[AT] Photo sharing site

[rlgoss at insightbb.com]

I use Picassa for fast full-aperture corrections on photos all the time.  I don't post photos on-line, so I have not experimented with all the bells and whistles related to that portion of the program, but what I understand is that the resolution of images is automatically reduced to 72 dpi when they are posted on line in that program.  It doesn't do any resolution reduction when using it in any other mode.

One of the nice things about Picassa is that the program never makes any permanent changes in your photos as long as they remain on the hard drive of your computer.  All the changes are made in the header information of the file rather than in the data section.  That's very nice because it means that every modification you make to an image is reversible.  To make changes permanent, you have to export to email, to a website, or burn to a CD.  Even then, the original image on your hard drive is unchanged.  That can cause confusion if you use more than one software package on photos.  You need to make any changes in the "other" software before using Picassa on an image.

The real downside to the program is that it does not work on a Mac.  You can post photos on-line and access them with a Mac system, but you can't burn CD's and have the program work "as it should" in the Mac OS.  The burned images are still available (they are JPEG's) but all the captions and slideshow information can not be viewed on a Mac.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: "H. L. Staples" <hlstaples at mcloudteleco.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:01
Subject: [AT] Photo sharing site
To: Antique tractor <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> This came through today from the Kim Komando show. This is what 
> Farmer was
> talking about the other day. I use the Picasa photo organizer 
> but have not
> used the Google photo sharing site. Google has enough money 
> floating around
> so this should remain viable. 
>  
> Take a look if you like. 
>  
> H. L. Staples 
> McLoud, Oklahoma 
> USA 
>  
> Today's Cool Site... 
>  
>  
> Easy photo sharing 
> There are many sites online where you can share your photos with 
> friends and
> family. There are so many, in fact, that choosing one can be 
> nerve-wracking.
> 
> There are a number of things to consider when signing up. One of 
> your main
> concerns should be ease of use. Otherwise, you won’t use the 
> service. 
> Take Google’s Picasa Web Albums, for example. It is one of the easiest
> photo-sharing sites I’ve used. 
> It is easy to upload photos from a Web browser. That’s cool. But 
> you can
> also upload photos directly from Picasa, Google’s free photo 
> organizer.Anybody will appreciate this! 
> Of course, you’ll find more to love with Picasa Web Albums. You 
> can make
> albums public or only share them with a select few. You can also add
> captions and comments, download friends’ albums and more. 
> You’ll need a Google account to use Picasa Web Albums. If you 
> don’t have one, you can sign up for free. You’ll get one 
> gigabyte of free storage. If you need more, you can pay for 
> extra storage. 
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