Make Photo Slideshows in Picasa

with Don Schechter

Transcript: Make Photo Slideshows in Picasa

Hi, I'm Don Schechter for About.com Computing. Today I'm going to show you how to create a photo slideshow in Picasa2. Picasa is a free, downloadable program provided by Google.com.

Select the Photos for Your Slideshow

• OPEN Picasa
• CLICK green 'hold' button to keep pictures in holding tray for slideshow
• HOLD the CTRL key to select multiple pictures or CLICK and DRAG over them CLICK 'hold' button

Create a Picasa Album

• CLICK 'Add To' dropdown menu
• SELECT 'New Album' and provide name, date, etc
• CLICK OK
• SELECT album and CLICK slideshow to view as a slideshow

Add Music to the Picasa Slideshow

• CLICK Tools / Options / Slideshow
• SELECT to loop slideshow if you want it to run continuously
• CLICK 'Play MP3s during slidshow' box*
• CLICK 'browse' button to select music
• CLICK OK

*Picasa will only play MP3s using Windows Media Player.

Adjust the Slideshow Pace and Captions

• CLICK 'slideshow'
• ADJUST display time (bottom right)
• SELECT captions icon (green check mark) for them to show

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