Picassa reads the pictures from where they are saved on your computer. My pictures are saved in a pictures folder and then by year and then by date and when I open Picassa it reads from that location. If you have more questions you can email me at [email protected]
Shannon On Mon Jan 05 2015 at 5:22:17 PM Cheri Moss <[email protected]> wrote: > Pat, I've been trying to find someone who uses Picasa, I'm trying help > some one but I don't use the program. Can you please tell me what the > default location is for importing pictures. If Picasa is removed from her > computer, will her pictures still be on her computer? Thanks for any help > you can give me. Sorry for hijacking the thread. > > Cheri > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jan 5, 2015, at 10:52 AM, Pat Hickin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks so much, Margaret, > > I use Picasa and it works like a breeze! > > (I knew how to do that, just didn't know it was metadata!) > > Pat > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Nancy Paget <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Margaret, thanks for that great article. I didn’t know any of this >> before. >> >> *From:* Margaret Turner <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sunday, January 04, 2015 10:17 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Sourcing photographs >> >> Pat, >> A good article is here re IPTC: >> http://www.rideau-info.com/photos/labelling.html >> I do not use the visible option, but have in as part of the metadata. >> >> You can use a number of freeware to edit the images: >> irfan http://www.irfanview.com/ >> xnview http://www.xnview.com/en/ >> >> :) >> >> Margaret >> >> >> On 5 January 2015 at 13:43, Pat Hickin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> So how does one do that?? >>> >>> Pat >>> >>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Richard Folkerth < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> GREETINGS, ALL >>>> >>>> I have no opinion about the ability (or not) of Legacy to 'source' >>>> photographs. But I DO have an opinion about the best way to provide source >>>> info for a photograph; put the source information in the image metadata. >>>> >>>> Metadata is the data about the data image; the text information that >>>> accompanies each image, JPEG or whatever. The metadata allows us to attach >>>> everything from our street address to the subject of the photo to the >>>> technical info about the photograph … to the source of the photo. I believe >>>> any useful information associated with an image has a place somewhere in >>>> the metadata. >>>> >>>> Most modern image processing or image viewing programs allow access to >>>> the metadata, yet too few of us use this important feature of digital >>>> imaging … myself included. I know I should type the stuff into the >>>> appropriate fields but too often I grow bored and move on to more exciting >>>> things. Doesn't matter if you follow the approach of Elizabeth Shown Mills >>>> or not; just put something in the metadata that will allow someone else to >>>> know where you found the image (even if it is from your personal collection >>>> of photographs). >>>> >>>> *Bottom line; put sourcing in the metadata no matter what other >>>> sourcing you may do !!!* >>>> >>>> DICK FOLKERTH >>>> Dallas >>>> >>> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and >> on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and >> on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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