April 2008
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
15h 52m
English
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213 - TURN A PICASA PHOTO FEED INTO A SCREENSAVER
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The advantage of the advanced uploader is an instant thumbnail preview, along with the ability to
drag and drop images from your hard disk onto the preview area, as shown in Figure 9-4.
By default, Picasa gives you 1 GB of storage space. Note that you can buy additional storage space
as part of Google’s Shared Storage service. Just follow the Upgrade Storage link on the upload
page; the current rates are $20 per year for 10 GB up to 400 GB for $500 per year, paid with Google
Checkout. As a bonus, you will be able to share this storage space with your Gmail account.
The Picasa uploader in its advanced version
When your photos are uploaded and public, other people can browse them, zoom into them (if your
original image is bigger than the default display size), link to the photo, add comments, or order prints.
Each album can also be watched as a slideshow. As album owner, you can also add tags and captions,
or connect a photo to a real-world location .
HaCK 86:
Arguably the best screensaver is the one that’s customized to you,
and the easiest way to customize a screensaver is to feed it your
existing pictures.
RSS feeds can contain both text and image content. Picasa’s Web Albums utilize this to create a
photo feed from any album you choose, and you can plug ...
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