Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Picasa Google
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Picasa Getting Star ted Guide Picasa is free phot o management software from Google that helps y ou find, edit and share y our photos in seconds. W e recommend that y ou print out this brief ov erview of Picasa’s main f eatures and consult it as you use the pr ogram for the first time to learn about ne w featur es quickly .
Folder list The left-hand list in Picasa’s Library view sho ws all the folders containing photos on y our computer and all the albums you ’ve cr eated in Picasa. These folders and albums are gr ouped into collections that ar e described in the next section.
• Delete a photo from a f older . Select a photo, then go t o “File” > “Delet e from Disk, ” or just hit the Delete k ey on your k eyboard. Picasa will r emind you that y ou’r e about to send that file t o your computer’s r ecycle bin.
automatically begin t o appear in the “Impor t T ray .” After y our photos ha ve finished loading, click the “Finish” button. Picasa will sa ve the f olders on your computer (in the My Pictur es directory under a folder name y ou create) and displa y them in the “Folders” collection.
• While on the “Edit Phot o” screen, use the thumbnail arrow s on either side of the filmstrip at the top of the pho to to na vigate thr ough the rest of the phot os in that album. • T o rev erse any e dits you made, click the “Undo” button at an y step along the w a y .
Aut o Color Click the “ Auto Color” button t o adjust the color in your pho to automatically in Picasa. Click “Undo Auto Color” button below to r emov e the change. Fill Light Use the fill light slider to add light to the foreground of pho tos with too-bright backg rounds, making them more balanced.
Wa rmify – W arm up a cool photo, impro ving skin tones. Film Grain – Add a “grainy” film look to any p hoto – looks great when y ou print. Tint – Use the dropper to pick a color and apply that duo tone or tint to the entire photo. Saturation – Increases color saturation.
Hold Use the “Hold” button t o keep a phot o in the tra y as you add more photos. Y o u can add multiple phot os to the tra y by holding down th e Shif t ke y as you select pho tos. Clear Click the “Clear” button to empty the “Pho to T ra y” of all photos on hol d.
address or y our Hello username. Y ou’ll need to regist e r for a free Hello account using an e xisting email address and a passw ord that you creat e. Collage Click the “Collage” button to quickly mak e personalized photo collages from a variety of te mplates including picture pile, picture grid, or contact sheet.
An important point after buying a device Google Picasa (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Google Picasa yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Google Picasa - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Google Picasa you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Google Picasa will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Google Picasa, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Google Picasa.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Google Picasa. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Google Picasa along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
