Digital Cameras

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Digital Cameras

• Presented by Melanie Dillard

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Types
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Considerations

• Size
• Pixels
• Battery/Charger
• Accessories
• Zoom
• Manual Focus
• View Finder

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Considerations

• Stabilization
• Shutter Speed
• Weight
• Movie Clips
• Usage
• Storage Types
• Picture Transfer

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Storage Types
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Storage / Viewers /Printers
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Transferring Media
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Demonstration

• Importing pictures from Camera
• Importing pictures form media storage
• Transferring media to different storage media
  types.

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Using Picasahttp//picasa.google.com

• What is Picasa?
• Picasa is free photo management software that
  helps you instantly find, edit and share all the
  photos on your PC. Picasa automatically locates
  all your photos (even ones you forgot you had)
  and sorts them into visual folders organized by
  name, size, or date. You can drag and drop to
  arrange your folders and make albums to create
  new groups. Picasa makes sure your photos are
  always organized.

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• Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by
  putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at
  your fingertips. Picasa makes it a snap to share
  your photos - you can email, upload to an online
  album, print photos at home, make gift CDs, and
  even post photos to Blogger.You can download
  Picasa from http//picasa.google.com/download/inde
  x.html

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Importing Into Picasa

• You can import photos into Picasa from many
  sources, including cameras, CDs, memory cards,
  scanners, webcams, and more.
• From within Picasa, click the Import button and
  select your device or folder from the dropdown
  menu (your camera should automatically be
  detected). Select the specific photos youd like
  to import, or choose all. These photos will be
  saved on your computer and displayed as a new
  folder in Picasa.
• Demonstration

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Organizing PhotosFolders and Albums

• While your photos are displayed in Picasa, they
  aren't actually stored in the application. When
  you install Picasa, it scans your hard drive and
  organizes the photos that are already on your
  computer by placing them into folders. These
  folders, along with the albums you create, make
  up the organization of your photos within Picasa.

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• Folders represent actual folders on your
  computer's hard drive that contain photos.
  Changes you make to folders in Picasa will affect
  the matching folders on your computers hard
  drive. Moving a photo from one folder to another
  in Picasa will also move the photo in Windows
  Explorer.

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• Albums, unlike folders, exist only in Picasa. For
  example, you might create an album called
  Pictures with Grandma, and include photos
  featuring Grandma from different folders to be
  used in a photo collage or to be shared online.
  Unlike Picasa folders, your albums don't
  correspond to real folders on your hard drive --
  so when you delete or move photos from an album,
  the original files remain in their original
  locations on your hard drive.

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Quick and Easy Editing

• Now that your photos are organized, you can start
  editing. With Picasas advanced photo editing,
  you can use basic one-click fixes to improve
  almost any photo, adjust color and lighting, and
  add effects like black and white or sepia. Add
  captions to help tell the story. Double-click on
  any photo to open the Edit Photo screen.

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• Its important to note that Picasa never
  overwrites your original file on disk any edits
  you make to a photo are only saved inside Picasa
  until you decide to either export or click the
  Save Changes button in the album header. Saving
  changes will overwrite the original file, while
  retaining a backup in a new Originals folder.
  This means that your original photos will always
  be safe and sound, accessible at any time.

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Neat Things To Do
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Movies Creating a movie

• To make a movie from a selection of photos,
  follow the instructions below1. Select the
  photos you'd like for your movie. You can also
  select multiple photos from different folders
  using the "Hold" button next to the Photo
  Tray.2. When you have the desired photos
  selected, select "Create."3. Select "Movie."4.
  Select "Delay between pictures" from the
  drop-down menu and a movie size. 5. Click
  "OK."6. You'll see the option to compress your
  movie if you'd like to make the file size
  smaller.Your movie will now be saved in "My
  Pictures" and will also appear in Picasa. Please
  note that it's not possible to add music or audio
  to movies created in Picasa.

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Wallpaper Set wallpaper

• To set any photo as your Windows Desktop
  Wallpaper using Picasa, please do the
  following1. Click the photo you wish to use as
  wallpaper.2. Click "Create" (next to File, Edit,
  View, etc.).3. Click "Set as Desktop..."4.
  Click "Yes" to the promptYour photo will now be
  your Windows desktop background (wallpaper).

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Collages Creating a collage

• You can use Picasa to create one-of-a-kind photo
  collages. To create a Picasa collage, follow the
  instructions below
• Select the photos you'd like to include in your
  collage. Your selected photos appear in the Photo
  Tray in the lower-left corner of the
  screen.Press the Ctrl key to select multiple
  pictures, and press the Hold button when adding
  photos from multiple albums or collections.

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• Click Collage.Note If the 'Collage' button is
  disabled, you'll need to first select photos for
  your collage.
• Choose from the Type and Options drop-down menus
  to preview your collage. Tip By clicking
  directly on the collage preview, you can change
  the order of your photos. To shift the layout of
  a Picture Pile collage, press the Shift key while
  clicking the collage preview.

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• Choose a folder from the Location drop-down menu.
  Your collage is saved to this folder. Note The
  photos Picasa uses in your collage are actually
  copies of your original photos. This way, your
  original photos remain untouched.
• When you're satisfied with your collage, click
  Create.

