Record Videos With Your Webcam Using Picasa

by Jun 17, 2010

Aside from being an amazing application to manage thousands of pictures, Picasa also does a pretty darn good job of capturing images and videos from a webcam attached to your computer. In this guide I will show you how to configure Picasa to capture images and video and how to save those captures to your…Continue Reading

Create Collections to Organize Pictures in Picasa

by Jun 15, 2010

Wouldn’t it be nice to group albums in Picasa based on what the images are used for? Working with over 10,000 images and trying to keep family and work apart in Picasa can be quite tedious. Thankfully you can use Collections in Picasa to keep your two lives separate. Collections allow you to group folders…Continue Reading

Top 10 Features Picasa 4 Should Have

by May 24, 2010

Wouldn’t you like the ability to burn a DVD slideshow from Picasa? Or share your pictures on Twitter and Facebook? Google are you listening? These are features that Picasa users are looking for in Picasa 4. Don’t get me wrong Picasa 3.6 is probably the best free photo management program out there, but as picky…Continue Reading

Tip: Loop Slideshows in Picasa and Keep the Party Going

by May 24, 2010

I recently received an email from a reader asking me if there was a way to loop slideshows in Picasa so that she could keep a slideshow going during a wedding. I quickly ran through the options panels in Picasa and found the option tucked away in the Tools menu. Follow the instructions below to…Continue Reading

How to Upload Your Pictures to Picasa Web Albums

by May 10, 2010

Have you ever wanted to share pictures with family and friends without having to send emails to everyone with a ton of attachments? If you use Picasa to manage pictures on your computer and happen to have a Gmail account, you don’t have to anymore. Picasa coupled with Picasa Web Albums will allow you to…Continue Reading

Is Picasa Taking Up Too Much Space? Move the Picasa Database to Another Location

by May 06, 2010

Do you have hundreds and thousands of pictures that you are trying to add to Picasa? If so, you are probably receiving an error message stating that your hard drive is full, but you are using an external drive how is this possible? Well, Picasa creates a database on your computer (the C:\ drive) where…Continue Reading

Use Picasa to Create Your Own iPad Wallpapers

by Apr 05, 2010

One of the nicest features you’ll find on the iPad is the ability to use a wallpaper not only for the Lock Screen, but also for the Home Screen. You can specify which pictures to be used as a wallpaper, but your wallpaper pictures may end up taking more space than necessary. Most current digital…Continue Reading

Upload Your Picasa Photos to Facebook in a Snap

by Jan 24, 2010

If you use Picasa to manage your photos and Facebook to share them with friends and family, then you definitely need to follow this guide, it will make your life simpler. Picasa uploader is simply a button that is added to Picasa’s menu that allows you to upload pictures directly to Facebook using Picasa, no…Continue Reading

Fine Tune Your Images in Picasa

by Oct 14, 2009

If you use Picasa to organize your pictures you may or may not be aware of the various options available to edit the photographs in your digital albums. Although simple to use in nature, some of the editing capabilities found in Picasa match that of photo editing packages that would normally carry a hefty price…Continue Reading

9 Basic Fixes to Jazz Up Your Pictures in Picasa

by Sep 30, 2009

If you use Picasa to organize your pictures you may or may not be aware of the various options available to edit the photographs in your digital albums. Although simple to use in nature, some of the editing capabilities found in Picasa match that of photo editing packages that would normally carry a hefty price…Continue Reading

4 Ways to Add Pictures to Picasa

by Aug 27, 2009

If you use Picasa to organize your pictures you may or may not be aware of the various options available to you to add your pictures to Picasa. Below I will walk you through four scenarios to teach you how you can add pictures to Picasa from your computer, your camera, and the web. If…Continue Reading

Understanding Albums and Folders in Picasa

by Aug 22, 2009

If you have any pictures stored in your computer and you are still using built-in Windows picture management applications you are missing out on all the features available with Google’s free photo management application, Picasa. The guide below will explain some of the differences between Albums and Folders in Picasa, a fundamental understanding that will…Continue Reading

Create Photo DVD Slideshows Using Picasa and DVD Maker

by Jul 25, 2009

I began using Windows Vista DVD maker for all of my picture slideshows, however when I learned of Picasa’s capabilities in this same space (customization of title screens, more flexibility with formats, and the ease of use inherent with Picasa) I began to use Picasa instead. The problem arose when I was ready to burn…Continue Reading