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

Tutorials on CD or DVD

If you're having trouble watching these videos on your Internet connection, you can purchase them on DVD.

And, not just the Picasa Tutorials. If you're somewhat new to computers, the 'Essentials' tutorials are a great help. Want to make a Blog? The Blogger tutorials will show you how.

Other topics include, Wi-Fi, Safe Computing and Google Earth. You can even purchase the complete collection of all the videos on a DVD for $39.