PICASA 3.9 GOOGLE PLUS PLUS
PICASA 3.9 GOOGLE PLUS SERIES

The flash produced a reflective glare in the middle of the painting. This shot was taken with the mode set to Auto and flash set to Auto - it was used. It is in a corner and receives no direct light.

PICASA 3.9 GOOGLE PLUS SERIES

To illustrate some of the problems, I have included a series of shots that I tried with an acrylic painting by Julie Mingard that hangs in my living room. Light is a major problem - either too much, too little, or the wrong kind. FastStone does not save the originals like Picasa. (This is the grave of Porifro Diaz - the 'dictator' of Mexico before the revolution).ĭownload and experiment - be sure to work with copies of your picture. I have adjusted the colors to compensate for the cloudy day. Look at the sliders at the bottom of the page. The next screen is an example of how FastStone handles the editing functions. This is a condensed version of the information in Picasa. Move the curson to the right edge of the screen to display the 'Properties' panel. These icons appear to duplicate the functions shown on the left above, just condensed to a single line. Let the cursor hover over the icon to get its description. Moving the cursor to the bottom of the screen, you will see icons listed at the bottom. Move the cursor to the left of the screen to display the editing options. The thumbnails below were shown by moving the cursor to the top center of the screen. To change pictues, click on another thumbnail. The blue outlined thumbnail below is the selected picture in the folder. Fast Stone will display the thumbnails of the pictures in the folder. It will be discussed later.Īfter Installation, navigate to a folder containing pictures. The 'portable' option is for the USB memory stick version noted above. Click on the FastStone link at the top.ĭownload screen - click on either of the two exe files in the top line to begin the process. To start a download, go to The screen below lists the applications available from this group. One element of interest if you are travelling is the 'portable' option - you can run Fast Stone from a USB memory - I have not yet tried this, but will comment on it later. This post will be limited to the download, installation and description of the various features at a high level. At this point, it would appear that Picasa has many features which suggest it is still the best for the beginner- Web Albums, Blogger interface, Email resizing, and general organization capabilities.įast Stone does have several features for editing pictures which are superior to Picasa. It has several editing features which Picasa does not have. cbkįastStone - this is a new application which may be an alternative or a supplement to Picasa.

The one on the right has been edited to enhance colors. The screen above shows two views of the same picture. The website will be updated as I find them. I am still trying to identify the changes. Check the 'about Picasa' version - you may have to execute the check for updates several times to get the latest version. If not 3.9, go to 'Help/Check for updates'. If you have 'auto updates', you may have the new version, Go to 'Help/About Picasa' to see the version number. There are some improvements - the ability to display two pictures side by side (or up/down), some new 'effects' icons The changes to Picasa are not drastic - the 'Web Albums' references are gone, along with the upload button. I am looking for ways around the changes.

PICASA 3.9 GOOGLE PLUS PLUS

The changes are to integrate Picasa into Google's 'social network' - Google Plus (G+). Google has done it again.Just as I completed anotating screens, they released a new version with changes to the screen. Gmail uses an icon at the bottom of the compose page for attach files. If not, attach one, then click 'attach files' again.

Depending on the settings, the camera may create multiple directories Click on the camera icon and its sub-directories until you reach the pictures. Click the 'Computer/My Computer' (or local equivelent) to expand the list of files. You should receive a screen similar to the following. Once the email program is started, enter compose and start creating the email cover letter (address, subject, text, etc). The other option is to google the emai name One more little catch - the results will probably be in the local language - call for help or look for english options. If not, try something like '' (gmail) or '' (netscape or aol). The staff at the cybercafe may be able to help. Start your email program Guess what? That icon you click at home is not there.

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