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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.

Seminar Topic Description Date Recorded Minutes
Picasa Downloading and Installing Picasa Where to get the free download of Picasa from Google, with step-by-step demonstration. 6/10/06 5
Picasa Basic Search How to use Picasa's search box to find photos 7/11/06 7.8
Picasa First time scan for photos The first time you open Picasa it will scan for your photos 7/11/06 5.5
Picasa Views Different ways of viewing your photos in Picasa 1/19/07 4.5
Picasa Import from Camera Import photos from camera to computer using Picasa. Then organize into folders. 7/11/06 6
Picasa Rename, Move, Delete Using Picasa to rename photos, delete, and organize in folders. 7/11/06 6.3
Picasa Email Emailing your photos with one click in Picasa. 11/24/06 4.5
Picasa Remove Folder Removing a folder from Picasa's view without deleting it 7/12/06 4
Picasa Improving photos How to use Picasa's basic editing features. Crop, Feeling lucky, Fill light, Straighten 9/17/06 6.8
Picasa Starred Album Marking your favorite photos and viewing them all in one 'album'. 1/19/07 7.3
Picasa Gift CD How to use Picasa to make a Gift CD of a photo slideshow 11/24/06 3.5
Picasa 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
Picasa Resizing Photos How and when to resize photos using Picasa 8/12/07 6.5
Picasa Restoring a file Retrieving one picture from a Backup CD and using Picasa to restore it. 1/18/07 2
Picasa Web Albums Uploading photos to your Picasa/Google Web Albums 11/24/06 9.5
Picasa Nested Folders How to viewing the folder list in a 'nested' tree structure style usng Picasa. 1/19/07 6.6
Picasa Backups Backing up your photos to CD or DVD using Picasa 11/24/06 5
Picasa How Picasa Handles your Edits Picasa does not touch your original file. Learn how it does it. 8/11/07 7
Picasa 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
Picasa 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
Picasa Captions on Photos How to add captions to your photos in Picasa, and how they show up in Web Albums 11/23/07 7
Picasa Mapping Photos in Web Albums How to place your photo on a map in Web Albums 10/9/07 6.8
Picasa 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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