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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. 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.

*New* Picasa Classroom. All the videos below arranged in lesson groups. For members only.

  Topic Description Date Recorded Minutes
Free Picasa 3: Overview A slide show explaining why Picasa 3 is the only software you'll need for managing your digital photos. 10/28/08 6.5
Free Picasa 3: Install Picasa 3 Download and install Picasa 3 for free from Google. 11/21/08 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 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. 12/12/08 7
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 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 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
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
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 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 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
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
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

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