How to completely delete photos from Picasa. Lighting and color correction

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A paradox is often discovered in Android phones Samsung Galaxy, Duos, Lenovo, LG, Nokia Lumia, Asus and others.

Owners alone cannot restore deleted photos, others delete deleted - an interesting situation.

Everyone wants to completely and permanently delete photos and all personal data, for example, before selling an Android smartphone.

The trick is that even if you do full reset phone, this will not be enough, since all files can be recovered. How to get rid of them forever without the possibility of recovery?

Why are deleted photos recovered on Android?

There are several reasons why deleted photos are restored on an Android phone, and not everyone knows that deleting from the gallery, and even restoring the phone to factory settings, does not actually permanently delete your data.

You can very easily recover all files deleted in this way using a file recovery program.

Moreover, Android has synchronization, for example, in the Google Photos application, where everything can be restored automatically.

The same goes for onedrive clouds, backup auto, hangouts, picasa, hotmail or autobackup, but you can still permanently delete them.

The standard way to delete photos from an Android phone

Wherever your photos are, on a memory card, in internal memory, they are displayed in the gallery.

You can remove photos from the gallery using Android tools. To do this, open the gallery and click on the option at the top right.

Then click on the “Edit” option.

Now, as soon as you check the boxes next to the files you want to delete, it will immediately become active option"Delete"

Click on it. A confirmation request will appear - confirm everything.

How to completely permanently delete deleted photos from an Android phone without the possibility of recovery Android

Permanently deleting files is not the best option, you'd better use special applications, which do a special rewriting process free space and thus, recovery will be prevented completely and permanently, with the exception of synchronization.

In order to completely delete a photo, you must: standard deletion or restore your smartphone to factory default. This is always a good basis for deleting all personal data.

Then you can use the “iShreddera 5 Standard” app, otherwise your data can be easily recovered.

In fact, deleted photos are not deleted, but only information about them is erased, and they themselves are still in the internal memory and on the card.

IShreddera does not delete current data, but overwrites memory using special algorithms that will prevent the subsequent recovery of private information.

Using IShreddera is very easy. Just launch the application and click on the "Next" button. Then select the section and which algorithm to use.

The more repetitions, the higher the efficiency, but the longer it takes to rewrite. All available algorithms are popular and are used by government organizations and the military to get rid of data. Ideally, you should select 3x repeat and start re-recording.

There is another program called Secure Wipe that also performs similar operations on your phone.

This allows you to overwrite the free space on the memory card and internal memory of the smartphone. If you want to use emergency photo deletion, you can use both applications.

Attention! The process carried out by iShreddera and Secure Wipe can take several hours depending on how much memory you have on your phone. Therefore, it is recommended to connect it to charger for this time.

How to delete photos from Picasa gallery on Android

An Android phone is capable of synchronizing your photos with a gallery through Picas or Google Photos. These albums can be deleted, but next time they are synchronized they will be added again.

Fortunately, there is a way to completely remove Picasa albums or Google Photos from your smartphone. This requires minor changes to the synchronization settings.

To do this, go to the settings of your smartphone or tablet and select Accounts -> Google.

Select a Gmail address. If your phone has more than one Gmail account, you need to repeat this process for each email.

After selecting your email, you will see options for synchronizing your account. Uncheck the option to sync Picasa albums.

Go back to Settings and select Settings > Applications > Gallery or Pictures. Click delete data. This process may take some time.

After deleting photos, they can literally appear again in an hour as if nothing had happened.

This happens through synchronization with Google services or through the cloud, for example, in Microsoft phones.

To check this, simply turn off the Internet. If your data stops appearing on its own, then it’s definitely a matter of synchronization with cloud storage.

If the problem occurs on the memory card, then simply try replacing it or formatting it on your computer.

That's all. In the near future I will write how to delete a photo from a Facebook contact, in Contact, via a computer, from Instagram, on Mamba, from Viber, from WhatsApp, from ICloud, from Badu, from Avito Photo, all, in Ask, from WhatsApp, duplicates and all straightaway. Good luck.

