Arquivo de abril de 2009

New: Instant Comment Notification

terça-feira, 14 de abril de 2009

Photographs are natural conversation-starters. And with online photo albums, the conversation can start the moment somebody comments on one of your photos.

That’s why we just launched instant comment notification on Picasa Web — now, instead of waiting for a daily or weekly digest that summarizes the comments on your photos, you can be informed of your photo activity as it happens. Plus, your friends will hear back as soon as you reply — so it’s easy to keep a good conversation moving along.

Here’s how it works: By default, you’re automatically subscribed to comments posted on your own photos, and when commenting on a friend’s snapshots, you’ll have a chance to subscribe to that thread, too. Because we want to make sure we provide timely notifications without overwhelming your Inbox, if you post a photo that’s particularly popular, we’ll still aggregate comments that are made close together into one mail. You can, of course, always opt-out of comment notifications altogether, or unsubscribe from any comment thread at any time, just by clicking a link in the notification emails we send.

Want to give it a try? Browse through your favorites (or check out some of ours ), leave a comment, and see where the conversation goes…

Now playing on YouTube: Picasa’s Community Channel

terça-feira, 14 de abril de 2009

Looking for helpful demos of Picasa? We’ve started the Picasa Community Channel on YouTube to showcase videos about Picasa and Picasa Web Albums created by users just like you. From basic overviews to closer looks at specific features, we’ve compiled our favorites into playlists that you can easily browse.

Chris Guld from Geeks on Tour gives you a quick look at the Picasa 3 collage feature. You can also check out the short how-to videos (like this one on removing red eye) created by the folks at Simple IT.

We’d love to see more videos from people who are passionate about using Picasa and helping other users. We encourage you to let your creative juices flow and contribute your own videos. If you have a video that you’d like to submit, upload it to YouTube, then send it to us via the “Send Message” link on the channel.

Share your own tips, tricks, and testimonials with the Picasa community!