How to Use Google's Picasa Web Album

Google's Picasa program allows users to quickly and easily share photos over the web. Offering members many features, Picasa has created a global photo community featuring hundreds of thousands of photos. Learn how to use google's Picasa web album.

Instructions

1. Visit the Picasaweb home page. Sign in using a Google username, or create an account.

2. Upload photos to the web using the software's "Web Album" button, or use your normal web browser to add pics that are high quality. Each account receives 1 GB of storage--enough to upload, share and view around 4,000 standard resolution images.

3. Share your photos with others. Rather than attaching photos one-by-one to send in an e-mail, you can send a link to a photo, an album or your entire online gallery.

4. Download your friends' albums. Rather than simply viewing another's photographs, you can download someone else's album and save it in your own Picasa account.

5. Add captions and comments to your own, and others' photos. If you've given your photos captions in Picasa, the same captions will remain after you upload them to the web.

6. Create wallpaper, screensavers, slide shows, CDs and more using the programs easy-to-follow instructions.