Better Pictures

There’s all sorts of reasons why I think that Picasa is the best photo management program for the majority of people taking digital pictures.  Number one is the fact that it handles 90% of all the tasks involved with digital photos – you only need to learn one program instead of 5 different programs for 5 different tasks.  But, a very close second is that it is so easy to make your pictures look better.  I love looking at photos of our travels, but not the photos I snapped.  I like looking at them after they have been improved with Picasa.  And it only takes a couple seconds with each one.

This is the photo I snapped from the window while Jim drove the motorhome down I-95 at 60 mph:



But, this is the photo I enjoy looking at – and it’s how I actually remember seeing the scene.  It’s a real trick to get the camera to capture what the eye is seeing



The first one is ho-hum.  The second one is dreamy.

It literally only took a few seconds to click on:

1. I’m Feeling Lucky(Tutorial Videos: Basic Edits)


2. Straighten (Tutorial Videos: Basic Edits)


3. Sharpen (Tutorial Videos:Picasa’s 12 Effects)


4. Increase saturation (Tutorial Videos:Tuning)


5. Apply a blue graduated tint to the sky (Tutorial Videos:Picasa’s 12 Effects)


6. Crop (Tutorial Videos:Crop Size Options)

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• How Picasa Handles Edits


• Adding Text to Pictures


• Editing Tip – Cut thru the Haze


• Using Special Effects for an artsy-fartsy Miami Skyline