scan for your photos | 7/11/06 | 5.5 |
| Free | Views | Different ways of viewing your photos in Picasa | 1/19/07 | 4.5 |
| Outdated | Import from Camera | Import photos from camera to computer using Picasa. Then organize into folders. | 7/11/06 | 6 |
| Free | Rename, Move, Delete | Using Picasa to rename photos, delete, and organize in folders. | 7/11/06 | 6.3 |
| Members Only | 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 | Resizing Photos | How and when to resize photos using Picasa | 8/12/07 | 6.5 |
| Free | Restoring a file | Retrieving one picture from a Backup CD and using Picasa to restore it. | 1/18/07 | 2 |
| Members Only | Web Albums | Uploading photos to your Picasa/Google Web Albums | 11/24/06 | 9.5 |
| Free | Backups | Backing up your photos to CD or DVD using Picasa | 11/24/06 | 5 |
| Members Only | Nested Folders | How to viewing the folder list in a 'nested' tree structure style usng Picasa. | 1/19/07 | 6.6 |
| Members Only | Why you shouldn't Save: 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 | 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 | 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 | Mapping Photos in Web Albums | How to place your photo on a map in Web Albums | 10/9/07 | 6.8 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Free | 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. revised Jan 2010 | 3/30/08 | 7 |
| Members Only | Keep Pictures in Desired Order | You can put your pictures in any order you like with Picasa, but it takes a little trick to keep them in that order. | 5/11/09 | 5 |
| Members Only | Saving Edited Photos | If you want to use a photo outside of Picasa, you need to save the edits. There are several types of Save commands. | 8/4/09 | 8 |