User manual GOOGLE PICASA GETTING STARTED GUIDE

[. . . ] Picasa Getting Started Guide Picasa is free photo management software from Google that helps you find, edit and share your photos in seconds. We recommend that you print out this brief overview of Picasa's main features and consult it as you use the program for the first time to learn about new features quickly. Organize Once you start Picasa, it scans your hard drive to find and automatically organize all your photos. Picasa finds the following photo and movie file types: · · Photo file types: JPG, GIF, TIF, PSD, PNG, BMP, RAW (including NEF and CRW). GIF and PNG files are not scanned by default, but you can enable them in the Tools > Options dialog. [. . . ] Hit the Escape key on your keyboard to stop the slideshow and return to the Picasa main library screen. Timeline The timeline view in Picasa is another way to look at the photos in your collections. Click the "Timeline" button and sweep back and forth through your photos using your mouse to navigate. Gift CD Insert a blank CD into the writeable drive on your computer, select photos or an album and click the "Gift CD" button. On the "Create a Gift CD" screen, photos with a checkmark will be included on your gift CD. Under Step 1, click the "Add More" button if you'd like to add photos to the CD. If you'd like your photos displayed as a slideshow on the CD, check that box. (Note: by default, a copy of Picasa software will be included on the CD. ) Click the "Burn Disc" button to create your CD. Search If you type any text into the search box at the top right corner of the main Picasa library screen, Picasa will search your photo files' EXIF/camera data, keywords, albums, and any additional properties or captions you've entered inside the program. · · · · Starred button. Use this button to find only photos that you've tagged with a star rating. Move this slider left and right to quickly reduce the number of search results based on the date of the photo. Use this button to find only photos that you've uploaded to Picasa Web Albums. Edit With Picasa's advanced photo editing, you can use basic oneclick fixes to improve almost any photo, adjust color and lighting, and add any of twelve effects. A few general editing tips: · Doubleclick on a thumbnail in the Library to open the "Edit Photo" screen. To the right of the photo are three tabs, "Basic Fixes, " "Tuning, " and "Effects. " Picasa Getting Started Guide Page 4 of 9 · · · While on the "Edit Photo" screen, use the thumbnail arrows on either side of the filmstrip at the top of the photo to navigate through the rest of the photos in that album. To reverse any edits you made, click the "Undo" button at any step along the way. Any edits you make to photos in Picasa are not saved to the original file on disk until you click the "Save Changes" button in the album header. Saving your changes this way will overwrite the original file, while retaining a backup in a new "Originals" folder. Click the "Undo Save" button to revert a file to the backed up version. For more information about the edit screens, refer to the Picasa Help menu in the software. · Basic Fixes tab Crop Use the "Crop" button to cut out parts of a photo that you don't want to see. In the "Crop Photo" view, you can select a pre determined photo size (for instance, 4x6) or manually select the part of the photo you'd like to keep. [. . . ] Print The "Print" button lets you print the photos in the Photo Tray using a local or networked printer. Click "Print" to open the print screen and select a print layout size. Picasa will automatically size the photos in the Photo Tray to those proportions. For example: if you have four photos in the tray and select 3. 5x5, Picasa will fit all four of the photos on a standard 8. 5 x 11 page. [. . . ]