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. This article was written by my wife (Alena), so the rest of the story will go from female face(do not be surprised). I decided to warn you, otherwise you will think that there is something wrong with my head...

I want to introduce you to an amazing photo viewer called Picasa. Recently we studied in detail - the brainchild of the great Yandex. Picasa is the brainchild of Google and also has great capabilities, which I think will be of interest to many.

I often have to deal with . My an indispensable assistant V Lately is, which can not only “snatch” photos from a scanner, edit them, show a slide show, but also does an excellent job with batch processing images.

Well, then somehow I was processing digital photographs and caught my eye free program from Google - Picas. I decided to see what kind of “beast” it was, and was pleasantly surprised by the possibilities that open up when working with it free editor photographs. Unfortunately, there are also disadvantages (for some, perhaps not significant), but more about them below.

What is Picasa, its features and disadvantages

To the advantages Picasa image viewer the following can be attributed:

Photos can be downloaded to your computer directly from a scanner, camera, phone or memory card. Supported great amount file types (.jpg, .gif, .nef, .raf, mpg, .avi, .divx, .mp4, .mkv, etc.). The first time you connect any of these devices to your computer, it is configured to auto-upload all files to your Google Drive.
You can view images in both normal and full screen mode. You can also view it as a slide show.
Picasa can be used as free photo editor(possible retouching, cropping, alignment, color/contrast correction, etc.).
It is possible to apply various special effects to photos (sepia, black and white, grain, shine, various shades, posterization, thermal imaging, red-eye removal, etc.)
Images can be sent for printing directly from the picasa photo editor.
You can send the image to someone by email, or send it for publication on social networks.
Create an extraordinary collage from selected photographs.
Create a screen saver from any number of images.
If you decide, then it will automatically be saved under a new name, and will not spoil your original.

The advantages, of course, more than outweigh the existing disadvantages (in principle, you can find fault with any program, if you really want to):

It is not possible to create subfolders (other albums) inside a photo album.
It cannot display files with the .tiff extension correctly (only the first page of several will be visible).
Well, there is a small problem with changing the size of the picture (you can change it, but not in one action, as you would like).

Installing Picasa on your computer

Go to the official website and click Download Picasa. We agree with all the conditions put forward to us, after which we select the folder (place on our computer) where it will be saved. boot file(it won’t take much, only 65.9 MB). Click the “Install” button.

To complete the installation, uncheck unnecessary checkboxes (I left only the last one - “Run picasa”):

A window will open asking you to log in by entering your email address and password.

Once you have logged in (or re-created) your account, you will be prompted set up auto-upload of photos and videos to Google+. To do this, click on the “Configure” button:

Here you can select those sources from which your photos and video files will be automatically downloaded, which after downloading will be visible only to you (if you do not bother to give anyone access to them). After checking or unchecking the boxes you don’t need, click on “Start downloading”:

For some time (depending on the number of photos and video files on your computer), in the lower right corner of your monitor you will see this window, where the pictures will replace one another - this is a search for all the images available on your computer. Please wait for this process to complete.

That's it, installation of the picasa photo editor on your computer is complete.

Picasa Web Albums - Organize and Add Photos

At first sight photo editor from Google It looks like a regular photo viewer, but it actually has some quirks. Let's see which ones:

On the left we can see the “Folders” section (by the way, they will be a complete copy of the folders that are on our computer). remember, that Once you delete a photo from your Picasa folder, it will also disappear from your computer. Be careful with this.

With the “Albums” section, things are much simpler. Albums are the brainchild of the program itself, so we can move and delete images placed there without fear - the source files will always be located in folders on your computer.

Users - search by faces

In the “Users” section you can collect a collection of faces. Picasa can do it very well recognize faces in photos, collecting them from different folders on your computer (it would be nice if this feature extended to Google Images, which could be done more effectively with the help of). Here you can also delete and move photos without any consequences.

If you try to slowly enter the name of the person depicted in it under the portrait, you will be offered options for those people who are listed as your friends in various in social networks. Original!

