PICASA

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PICASA

• A free photo management program that will help
  you organize, edit, and share your pictures.

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Content

• Organize your photos
• Edit your photos
• Print and share your photos

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Organize

• When Picasa is started, it will scan your system,
  and automatically organize your photo and movie
  files into a collection of folders inside the
  Library View.
• Photo file types selected JPG, GIF, TIF, PSD,
  PNG, BMP, RAW (including NEF and CRW), GIF, and
  PNG.
• Movie file types selected MPG, AVI, ASF, WMV,
  and MOV.

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Organize Library View
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Organize Library View (layout of main screen)

• Folder List (left side) folders on your
  computer containing photos, and all albums
  created by Picasa.
• Photo Tray (bottom) collects photos /or movies
  to be managed as a group.
• Light Box right side shows thumbnails of photos
  in folders.

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Organize - Library ViewFolder List

• Folder List operations
• Select folders to scan - ToolsgtFolder Manager,
  select folders
• Move photos between folders - Click/Hold/Drag
  between folders
• Edit folder description - Dbl-click on folder
  name, enter or change description
• Delete photo from folder Select photo,
  FilegtDelete from Disk (deletes photo from HD)

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Organize - Albums

• Album operations
• Create Album - highlight photo, FilegtNew Album,
  in Name window type name
• Add photo(s) to Album - Rt-Click photogtAdd to
  Albumgtselect album title
• Edit Album description - Dbl-click on Album
  title, enter or change description
• Delete photo from Album Rt-Click photogtRemove
  from Album (does not delete from Disk)
• Rearrange photos Click/Drag between or within
  Album(s)

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Organize - Albums

• Important
• When adding or deleting a photo to/from an album,
  or moving the photo between albums, the photo is
  still in the original folder
• When moving or deleting a photo to/from a folder,
  the photo is no longer in the original folder
• To organize and arrange your photos, you should
  use albums not folders

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Organize - Library Tools

• Import - Click on import button (below menu bar
  at top), select import device
• Slide Show - Select folder or Album,
  ViewgtSlideshow will show photos. To make player
  controls appear, move mouse or hit spacebar
• Timeline ViewgtTimeline Another way to view
  photos
• Search A search window in the upper right-hand
  area will allow you to search to find photos by
  typing identifying information.

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Organize - Library Tools (cont.)

• Create Gift CD By clicking on this button ___
  above the photos, you will open the Create Gift
  CD window.
• You can add folders or albums by clicking on the
  Add More button, and check marking the folders or
  albums you want to include on the CD.
• All photos in the folders or albums selected will
  be written on the CD when you click the Burn Disc
  button.
• You can include the Slideshow program and/or
  Picasa by check marking the appropriate boxes

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Edit

• Picasa has simplified photo editing tools to
  improve your photos
• In the Library View, dbl-clk on a thumbnail to
  open the Edit Photo screen.
• On the left of the photo, there are three tabs of
  photo editing tools
• Basic Fixes
• Tuning
• Effects

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Edit Basic Fixes

• Crop - Click on shape on left, adjust position
  and size of area, and click on apply
• Straighten - Move slider at bottom until photo is
  straight, and click on apply
• Redeye Automatically removes redeye. Can also
  draw square around eye needing repair, and click
  on apply
• Im Feeling Lucky - Automatically adjusts color
  and contrast, and click apply if satisfied
• Auto Contrast/Color Automatically adjusts
  contrast/color, and click apply if satisfied

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Edit Basic Fixes (cont.)

• Retouch - Select a blemished area of photo
  (adjust area size with brush size slider) click
  once, move to another area of photo, click again
  to remove blemish (called cloning in other photo
  programs)
• Text - Text can be added to photo. Click once to
  position text, type text wanted. Adjust style,
  font size, alignment, and color. Click apply when
  done.
• Fill Light - Adjust light in photo

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Edit Tuning

• Fill Light slider - Adds light to the foreground
  of photos with too bright backgrounds
• Highlights slider - Adds to or reduces the
  brightness spots, or highlights, in your photo
• Shadows slider - Adds more shadows to your photo
• Color Temperature slider - Makes your photo
  warmer (to the right) or cooler (to the left).
• Neutral Color Picker - Use the Pick Color
  dropper to tell Picasa which part of your photo
  it should consider as gray or white. Picasa will
  color balance the colors surrounding that
  selection according to the selected color.

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Edit Effects

• Effects tab - Contains twelve effects that you
  can apply to any still photo. Effects are added
  in progressive layers, and you can always undo or
  redo the last effect you made at any time.

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• Q A on any subject