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Make a Screensaver

• Picasa includes its own screensaver which
  displays photos using various visual effects
  while your computer is inactive. You can
  configure the screensaver to show photos from
  various sources, including - Picasa's special
  Screensaver and/or Starred Photos albums-
  Specific folders on your computer- Albums in
  your Google Account for Picasa Web Albums

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• The screensaver must be activated before it will
  run. There are two ways to activate the
  screensaver from within Picasa1. Go to "Tools"
  "Configure Screensaver". 2. Select photos you
  would like to display in the screensaver and go
  to "Create" "Add to Screensaver".

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• Both methods will launch the "Display Properties"
  control panel so that you may further configure
  the screensaver. On the "Screen Saver" tab, the
  Picasa Screensaver is selected for you
  automatically. Press the "Settings" button to
  launch the Picasa Screensaver's configuration
  dialog. In the dialog, you will see two tabs, one
  called "Photo Sources" and one called "Visual
  Presentation."

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• Even if you've used Picasa previously to create a
  screensaver, you'll need to create a new one by
  adding photos to the "Screensaver" album. To do
  so, go to "Create "Screen Saver." You can now
  drag and drop photos to or from other albums or
  rearrange the order of the photos within the
  Screensaver album. Please note that you can't
  delete or rename the Screensaver album.

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• Screensavers Changing screensaver display
• To change your visual display options for the
  Picasa Screensaver, please follow these steps in
  Windows1. Go to "My Computer".2. Select the
  "Control Panel" and click "Display"
  "Screensaver" "Settings" "Visual
  Presentation". (In later versions of Windows XP
  you may need to select "Appearance and Themes"
  before "Display")3. Under "Visual Effect" you
  can set your screensaver options to "Collage",
  "Wipe", "Crossfade", or "Pan and Zoom".

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Creating Gift CD

• Select the photos you'd like to copy to the
  CD/DVD.
• Click Gift CD.
• Enter a name or title for your CD/DVD.
• Optional Add any additional items from the Gift
  CD menu (see below for more details).
• Insert a blank disk.
• Click Burn Disc.

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• To include an auto-running slideshow, select
  Include Slideshow.
• To add more photos, click Add More. Note If you
  add many photos, a message that Picasa is
  "Calculating" will appear in the blue bar above
  "Burn Disc." Wait until this message disappears
  before clicking "Burn Disc."
• To resize the photos, click the Photo Size
  drop-down menu and choose a new size. If you
  don't want to resize your photos, choose Original
  Size.
• To include a copy of Picasa, select Include
  Picasa.

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• Tip If you want to take the CD to a photo lab to
  make prints, just deselect Include Slideshow and
  Include Picasa.

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Backing Up

• Backing up your photos is a good way to make sure
  that they're always safe and sound. Picasa makes
  it easy to do this. Just click on Tools Backup
  Pictures, and select New Set to get started.

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Back up to External Hard Drive

• If you have a large collection of photos, this
  may be the way to go. Once youve initially
  backed up your entire collection, Picasa will
  then only back up the recent changes that youve
  made. This saves you time, and ensures that your
  entire collection will be protected. Using an
  external drive with Picasas backup feature is
  also a great way to migrate to a new computer.

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Backing Up An alternate drive

• You can choose to run a Picasa backup to another
  drive instead of to a CD or DVD.1. If you are
  copying your backup to a removable drive, hook it
  up first.2. Select "Backup Pictures" from the
  Tools menu.3. Click "New Set."4. Label the New
  Backup set.5. Select "Disk to Disk Backup."6.
  Click "Choose."7. Select the Drive or Folder you
  wish to export the Backup too.8. Make sure all
  the Folders and/or Albums you wish to include in
  the Backup are selected.9. Click "Backup."Your
  backup will be copied to your drive of choice.

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Back up to CD or DVD

• Burning your photos to CD or DVD is also a
  convenient option. Should your hard drive ever
  fail, or should a power surge hit your external
  drive, you will thank your lucky stars as you
  recover all of your photos and edits.

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How to create a Backup CD

• Follow the steps below to create a backup1.
  Click the Tools menu and select "Backup
  Pictures".2. To backup all video files in
  Picasa, click on "New Set" in the Step 1 section,
  click on "Select All." in the Step 2 section.3.
  If you wish to back up select files, click the
  empty boxes next to the folders you wish to
  backup (on the left side of the backup screen).
  Only check-marked folders will be included in the
  backup.4. The blue bar above the "Burn" button
  will state how many blank CD or DVDs will be
  needed to complete the backup. Insert your blank
  CD or DVD, wait 20 seconds for Windows to read
  the disk, then click the "Burn" button.5. When
  you insert this backup into a new computer, you
  will be prompted to restore your photos. You can
  choose to have the photos copied back to their
  original locations or you can select a new
  location for your photos.The backup does not
  install Picasa. You will need to download and
  install Picasa from our sitehttp//picasa.googl
  e.comIt is recommend to reinstall Picasa after
  running restore from your backup.