If no offers have been received (well, this person doesn’t have his own account yet), then enter his full name, or just his name (for example, Varvara), and click on keyboard enter. A window will open where the entered name “Varvara” will appear at the very top. Then, click " New person"(Varvara's name also appears with an asterisk) and on the right, if desired, enter his e-mail, then click OK.

Now we see that in the corresponding section we have New user— Varvara (this folder will contain all the photos of Varvara, from diapers to old age):

Surprisingly, Picasa detects this with incredible accuracy.

Adding photos to Picasa, importing new ones

First, let's choose which ones we want to see in our photo viewer. To do this, select “Tools - Options - File Types”. We check the boxes next to the types that we want Picasa to show, and then click OK:

Now we need to mark the folders that will be edited. Go to “Tools - Folder Manager”. On the left we select the folder we need, and on the right - the action (how many times the selected folder will be scanned, or it should be completely deleted from the photo editor):

As I said a little earlier, upload images to computer you can directly from a scanner, camera, mobile phone and even from a memory card. They will not only be saved in this program, but will also be automatically added as needed if you have allowed this in the settings.

Click on Importing new photos:

In the window that opens, select the device (scanner, camera, etc.) from which we want to import something into the program for viewing photos and more. At the bottom, select the folder where all this will be imported, and select import all or selectively.

Picasa - Free Photo Editor

Free photo editor Picasa is rich in a variety of filters and effects that can be applied to a particular photo, thereby changing it beyond recognition. Let's try in practice what it will look like. Double-click on the image you want to improve. The following window opens:

Back to the library— go back to select another image.
Play —

play a slide show of selected images.

viewing one image (as in in this case we have ).

— viewing two different images(selected and subsequent ones).

— viewing the selected image in two versions (original and modified, using any filters). This option seemed to me the most interesting, so I will choose it.

Data EXIF- all will be displayed here Additional Information about a photograph that any digital camera can remember. This includes what camera and what lens this image was shot with, what settings (iso, aperture, shutter speed) were made, etc. In this case, we don’t display anything, because this picture was copied from the Internet (there will also be no EXIF information if it was scanned).

Frequently performed operations

Cropping — this operation allows you to cut out the part of the picture we need. Click on the image and don't let go left button Using the mouse, select the fragment we need, then release the mouse button and press enter. You can also choose from a selection of sizes (there is a good selection).

Alignment. Here the name speaks for itself. This operation allows you to use the slider that appears to correct the curvature in the photo (for example, straighten the horizon).

Red eyes— eliminates the effect of red eyes in photographs. Holding down the left mouse button, select each eye in turn, release the button - the defect will be eliminated. Unfortunately, it is not possible to correct sun-exposed eyes; this operation only removes redness.

I'll be lucky!— automatic lighting and color correction will occur in one click. Luck fix, so to speak.

Auto contrast correction— automatic correction of brightness and contrast levels.

Auto color correction— automatic correction of color balance.

Retouching— allows you to remove various defects in photographs. For example, you can retouch a very old photo, or one that was damaged by something (coffee was dropped on it, for example). Click “Retouch”, select the brush size and begin restoring the image.

Text- this should all be clear. We select a place in the photo, click “Text” and enter the information we need.

Leveling lightening. Application of this instrument will help correct, for example, a person’s silhouette that is too dark in relation to everything else in the frame.

Lighting and color correction

Dodge and Burn— using the slider you can adjust the level of lightening or darkening of the image.

Colorful temperature- using the same slider, you can take your photo in warmer colors, or, conversely, go for cooler ones.

Choosing a Neutral Color— using an eyedropper, we can help Picasa select a neutral gray or white part of the photo in order to then more correctly (in your opinion) restore the color balance.

