persephone Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) LINK excerpt :Editing tools powered by the good people at Picnik. We've built two tabs worth of Picnik effects - like Vignette, Orton-ish, Cross Process, and Comic Book - directly into the Picasa software. Learn more. Edited March 24, 2012 by persephone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossumCorner Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Thanks for link, it does looks quick and fun/useful. I've been a bit 'scared' of Picasa, downgrade now to wary, I had one of the first versions years ago, it was a greedy thing, gobbled pictures, wouldn't allow them to load into another application first, or give them up easily afterwards. And wasn't trustworthy with saving originals. I'm sure that has been well sorted out as so many people complained or walked away from it. That's ages ago, I should give it a try now to see the difference. Have now set up the new Photoshop beta 60 days, but not much looked at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 I have an older PS but rarely go there, unless I am being purely creative .. Most stuff gets done now either in Photoscape or picasa. picasa does gobble.. but there are setting one can find & tweak . Guess I'm just used to it I do love photoscape though ... it took me a while to find all the useful bits hidden away , but it has (basic) curves and stuff... cropping/resizing is terrific and easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 The new picasa looks great, one thing though does anyone know how to do text, it has to be easy but I just cant figure it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 So say if I wanted to put txt under this shot, how do I do it? I know I can do it in PB or other programs but I would like to be able to do it all in Picasa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Just thought of another question, can you upload to facebook from Picasa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 text - open the photo in picasa. go to the basics page (with spanner /wrench icon Text is on the middle row of things..at the bottom ..an ABC over an image icon. Click on it ...and a range of options is there for you to choose from ..font/colour/transparency etc. you will see text appear in teh middle of your image. simply click on the area where YOU want text ..and type. use the hand icon to make it larger .. or adjust the angle .. It takes a bit of practice, but then it is so quick & simple! have fun :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) OMG as plain as the nose on my face! Wala Ok can I make the watermark a bit fancier? Edited March 25, 2012 by tlc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogfan Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Just downloaded it and am loving it! :) Thanks for link, it does looks quick and fun/useful. I've been a bit 'scared' of Picasa, downgrade now to wary, I had one of the first versions years ago, it was a greedy thing, gobbled pictures, wouldn't allow them to load into another application first, or give them up easily afterwards. And wasn't trustworthy with saving originals. I'm sure that has been well sorted out as so many people complained or walked away from it. That's ages ago, I should give it a try now to see the difference. Have now set up the new Photoshop beta 60 days, but not much looked at it. I'm having problems with the gobbling pictures. I can't find the original afterwards. Oh might Persephone, will you tell me how to fix this? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 To tell Picasa where to scan for images which it will import ... go up to 'tools' click >> "folder manager" click >> then follow the instructions, and see how it goes :) Photos from Picasa usually end up in the "my pictures'' folder (they do on my puter, anyhow ) ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I always upload my pics to a folder in my pics first, then open picasa and they auto import, so I still keep my originals in tact and can export and edited ones as I do them. I use iPhoto and lightroom the same way. I couldn't figure out how to do a fancier watermark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 I don't often put a watermark on images ..but when i do, I just use the text tool .... like this one ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I don't do it a lot too, but occasionally I do on Facebook pics, I guess the txt tool would be easy enough. The new things in Picasa are great, I noticed there is still the option to edit via piknic, I though they had closed down? Maybe not yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogfan Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I don't do it a lot too, but occasionally I do on Facebook pics, I guess the txt tool would be easy enough. The new things in Picasa are great, I noticed there is still the option to edit via piknic, I though they had closed down? Maybe not yet? Picnik closes down on April 19 :) And thanks pers and tlc! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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