Help with Picasa, that is. Well, I probably need help in other areas, too, but that’s a topic for another day.
The other day I posted some sunset pictures. I edited them by using Picasa and they turned out okay. I wanted to put them into a slideshow but didn’t know how to do that and get it on Live Writer.
I have become a big fan of Live Writer, but I’m still learning to use it, too. I haven’t downloaded the new beta version of Live Writer because I barely know how to use the current version. Besides that, Dave always tells me to be wary of beta versions of any programs because the reason that it is the “beta” version is because it may still have bugs in it. Well, don’t programs sometimes have bugs in them even after the beta version is gone and the “real” version is out? But that’s a rant for another day.
Back to Picasa. I am slowly making my way through the Geeks on Tour videos. They provide a lot of information, but unfortunately, it’s not always the information that I need.
I know how to watch a slideshow of my photos in Picasa, but I don’t know how to export a slideshow (if export is even the correct word).
The other feature that I tried to use was Geo-Tag. I downloaded Google Earth and it came up okay and I found the location that I wanted to highlight, and I was able to Geo-tag the photos. But again, how do I get the map to load onto Live Writer?
The final area of Picasa that I need help is with is getting any edited pictures into Live Writer. I am slowly figuring this out, but the way I’m doing it seems cumbersome. I store my pictures in my computer’s C drive, not in Pictures. One of the Geeks’ videos said you don’t need to save Picasa files. Well, obviously I do need to save or export, or else I don’t know how to get the edited photos into Live Writer. I added the Picasa Link plug-in to Live Writer but that doesn’t work unless I’m online. The whole point of Live Writer is to be able to write a blog offline and then publish it later when I have an internet connection.
I did have a bit of success with Picasa. I created a collage of the sunset pictures. But I don’t like how they look in a collage.
I like my ocean collage a little better.
Today I feel very technologically-challenged. I want to make use of all this new technology, but it’s a struggle to learn it all!