Effects in picasa photo editor

Although Picasa is a free photo editor, it has more than enough possibilities. I think that she will not be inferior to, for example, . Just look at the variety of effects that can be applied to an image. The result will be simply stunning. Let's look:

We can increase or decrease the sharpness of the image by using the existing slider to set the value of this setting.
Apply sepia, that is, age the photo, make it in some red-brown tones.
Make the photo black and white, which, I must admit, is now back in fashion.
Using the same slider, make the tones warmer.
Add grain. This may seem unnecessary to some (like me, for example), but many believe that it adds some charm to the picture that you just printed out.
It is possible to add some color to the image. Select the color you want from the palette, and then use the slider to adjust its saturation. It turns out effectively.
Add saturation to the picture.
Apply soft focus. That is, select an area in the photo that will remain clear, and blur the rest.
Add shine to the whitest areas of the photo. Use the slider to change the intensity and radius of this setting.
Apply a black and white filter or focus. Some changes, of course, can be observed with the naked eye, but somehow these settings didn’t particularly appeal to me. Try them, maybe you will check them out.
Well, the last effect in this tab is the choice of tone. We choose the shade we like from the palette and admire how our photo is transformed.

The next tab also contains effects:

Application of infrared film.
Using Lomography (you can add a little blurring and darkening around the edges). This effect imitates a photo taken with a Lomo camera, which was in use back in 1984.
Apply a Holda style effect (use the sliders to adjust edge blur, grain and darkening). Simulates a photo taken with a plastic toy camera.
HDR effect (you can adjust the radius and intensity of the setting, as well as its darkening).
Cinemascope, with the ability to insert wide black stripes at the top and bottom (simulates an old movie).
Orton effect (adjustable glow, brightness and darkening). Your photo will look like it was painted with “wet” watercolors.
An effect called “60s style” that gives a photo an antique look (you can add rounded corners and a warm glow to the photo).
Invert - make a photo look like a negative.
Imitation of a thermal imager.
An effect that simulates film cross-processing.
Posterization is reducing the number of colors in a photo.
Duplex—converts an image to two colors. Select the first color and the second, adjust the brightness, contrast and dimming.

Well, the third tab of the picasa photo editor contains several more effects:

Enhance—increases color saturation and increases contrast.
Soften - this effect Gives the photo softness and some shine.
Vignetting darkens the edges of a photo. Can choose required color, size, intensity and scale of dimming.
Pixelation simulates large pixels and low resolution (you can adjust the pixel size, blending mode and darkening).
Sports focus - zooms the image outside the central area. You can shift the focus center, adjust the zoom intensity, change the focal size, mark clear boundaries and apply darkening.
Pencil drawing effect.
The ability to give the image a neon glow effect (you can choose the color).
Stylize like comics.

Outline—Adds a border. The frame will consist of two colors - outside and inside (both colors can be selected), it is also possible to adjust the thickness of each frame, and mark the radius of curvature. The "text height" setting enlarges the black area below the image to display some text. The result will be something like (essentially).

Add a shadow cast by the image. It will look as if you put your photo on a sheet of paper (the color of the sheet can be selected in the settings) and a shadow emanates from it (its color can also be designated). You can also select the distance of the image relative to the sheet of paper, angle, shadow size and shading (transparency).
Passepartout - darkening the edges of a photo. This is something like overlaying a frame (the frame is also double - you can choose its color and thickness both inside and outside).
Simulates a Polaroid photo. The tilt of the image and the color of the sheet on which it will supposedly lie are adjusted.

Copying effects

For example, you spent a long time working on some image, and you don’t even remember which filters you used, but the result impressed you so much that you would like to edit other photos in the same way. So Picasa really knows how to do this, and can use this set effects to several photos you select at once! But there is one BUT: copy effects only possible within one folder. That is, the edited photo should be in the same folder as those that you want to edit (apply the same effects) according to the same principle.

What do I need to do?

Select a photo to which we have applied some effects. Then go to “Edit - Copy all effects”.

Then select the images in the same folder to which we want to apply the same effects, and select “Edit - Apply all effects.” Everything is very simple.

Batch editing and renaming photos in Picassa

In order to do batch image editing in the Picasa photo viewer, you need to select the ones you need and go to “Photography - Group Editing”:

Then we select the action we want to perform: rotate clockwise, adjust contrast or color, sharpen the image, add grain, change to sepia or black and white, remove red eye, etc.

