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How to Make a Video for Free Using Picasa Part 1B

Second Post in A Picasa Tutorial on How to Make a Video

  1. How to Make Free Picasa Video Part 1

The first thing you will need to do is get Google’s Picasa – it is a free photo program that works well with any type of picture not just photos.
You can easily load photographs from your camera to Picasa or import saved files to view. My favorite part of acquiring photos from my camera using Picasa is that you are given the option to erase from your camera all the photos you are putting on you computer. This saves me time having to delete photos from my camera. There is an area where you can make collages and is one of the things I do for parts of my photo videos. You can make a mosaic, a picture pile, a framed mosaic, a grid or a contact sheet, so your options are pretty good.

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The second option in collage when using Picasa.
Picture Pile  – it makes your photos or images look like a scattered pile of pictures
Just like with the mosaic you have a host of neat options to choose from to make it look exactly like you want.
Below is the menu for Picture Pile under Collage in Picasa. Using the different options you have the ability to do a whole host of great things to make a fine-looking image.

I am using many of the same photos as I did in part 1.  You will use the photos you saved in part 1A

  • select the picture borders – I have it set at none or just a picture without a border.
  • select background option – I have chosen white.
  • set the page format to what you now need – in this case it is 8.5 x 11
  • you can also set how you want you page to lie – landscape or portrait – this is landscape

The Draw Shadows and Show Captions will be discussed at a later time and the last four buttons are what you choose after you have completed your work.
Important to know – once you save the collage you are always able to edit it.  🙂
There is also an option to custom set the page size to whatever you like. I am not sure of what size will be best for a video presentation because I never actually thought about it. My best guest is that they should be square.
If you look at my video you will see that the black is not solid in some of the frames and I am not sure if I had the background set at a dark gray or it is because the size of the images were not square. I will let you know at a later date my findings about the sizes.
ow to Make a Video
The following image has only one change and that is the background color. You can choose from colors on the graph or use the dropper to choose a color from the photos on the collage. In this case the color was taken from the pumpkin in the elephants mouth.

Changes in the next image include

  • select the picture borders – I have it set at none
  • select background option – I have chosen picture – you can select anyone of the photos to use as your background
  • set the page format to what you now need – in this case it is 8.5 x 11
  • you can also set how you want you page to lie – landscape or portrait
  • Drop Shadow is set
  • I have shuffled the pictures


In the next image, note you can not see the photo used for the background that is because after setting it for the background I moved it to the back of the pile. In order to be used as a background it has to be in the collage so you have to bury it under the pile and if it still shows use the manual features to make it as small as needed.


I just figured this out, if you want to resize, angle or re-position all the photos at one time select all and the too appears on top of the photos to do any or all of these..

Changes in the next image include

  • select the picture borders – I have it set at plain white border
  • select background option – I have chosen black
  • set the page format to what you now need – in this case it is 8.5 x 11
  • you can also set how you want you page to lie – landscape or portrait


Changes in the next image include

  • select the picture borders – I have it set at instant camera
  • select background option – I have chosen white
  • set the page format to what you now need – in this case it is 8.5 x 11
  • you can also set how you want you page to lie – landscape or portrait

I also scrambled the collage and shuffled the pictures. You can also change the position, size and angle of each photo manually. There are excellent and user-friendly tools that can be used by simply clicking on the photo. There is also a drop down menu when you click on an image that allows you to bring the photo to the front of the pile or to the back. This way if you like where a photo is but it is covered by part of another one you can just bring it to the front. This is very easy to do but beware, once you start doing it you may find that you are a perfectionist. Before you know it you have been up all night … 🙂
When you are satisfied with your creation just click on ‘create colloge’ and it will be saved into your Picasa library. You can also click on ‘desktoop background’ to make it your newest desktop image.

I will discuss the other parts of the collage maker next in our adventure on how to make or set up free videos.

Enjoy getting used to the program.

How to Make Free Picasa Video Part 1

How to Make Free Picasa Video Part 1 is the start of a tutorial on making a slide video good for advertising or sharing photographs.

Make Free Picasa Video

I was asked how I put together my videos. I never even thought that I might know something that some else might be interested in knowing. I am going to try to cover the steps needed to put together a free and professional looking video that you can share on Youtube or wherever you may want to use it.
The first thing you will need to do is get Googles Picasa – it is a free photo program that works well with any type of picture not just photos. Download it at http://picasa.google.com/intl/en/

I call it a video but I guess it really an upscale slide show.

 

 

 

Part 1

You can easily load photographs from your camera to Picasa or import saved files to view on Picasa. My favorite part of acquiring photos from my camera is that Picasa gives you the option to erase all the photos you are putting on the computer from your camera . This saves time that would be needed later to delete photos from your camera.  In Picasa there is an area where you can make collages which is one of the things I do for certain parts of my photo videos. Your options are to make a mosaic, a picture pile, a framed mosaic, a grid or a contact sheet which is a nice variety to choose from.

Below is a photo that shows all the options I just mentioned.

Make Free Picasa Video

The first option is mosaic which can be a lot of fun for you to work with and give you different ways to put your photos together. If you have a bunch of photos or images you would like to show on one frame of your video this is a great way to set them up. You will get the option of putting a grid between the photos and you can pick the color and the size you want the grid to be. When you have your pics in the grid they are easy to remove and replace and you have a shuffle button. This allows you to choose where you want the photos to display. I just figured this out about the shuffle – the program picks a layout and each time you hit shuffle it move the photos to a different space. Once all your photos have been shown in different areas the computer gives you a new grid.

Make Free Picasa Video

The image below is with the same photos as the first one. The grid is black and wider and the photos have been shuffled.

mosaic 2

I will discuss the other parts of the collage in my next post on How to Make a Picasa Video Free Part 2.  In the meantime you can play around with the program and get some hands on experience making a mosaic.