Add your photos to Google Sites

Friday, October 30, 2009 11:15 AM

Posted by Scott Johnston, Product Manager

Google Sites lets you easily create, update and collaborate on your own site - no technical know-how required. And now you can easily add photos from your Picasa Web Albums to your sites, instead of having to manually upload photos from your computer. Whether you're using Google Sites to keep friends and family updated on your life or to manage a team or project, adding photos can give your site a lift.

The 'Insert' menu in Google Sites now includes an option to insert an existing Picasa Web Albums photo or to upload new photos.


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Picasa and Windows 7

Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:00 AM

Posted by Brian Axe, Product Manager

We're happy to report that the new version of Picasa 3.5 is compatible with Windows 7. We'd also like to provide some guidance for people who switch to Windows 7 from Windows XP or older versions of Windows, as you'll need to follow a few extra steps to ensure Picasa works as expected. During the installation, Windows backs up all your application data to a new directory, but Picasa and other applications that rely on this data will not see it. To fix this, you'll just need to copy and paste your data to the right place. This will ensure that Picasa doesn't need to re-scan your whole hard drive, and you don't need to re-create your albums and name tags. Check out full details of how to do this in our help center here.

Importing Photos in Picasa 3.5

Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:29 AM

Posted by John Gardiner, User Education and Outreach

We re-designed the import experience in Picasa 3.5 to make it easier to organize your photos, right when you download them from your camera. Now when you click "Import," you can control exactly which photos you want to import to your computer, which ones you want to upload to Picasa Web Albums, including what resolution you want and who to share them with.

As an example, I recently took some great pictures sailing with my family, and when I returned home I wanted to do different things with the different photos. With Picasa's improved Import features, I was able to control which images I only wanted on my computer, which images to post for the world to see, and which images I preferred to share just with my friends.

I think it's funny to hear my friends say I'm a Picasa and Picasa Web Albums expert...little do they know how easy it all is. Check out this video to see what I mean: