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How To Share Photos with Picasa Web Galleries

Tim Cinel — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:19:30 +0000

In 2010, more photos are viewed on screens than on actual photographic paper. We’re sharing more photos than ever. However, sending large emails packed with photos is becoming too cumbersome and inefficient.

You may have noticed more and more people are now ‘sharing’ their photos through an online service such as Picasa Web Albums or Kodak EasyShare. These services make things easier. For one, it’s easier for the recipients to view photos and share their photos with you. Also, having the photos online is like having another backup. The best part is that it’s much more social – people you invite to view photos can discuss and contribute to the gallery with each other.

Here’s how to share photos online using my photo manager of choice, Picasa:

Make sure you’ve got Picasa 3.5 at least, and a Picasa Web Galleries account.

If you’re not signed in to your account, click “Sign In”

When you’re signed in, your username will show up.

If you only want to share some photos from a folder, and not all, follow these steps:

Select the photos you want to share by holding CTRL key (bottom-left) and clicking on each of the individual photos or by “pinning them” to the tray.

Once you’ve selected the files you want to share (they should be in the tray, near the bottom-left of the window) click the album button to the right of the tray and then “New album”

Notice how the selected photos show up in the tray.

Enter a name for the new album and click “Ok”. You might want to give it an obvious name.

Simply find the new album in the album list and click on it. Now we can continue!

Find the folder or album you want to share, and click “Share” above the album, like so:

Enter the email addresses of the people you want to invite to view the photos:

Decide on whether you want your album to be listed publicly, not listed publicly but available to the invitees (unlisted), or only available to Picasa Web Gallery members (sign-in-required).

Click “Send” to start uploading. Obviously, the more photos you share, the longer the upload will take.

How to Burn Photos to CD or DVD to Print at the Store (Using Picasa3)

Tim Cinel — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:34:13 +0000

While I love hoarding my massive cache of photos on my computer and viewing them on screen – it sure is a treat to hold photos in your hands, just like in the old days, and share them with friend, family and sometimes strangers. Here’s how to burn photos from Picasa 3 so you can get them printed at a photo kiosk or photo shop.

Open Picasa 3 and click “Tools > Back Up Pictures”

In Picasa, browse through the folder list on the left, and ‘tick’ or ‘check’ the checkboxes next to the folders you would like to burn to the CD or DVD to get printed.

Near the bottom of the screen, Picasa will give you a summary of how many CDs or DVDs will be burned.

Click “Burn” to start the burning process!

If you haven’t got a blank CD or DVD in the drive, you will be asked to insert one.

Now take your CD or DVD to the shop and get printing.

Resizing Photos When Picasa Wont Print or Edit

Tim Cinel — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:07:12 +0000

Sometimes photos are too big for Picasa to manage. When this is the case, we can resize or resample an image using another external program.

This tutorial assumes that IrfanView is installed on your computer.

Find the image that’s too big for Picasa to print or crop, then right-click it and press “Locate on disk”

A windows explorer window will appear with the photo selected. Right-click on the photo and click “Open With > IrfanView”.

If IrfanView isn’t available, click “Choose Program” and then find “IrfanView” in the list and click “Ok”

In IrfanView, click “Image > Resize / Resample”

Of “Width” and “Height”, set the higher one to a value not higher than 6000. Click “Ok”

IrfanView may take a while to resample.

When it’s finished, click “File Save”, “Save” and “Yes” to replace the old version.

Close IrfanView, and return to Picasa where you can now print and crop the photo.

Burning Photos to CD or DVD using Picasa

Tim Cinel — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:46:08 +0000

Burning your photos to a CD or DVD can be useful for many things such as taking your photos to get printed, sharing them with friends, keeping them for backup purposes. Here’s how to do it if you use Picasa:

Open Picasa

On the left hand side, click one of the folders containing the photos you want to burn to CD

Near the top, click “Gift CD”

If you want to put photos from other folders on the disc too, click “Add More…”

Tick each of the other folders you’d like to include in the CD/DVD

Choose a name for the CD

Click “Burn Disc”

Wait a few minutes and Picasa will ask if you want to eject the CD or DVD.

That’s it, now you have a copy of those photos on a portable disc.