If something goes wrong, you can always take a step back - cancel changes made in one click from several photos. To do this, you need to select them, and then select “Photo - Cancel all changes.” And also, if you once added a frame to a picture, but now you have made it in black and white, which you are not happy with, then selecting “Undo all changes” will also cancel the previously applied frame.

Here, in the “Group editing” item there is also an action - group renaming images(“Batch Editing – Rename”).

Select the pictures for which you want to change the name, click “Rename”. In the window that opens, enter a name, for example “Nature”, check the boxes next to additional data if desired, and click on the tab of the same name:

The selected photos will eventually all have the name "Nature" and will also be given their own serial number after the name (nature-001.jpg, nature-002.jpg...).

Additional features of the Picasa photo editor

Magnifier and how to add a mark

Pikasa has the opportunity viewing images through a magnifying glass. This is necessary so as not to open each image separately in a new window. To do this, click on the corresponding icon (folder with a magnifying glass), and hold down the left mouse button (your cursor will look like a magnifying glass) and point at any image. After you release the left mouse button, the magnifying glass will disappear.

To keep your favorite photos always at hand, you can easily add them to favorites - add a note. To do this, select one or more pictures and click on the yellow star. This star will appear in the lower right corner of the selected pictures, and on the left you will see new folder with selected photos - Tagged photos.

To delete a photo from this folder, i.e. To uncheck it, simply select it with a mouse click and click again on the yellow star icon.

Adding text tags to photos

In the window that opens, give the name of your presentation, enter a description, select a video category, add tags (keywords) separated by a space, and decide whether to make your video publicly available.

The video cannot be longer than 10 minutes and weigh more than 1 GB. Please respect copyright- do not post on YouTube video hosting any music videos, television programs and the like that were not created by you, otherwise you may be blocked.

Then feel free to click on “Add Video”. You will see a window where you can watch the video download. After the download is complete, in the lower right corner of the monitor “Click to view on the Internet” (if you accidentally closed this window, then watch your video on YouTube in your channel):

The video on YouTube will take some time to process (depending on the size). After which you will have the opportunity to dig deeper into its settings:

Opposite “Video” there will be a number that will show the number of videos uploaded to this video hosting site. By selecting our presentation film and clicking on the “Actions” button, we look at what actions can be performed with it:

Configure access settings - make it open, access via link, limited access
Delete
Apply additional actions— add a date, access to video statistics, category, comments, show location of shooting, insert an age limit, add tags and description, etc.
Well, and see the last completed actions

By clicking on the “Edit” button, we can improve the video, add subtitles, sound, download or delete the video.

Creating a collage in Picasa

In order to do this, you need to click on the appropriate button, having first selected a folder with photographs (you can select individual pictures with the mouse) of which this very collage will consist:

On the right, you will have a selection of selected photos scattered on a piece of paper. By clicking on any of these images, you can delete it, set it as a background (the rest of the pictures will show off on it), or rotate and resize it using the target that appears:

On the left there is a wide selection of styles:

Stack of photos- randomly scattered pictures (applied by default)> -
Mosaic— images will automatically adjust to the page size
Mosaic frame- a mosaic with a relief center of the image (i.e. a photo will be installed in the center of the collage, and the rest around it).
Net— images will be placed in rows and columns of the same size.
Index-print— thumbnail images will be lined up in a row, and the title of the previously selected folder will appear above them.
Multiple exposure- all images will be superimposed on top of each other (very beautiful background it turns out).

Also in the settings you can add borders to photos:

Make images without borders (set by default).
Make a regular white frame.
Make a frame in the form of Polaroid photographs.

