Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Picasa 2 Google
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User Guide Picasa is fr ee pho to man agemen t soft ware f rom Go ogle t hat he lps yo u find , edit and s hare your pictures 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.
FOLDER LIST The left-hand list in Picasa’s library view shows all the folders containing pictures on your computer and all the labels you’ve created in Picasa. These folders and labels are grouped into collections that are described in the next section.
Collections Folders on Disk This collection displays folders on your computer that contain pictures or movies, sorted by date, with the original folder names as they appear on your computer ’s hard drive. Changes you make to the folders in this colle ction affect the matc hing folders on your comp uter ’s hard drive.
• Delete a picture from a label Se le ct a p ic tu re . Ri gh t- cl ic k wi th y ou r mo us e an d se le ct “Remove from Label” in the context menu or press the Delete key on your keyboard. Note: De le ti n g a p ic tu re fr om a la be l d oe s n ot d e le te th e or i gi na l fi le f r om y o ur c om p ut er’ s ha r d dr iv e.
as a slide show on t he CD , che ck th at bo x. F inall y , choose a siz e for your pict ures . Und er St ep 2, name your CD. (Note: by default, a copy of Picasa software will be included on the CD.) Click the “Burn Disc” button to create your CD.
Picasa 2 User Guide 06 of 1 1 Basic Fixes T ab: Crop Use the “Crop” button to cut out parts of a picture that you don’t want to see. In the “Crop Picture” view , you can select a pre-determined picture size (for instance, 4x6) or manually select the part of the picture you’d like to keep.
T uning T ab: Fill Light slider Use the “Fill Light” slider to add light to the foreground of pictures with too-bright backgrounds, making them more balanced. Click the “Undo Fill Light” button to remove the change. Highlights slider Use the “Highlights” slider to add to or reduce the brightness spots, or highlights, in your picture.
Picasa 2 User Guide 08 of 1 1 Saturation – Increases color saturation. Soft Focus – Soften the focus around a center point that you select. Glow – Give pictures a gauzy glow .
Star The star button adds a small gold star to any picture in the tray . These stars are searchable ratings that help you find favorites quickly . Any picture to which you add a star can be easily accessed when performing a search in Picasa.
Picasa 2 User Guide 10 of 1 1 Mai l acc oun t). Y o u c an in vit e fri end s to joi n Hel lo by em ail . Any ph otos you rece ive from fr iends usi ng He llo will ap pear in your Fro m Hel lo colle cti on in sid e Pic asa , sor ted by H ell o use rna me.
Picasa 2 User Guide 1 1 of 1 1 System Requirements PC with 300MHz Pentium® processor and MMX® technology . 64 MB RAM (128MB Recommended) 50 MB available hard disk space (100 MB Recommended) 800 x 600 pixels, 16 bit color monitor . Microsoft® Windows 98, Microsoft® Windows Me, Microsoft® Windows 2000, or Microsoft® Windows XP .
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