Picasa SIG

October 23,2010

 

Goal: to share photos with family and friends

How: 1. Post an Album on your Picasa web site

2. Send a movie via email

3. Post a movie to YouTube on the web

Begin with an Album

1.   Collect your edited photos in the photo tray from all folders by using the CTRL button and /or the hold button

2.   Click Add Items to Album

3.       Name your album

4.       Drag and drop in Album for desired order

5.       Play Slideshow to preview album

 

Post your Album to the Picasa Web Site

Select Album and click Upload (must have an account with email address)

Pictures will be copied to your web space

Albums on the web may be edited -

Change or add captions captions show on photo in slideshow

Organize and reorder rearrange sequence of photos

Delete or add photos from library or another album

Send URL of album by email to share.

Making a Movie

Select your photos or an album and click Movie Button

Drag and drop for desired order

Play Preview to preview Movie

Transition slides with text may be added to a movie

Save Movie.

Movies may be edited if all photos are still in the original folder

Email movie as an attachment

 

Posting on You Tube

Create Movie

Click YouTube button(must have created a user name and password)

(Create an account asks for an email address, a user name and a password. When I used a gmail address for the email then the password is the same as the gmail account password. The username can be anything. Use user name and password to sign in.)

Sign in with user name and password

Fill in title, description category and tags. Upload remains grayed out unless all sections are filled in. Check Public or only those with a You Tube account will be able to view.

Also sign in from Google home page, click More, You Tube

Upload to YouTube. 1 Gig limit. May be s l o w.

YouTube will give you a link to email or look for link by clicking share button.