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Google Tips & Secrets: Picasa, Book Search, and Video

Part 5: These 15 tips cover everything from fixing multiple photos at once to restricting access to a video.


By Jamie Lendino
1/26/2007
 
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Google Picasa
Google's answer to iPhoto, this easy-to-use imaging application helps you organize your photos and perform light edits for free.
 
#57
Photo sharing, unplugged

Choose the pictures you want (hold down the CTRL key to select more than one) and click the "Order" button to send your photos to some of the most popular online finishers.
 
#58
Photo sharing, plugged

Share your pictures online with Picasa Web Albums (picasaweb.google.com), a free service that gives you 250MB of storage space.
 
#59
Eliminate spooky red eyes

Unless your photo is of a rabbit, double-click to open a large view. Click the Redeye button. Click, hold, and drag your mouse around each eye, then release it and apply.
 
#60
Now your photos can really say something

Add searchable captions by double-clicking on the image and clicking Make A Caption.
 
#61
Fix many pictures at once

Highlight one or more pictures using the CTRL key. Click Picture/Batch Edit and choose the tool you want, such as Black and White, or Sharpen.

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