As a background you can use a solid tone. To do this, click on the square (see screenshot below) and use the eyedropper to select the desired color in the palette that appears. You can also select a color from the image itself by pointing the eyedropper cursor at any of the images:

You can also use an image as a background. To do this, left-click on one of our pictures (it will be surrounded by a bright frame) and click on “Use selected” (a copy of it will be displayed in a square), and then admire how the background transforms in our future collage:

Every style, no matter what we choose, be it a mosaic, an index print, a stack of photographs, there are several more interesting settings. For example, for a mosaic, you can set the grid spacing - the images will not be connected to each other, but will have a kind of frame. And having selected, for example, a stack of photographs, you can add shadows to the images (they will look more natural, not drawn) and add captions (who or what is shown in this photo will be signed):

By the way, captions are taken by default from the name of the photos, so don’t forget to sign them before creating the collage. Also, any collage can be set as background picture desktop.

On the “Clips” tab we have all the photos available in the previously selected folder (from which we took the photos to make the collage). If we suddenly want to add images to the collage, then go to this tab, select a few more images you like and press the “plus” sign (to remove, respectively, the “cross”). The selected pictures will be added to the collage in the same form as those existing there (with a shadow, frame, inscriptions, if we previously specified them in the style settings):

All in all, creating a collage in Picasa very addictive, it all depends on your rich imagination. Yes, don't forget to click on the "Create Collage" button when finished.

If you have any urgent matters, but you haven’t finished creating, then click on the “Close” button - it will happen saving a draft to the “Collages” folder (will appear among other albums):

When you need to edit it, double-click your project in the appropriate folder and click “Edit Collage.” Everything is quite simple and convenient.

Sending photos by email

Very convenient in Picasa sending photos via e-mail . Click on the envelope located at the very bottom of the program:

We will be offered a choice of two ways to send our images ( by mail program by default, or by mail program from Google):

In this case, I was offered to use Opera as the default program, since it is the one I have installed as the main one for receiving and sending all kinds of correspondence. I'm very pleased with her. If you are interested, you can study in more detail about it at your leisure. So, if you select the default program (click on the appropriate button), then a letter will open in it, where you will only have to enter the recipient’s address and click on “Send”.

When choosing Google Mail The following window will open:

By the way, if you don’t have your own Google account yet, then take a look. In the “To” field, enter the addresses of those to whom you want to send the images by mail - as you enter letters, prompts will pop up with postal addresses your friends, which is very convenient. Then you can enter a name in the “Subject” field, then you can view the photos attached to the letter (you can view them using the arrows and delete an extra frame that accidentally ended up in this letter). You can add something of your own to the letter itself, or leave everything as it is, that is, how many files were sent and what these Photos were submitted via Google's Picasa program. If everything is entered correctly, click on “Submit”.

And programs for viewing images and photographs. Picasa is considered one of the most popular. What kind of program is this and what are its main capabilities - this is the topic of our article.

Graphics editor Picasa

Picasa - popular graphics editor and organizer, Developed by Lifescape and purchased by Google in 2004. OS Picasa runs on Windows, MAC OS X and Linux. It is distributed free of charge and supports not only English, but also Russian.

The program has a built-in so-called Easter Egg. If you click on Ctrl keys+ Shift + Y, Teddy bears will appear on the screen.

Key Features

The main features of the program that are worth paying attention to for those who want to learn how to use Picasa:

photo editing;
auto-viewing of images in both normal and full screen modes;
the ability to download images to a computer using a scanner or camera;
indexing photos on your hard drive automatically;
creating collages;
creating a slideshow from photos;
sending photos by email or automatically publishing them on blogs;
image assignment keywords and shortcuts.

Disadvantages of the program

Picasa 3 also has some disadvantages. Among them, it is important to highlight the following:

files with the .gif extension do not display animation;
in some cases there may be problems with displaying alpha channels in png;
there is no possibility to create nested albums;
The image dimensions can only be changed by exporting it to another folder;
the program does not work with multi-page files V

Working with Images

We looked at the main features and disadvantages of Picasa. We also found out what kind of program this is. It's time to talk about how to work with her.

To work with an image and then edit it, you need to find it in the gallery using Explorer and open it. You can process photos using the “Image Correction Toolbar” editor window.

