How to Crop in Picasa

Picasa lets you share pictures with virtually anyone online.

If you have an album full of digital photos, the Picasa application lets you edit and share them with family and friends. With Picasa, you're able to enhance pictures and remove errors such as red eye, then add them to slide shows or upload them anywhere on the Web. While editing, you may want to remove certain parts of a picture. This is called cropping. Picasa lets you crop pictures with predefined dimensions, or you can use the Manual option to enter dimensions of your own.

Instructions

1. Launch "Picasa," and then double-click the picture you want crop.

2. Click on the "Basic Fixes" tab. Click the "Crop" button.

3. Click one of the preset dimensions, if desired. You're able to choose from "4 x 6," "5 x 7" or "8 x 10." Click "Apply."

4. Enter your own dimensions if the preset dimensions don't suit your needs. Click "Manual." Your mouse cursor changes to the Crop tool.

5. Drag the mouse cursor over the picture to achieve the cropping results you want. The faded, dark area is the portion of the picture that will be removed.

6. Click on "Preview" to see a preview of the cropped picture, and then click "Apply."

References

• University of South Florida: How do I Crop Images Using Picasa?