1. Picasa Workshop
Too Dark! Too Light
Picasa makes them just right!
Power Point originally created by
Patty McQuiston…some items changed by Stott
for the Blair Staff

2. What do YOU want to do with
your photos?

3. Goals for today…

4. Free Download
• Go to www.google.com
• Click on MORE
• Scroll down the page to the Google Tools
and click on PICASA
• Click on FREE DOWNLOAD.
• In the next popup window, click on RUN
and wait for the download to complete.
• In the next popup window, click on
OPEN. This will install the program.

6. Begin working with your photos
• Start the PICASA software.
• When the program begins for the first
time you will have two choices.
• The second choice is recommended.
(Click on the circle next to it, and click
Continue.)

8. Basic Functions
Importing
• Hold, Clear, Label
•
Slideshow
• Print
•
Timeline
• Collage
•
Gift CD
• Email
•
Export
•
Rotate
•

9. Editing a Photo
• Double-click on the
photo
• Basic Fixes
• Tuning
• Effects
• ZOOM IN/OUT

10. Basic Fixes – Tuning - Effects

11. Basic Fixes
Let’s look at this together!
Crop your picture!
•
Straighten your picture!
•
Correct red eyes!
•
I’m Feeling Lucky!
•
Auto Contrast
•
Auto Color
•

12. Tuning Your Photo
Darken…Lighten….Shadows

13. Effects

14. Advanced Features such as…
Resizing Photos
• Can only reduce sizes
at this time
• Can only be done
using the EMAIL
(Tools, Options,
Email) or EXPORT
function

15. Printing Your Pictures!

16. Camera in Hand!
• How important is the picture you’re
taking?
• Know your digital camera’s resolution
settings.
• Try to remember not to take pictures of
subjects with a window in the
background.

17. Pictures for the Website
• Try to take pictures at the low resolution
for the website – teacher or school’s
website. Otherwise pictures will need to
be resized.
• Pictures can be resized using Picasa
export option.

18. Emailing Pictures
• When you email photos, be mindful of the
size you are sending. If you send a picture
that is taken at a resolution of 2248x1536,
it is going to take longer for the picture to
download…especially if anyone has dial-
up. A picture at this resolution will be so
large, the receiver may have to scroll
across the screen to view it.

19. Customer Support
• Help
– Help Contents and Index (Web support)
– Picasa has an in depth HELP online.
– We’ll figure it out together if you can’t find
the answer in Help.

20. Practice Makes Perfect!
• I hope you better understand Picasa and
digital pictures in general! Practice with
the pictures that are in your file.
• At home when you download Picasa – it
will be Picasa2. This will allow you to
share a web album with your family and
friends.