iPicasaArea 2 CAT presentation by Derek Southern

October 21, 2010

What is Picasa?

Picasa is a free program for d dviewing, editing, organizing and 

sharing the photographs on g p g pyour computer

Picasa

Your photographs are safe!Your ORIGINAL files are nevertouched!touched!The photo edits you make are onlyviewable in Picasa until you decide to viewable in Picasa until you decide to save your changes. Picasa saves a new version with your edits applied.This is ‘non-destructive’ editing!

Add photographs to PicasaYou have total control over the photographs that Picasa displaysphotographs that Picasa displays.Picasa shows the photo and video file t t ll it t fi d i th f ldtypes you tell it to find – in the foldersyou tell it to searchYou can import photos into Picasa frommany sources, including cameras, CDs, scanners, memory cards, and webcams

Three Types of CollectionsFolders: represent the folders on yourcomputercomputer.Albums: Only exist within Picasa.  You 

t ‘ i t l ’ f h tcan create ‘virtual groups’ of photos taken from multiple folders.People: facial recognition technologyfinds, and groups, similar faces togetherfrom your entire collection of photos.

Folders

Albums

Facial Recognition

Edit Your PhotosBasic Fixes: crop, straighten, removeredeye add text retouch blemishes orredeye, add text, retouch blemishes, or click I’m feeling luckyT i lid t dj t l dTuning: use sliders to adjust color and lightingEffects: choose from 12 effects likesharpen, convert to sepia or black/white, warm the photo, and more

Editi Ch i B iEditing Choices ‐ Basic

Editi Ch i T iEditing Choices ‐ Tuning

Editing Choices ‐ Effects

Share Your Pictures

Share Your Pictures

U l d E t C llUploadEmail

ExportShop

CollageMovie

Printp

Blog This! Geo‐Tag

Upload to web albumExport to a folder on 

your Blogger blogCreate a photo‐Collage

hard drive. File size canbe changed for one, or  batch of pictures

from the selectedpicturesCreate a movie frombatch of pictures

Print the selectedimages

Create a movie fromyour selected imagesGeotag your pictures andg

Shop for prints and products online

Geotag your pictures and place them on the Google Earth map

Post photos directly to 

U l d t FREE W b AlbUpload to FREE Web Album

Li k t b lbLink to web album

E b d lb bEmbed album on a web page

Print from within Picasa

C t llCreate a collage

Export files