Web Publishing 101
Your guide to web publishing

Using the Picasa Editing Software

August 18th, 2008 by Ivo


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Picasa is a delightfully easy way to organize, edit and share photos. It’s basic, yet goes beyond the basics of the basic photo editing software that is ususally bundled with a digital camera.

Advantages of Using Picasa
-Free!
-Easily upload images and video to Picasa Web Albums, free online web hosting.
-Beautiful and elegant interface including slideshow and timeline.
-Intuitive and straightforward navigation.
-Excellent set of easy-to-use editing tools and filters.

Robust set of features including labeling photos with keywords and star ratings, emailing images from within the program, Geotagging photos, creating videos, Photo CDs and backups, support for RAW files. It’s latest version has a slew of improvements and new features such as a Retouch tool to remove unsightly blemishes, face recognition with automatic red-eye removal, and the ability to add text and watermarks to photos.

Manually set the program to “watch” specified image folders on your computer hard drive.

Organize, rearrange and sync Picasa Web Albums from your desktop

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Make it accessible

June 1st, 2008 by Ivo
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The word is accessibility. In website design, it is the measure of how easy the content of a website is to access, read, and understand. One thing about this feature is that it is more of an interactive document that can be interpreted in different ways by different browsers on various platforms.

I have seen pages where the fonts become garbled, the size too small, and the color is too hurtful in the eyes. I suggest that when designing, it is best to stick to simple fonts and color since users’ settings may override the document, therefore making the page appear differently from intended.

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