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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
August 22, 2008
03:15 PM Post #5453210
| I haven't downloaded this yet but it sounds great. My Kodak easy share software seems to have all these features, but sure is nice to know there is another out there to help me. Thanks for all your great articles. |
UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
August 22, 2008
06:07 PM Post #5453874
| You're quite welcome Samigal. Most cameras come with some kind of software. Some programs are much easier to use than others.
Janet |
Sharran
Calvert City, KY
(Zone 6b)
August 22, 2008
09:06 PM Post #5454560
| well, Janet...you sure took over my day. I have been playing with Picasa since early morning. I have easy share also, but somehow I have found that it is more fun to play with Picasa, maybe it is the collages and the extra arty things I have found.
Thanks for the article, I have had a ton of fun!!!
Decided to do a abstract painting with it...
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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
August 22, 2008
09:11 PM Post #5454584
| That abstract is cool, I guess I should play with picasa too. If Sharran is having so much fun I want in on it. I really can mess up where I put my pictures so this software might be better for me. Thanks again. |
Sharran
Calvert City, KY
(Zone 6b)
August 22, 2008
09:48 PM Post #5454761
| I promise, you will love it. Can't believe I have had it on this computer all this time and had not played with it till today.
Sami, d mail me with your experiments!
See what you have done, Janet!! |
UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
August 22, 2008
10:25 PM Post #5454957
| WOW! That is really cool. I hadn't seen that feature Sharran. Now I can see what I'll be doing tomorrow! HAHAHAHA
Please continue to share your awesome art! We can all learn from this.
Janet |
Sharran
Calvert City, KY
(Zone 6b)
August 22, 2008
11:08 PM Post #5455151
| Surprised me too, Janet...I am still playing.
It is the artistic component that catches me, and keeps me playing. I have found that this feature works better using similar subjects...like the daylilies, one subject but several different photos of similar coloration.
I have been playing with roses this time, then will try iris, then think I will do something with trees. Already had to change batteries in my camera.
can't believe this program has been on my computer for months, maybe a year, and I am just now discovering it...thanks to you.
I will be up all night!
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UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
August 23, 2008
07:58 PM Post #5458794
| Sharran,
How in the world did you do the abstract painting? The only creative things I see to do is make collages and posters. What am I missing here?
Janet |
Sharran
Calvert City, KY
(Zone 6b)
August 23, 2008
08:29 PM Post #5458895
| collect your pictures, like 3 or 4 photos of the same thing.
Hold them in the tray..
Click collages
Then on the dropdown, choose "mixed"...ouch, can't remember the phrase, but it says, I think, grid, or scattered photos, anyway it is the other one. Just give it time, and it will overlay those in your tray, one on top of the other.
Give me a minute and will go check what that direct is on the Picasa screen.
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UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
August 23, 2008
09:22 PM Post #5459127
| Oh Man oh Man! Check this out!
This is with the Multi-Exposure option under the Picture Collage tab.
This was 3 photos of a red headed woodpecker.
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UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
August 23, 2008
09:26 PM Post #5459144
| And now a caterpillar, the chrysalis and the Monarch that emerged 
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UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
August 23, 2008
09:27 PM Post #5459145
| What HAVE you done SHARRAN? HAHAHAHA I'll never get anything done now! |
Sharran
Calvert City, KY
(Zone 6b)
August 23, 2008
09:27 PM Post #5459148
| see what I mean...now you will be up playing all night just like I was...
Not sure I like this one, will have to tweak it a bit...too much rose and not enough baby
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Sharran
Calvert City, KY
(Zone 6b)
August 23, 2008
09:31 PM Post #5459162
| I love it, and honestly would not have played so much with it if you hadn't written those articles.
I can't seem to stop tweaking everything. I love how it crops, too...manually.
But it sure is addictive.
Love your butterfly/caterpillar one.
Makes me want to paint all of them. Or print them out on that w/c paper card stock...wouldn't that be pretty!
Think what you could do for holiday cards...cardinals , poinsettias...
Whew. |
UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
August 23, 2008
10:33 PM Post #5459405
| Good idea on the holiday cards!
I'm glad that my articles prompted you to use the program Sharran. I've heard so many good things about this program ever since I got to Dave's. Now I see why so many people enjoy using it.
Something I noticed about the picture pile collages though is that I usually have too many photos that I want to include in the collage to really appreciate that particular type of collage. But in some instances, that one really looks good.
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Sharran
Calvert City, KY
(Zone 6b)
August 23, 2008
11:40 PM Post #5459695
| Yes, that one is really lovely.
With the flowers I like to use several, but with people, or a specific subject, it is better to plan it carefully and use fewer pictures.
fun!!
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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
August 23, 2008
11:52 PM Post #5459736
| I should have read this before I answered Sharron's D-mail. Now I guess I will have to go back to playing around. Still trying to figure out how to get my pictures in their right folders.
Pegi |
Sharran
Calvert City, KY
(Zone 6b)
August 24, 2008
12:34 AM Post #5459895
| I just sent you a more specific D mail, Pegi...
You can do it, just play with it.
I just choose from my pictures, since that's where most of them are.
Have fun. It really is addictive.
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Sharran
Calvert City, KY
(Zone 6b)
August 24, 2008
12:36 AM Post #5459903
| OK, promise, this is the last one for tonight...
Maybe tomorrow I will do a masterpiece of my grandson...
This is a rose with a spiderwort overlay.
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MartyJo
Fayette, IA
(Zone 4b)
August 27, 2008
10:53 PM Post #5476778
| Janet and Sharran - thanks so much for introducing me to the multi-exposure collage feature in Picasa. I had tried the tiled collage and the pile of pictures and not been too impressed, but this is FUN. Like my ghostly herons? 
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Sharran
Calvert City, KY
(Zone 6b)
August 27, 2008
10:57 PM Post #5476791
| Oh my goodness, Marty!!! How beautiful.
Ghostly indeed.
Thanks to Janet, it is really fun for all of us.
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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
August 28, 2008
12:24 AM Post #5477096
| Now, how do I post pictures from picasa in Dave's? When I click on Browse it goes to my old software. I'm always having such a hard time posting pictures anywhere. Still haven't figured how to send pictures with my e-mail. I feel so dumb at times that I can't catch on to this. Love to play with my pictures now. |
Sharran
Calvert City, KY
(Zone 6b)
August 28, 2008
12:42 AM Post #5477173
| Sami..
When you get your picture like you want it, go to the bottom where the button says Export, I think. hit it and the box will ask you where you want to put it. I put it in My Pictures.
OK, so then once that is done, when you are on DG, hit browse...go to my pictures. There you will find a folder, probably at the top, that will say Picasa Exports. Click on it, and whatever you exported from picasa will be there.
Hope that helps...took me awhile to work out the kinks, too.
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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
August 28, 2008
03:51 PM Post #5479499
| Thanks, Sharron, going into Picasa and play now. I think the collage one is so neat. I need more pictures of flowers to do a lot. I never did take too many pictures until I joined Dave's Garden. I'll have to carry it with me all the time. |
