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I've been online a LONG time, and I always ignored Picasa - I didn't need another 'picture' package. But as I got into computer craft, I read about using Picasa to organise my rapidly growing collection of digital card making supplies, and the pictures I collect for inspiration.
I was hooked from the first time I used it...
You can click a video to watch right here, or watch them bigger here...
- Easy Image Editing and Fixing
Video: Re-colouring papers - Quick Picture Organising
Video: Quickly Import Collected Web Images - Colour Co-Ordinated Card Making
Video: Search by Colour
Picasa ... my hero!
Oh Boy! ALL my images, from every little nook and forgoten-about-cranny on my computer, was found and organised neatly by Picasa, presented to me all in one place - even photos of my kids as newborns that I thought I'd lost somewhere in the guts of my hard drive were right there.Best of all, I could now 'tag' these pictures so that I would never lose them again - not having to put them into 'files' but assigning keywords to the pictures e.g. I have photos of my girls and their grandma - do I file these under their names, or grandma photos? With Picasa, I just tag the photos with 'Ellen', 'Ana' and 'Mum' - type any one of these into the search bar and hey presto! Furthermore, you can now put similar pictures into virtual albums, create self-starting CDs or even upload them to the internet in one go!
Digital Supplies + Picasa = Godsend
Get all your digital craft supplies in one place and view similar items together, to help plan or make your cards. Now I just tag all my digital card making supplies as 'blue' or 'pink' or 'spotty' or 'ribbon'... then when I needed some embellishments for a blue-toned card, I can find all my blue, spotty background papers in just a few clicks, then pick and choose which will look best on my card.
Use the Free Picasa Software to
Change the Colour of
Background Papers and Printables
For me, the free Picasa software is a MUST for cardmakers who download digital scrapbooking supplies or craft printables because your blue spotty background papers can be magically turned into pink, or yellow, or lilac - instantly.
No messing about with advanced editing features like hue and saturation or whatever, just click the colour you want! Blue paper turns into Pink paper. I made this video to show how quick and easy is it to change the colour of digital background papers!
So, if you download my VIP freebies but
you don't like the brown polka dot ribbon I gave you ...
use Picasa and change it to any colour you want!
Foolproof Printing Quality
This is a great 'plus' - Picasa helps you with your printing: it warns you if the image will be bad quality, and you can play around with the size until it says it's going to be good or best quality. Especially important if you are printing colour-heavy digital papers - you want them to be good!Many times these days I open up Picasa instead of my trusty Paint Shop Pro, it is just SUCH an excellent piece of software!
If you want to try the free Picasa software, scroll up and click the white Google ad at the top of this page.
Watch Video: Free Picasa Software - Changing the Colour of Printables
Watch a Video: Using Picasa to Import Pictures for Card Making
Watch a Video: Colour Co-Ordinated Card Making!