Using the buttons on the menu bar, you can do the following:

Remove red eye. To do this, just select the photo you need and click on the “Red Eye” button.
Crop feature helps you trim extra elements. Highlight on photo desired area and click on the “Apply” button. The program will delete everything that was outside the selected area.
Alignment relative to the grid. This is used if the photo was taken with a poorly configured camera.
Automatic contrast correction. Using the function, you can set the most optimal level of contrast and brightness without spoiling the color saturation.
Auto color correction - helps eliminate color deviations and evens out color balance. In this case, the contrast parameters are preserved.
Retouching. Allows you to remove various stains, streaks and other defects from photographs.
“Text” button - allows you to add text over the image.
Leveling lightening - using the button you can add light to the foreground or background, balance the color.

Effects for photo processing

Do you know how to use Picasa to and add various effects? It's quite simple.

The program supports 12 basic effects that can be applied by simply opening the “Image Processing Tools” tab. These include:

The “Enhance Clarity” effect will help make the outlines of objects less blurry and increase the sharpness of the photo.
Sepia will add reddish-brown tones.
Using the Black and White function, you can convert any color image to black and white.
Warmer Tones - Using this feature helps improve the display of different skin tones.
Grain helps improve the appearance of a photo when printed.
"Different Tint" is used if you want to change the color of the image. In this case, you yourself choose the shade you need, which will be superimposed on top of the original. Works this function not only in Picasa 3, but also in earlier versions.
The “Saturation” button is designed to adjust color saturation. Adjustable using a slider.
Soft Focus helps create a blurry effect around a selected point.
The Radiance effect allows you to increase the brightness of the light areas of a photo.
"Black and white filter" creates the effect of shooting black and white photography, but using a color filter.
Black and White Focus also turns the image into black and white, but leaves the circular area you specify in color.
The Tone Selector feature includes a graduated filter based on the color you select.

Artistic filters and effects

The program also contains a “Other filters and effects” tab, where there are 24 different artistic effects that can be applied to the finished image.

We will not go into detail about how to use Picasa when using these functions, but will only list them. So these include:

Infrared film.
Lomography.
Holga style.
HDR effect.
Cinemascope.
Orton effect.
1960s.
Invert.
Thermal imager.
Cross processing.
Posterization.
Duplex.
Gain.
Soften.
Vignetting.
Pixelation.
Sports focus.
Pencil.
Neon.
Comics.
Circuit.
Shadow.
Passepartout.
Polaroid.

Making collages

The last thing we will look at is how to use Picasa to You can launch the function using the “Create a collage” button, having previously selected the photos and images you need.

The main modes in which you can create collages:

randomly scattered photos (with and without frames);
mosaic (two types);
net;
index-print;
multiple exposure (overlaying images on top of each other).

While creating a collage, you can change the size of the photos and their position in space relative to the selected angle.

Conclusion

One of the most popular programs For creating and viewing images, Picasa is considered. The Russian version has a very wide functionality, allows you to quickly process images, removing unnecessary objects, adjust brightness and contrast, apply various artistic effects, as well as create collages and presentations. Simple and intuitive clear interface make it very attractive, and even a novice PC user can work with it.

The “good corporation” has many excellent services: Mail, Drive, YouTube. Most of them have been working for many years. However, there are also services that are very little popular. Maintain servers for them, update the interface, etc. It’s simply no longer profitable. This is what happened, for example, with Google’s RSS feed.

However, sometimes it happens that old service not only goes into history, but is replaced by something new, more modern. That's exactly what happened with Picasa Web Albums - the outdated service was replaced by Google Photos, which became a huge hit. But what to do with the “old man”? Of course, you can continue to use Picasa as a photo viewer, but many will probably simply delete this program. How to do it? Find out below.

It is worth noting that the process is described in Windows example 10, however, in older systems there are practically no differences, so you can safely use these instructions.

1. Click right click mouse on the Start menu and select Control Panel from the menu

2. Select "Uninstall a program" in the "Programs" section

3. In the window that appears, find the program » Picasa. Right-click on it and select "Delete"