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Transfer Images from Camera to Computer Photo Album - Picasa
(Linux, Mac or PC)

If you are a Mac user, you are probably familiar with iPhoto as your Photo Album. If you are a Windows user you may not even have a photo album installed on your computer. We are going to recommend and teach Picasa in this workshop because it is a great photo album, works on all platforms and reduces file size images without having to use a specific image editor like Photoshop, Imageblender or Picnik!

1. Picasa Help Page  - The Picasa Help Page has everything to get you started including downloading the latest version of Picasa to either your Linux, Mac or PC. 
1. Getting Started with Picasa
   
   
2. Picasa Web Albums - From your Picasa hard drive application you can upload pictures to your Picasa Web Albums account. to create an account you need to have first signed up for a Google Gmail account or a Google Account. We recommend creating a Gmail account and then you will have complete access to every application Google makes!
   

Creating a Project Folder (Linux, Mac or PC)

A named project folder represents organization in any project endeavor. Keep yourself organized and teach your students the same so that you won't have stuff scattered all over the desktop or hard drive like a messy room. 

1. In a PC or Mac simply do a right click to create a New Folder. (Note- if using a Mac trackpad, just press Contol key and the trackpad clicker to
   make a right click.)
   
2. A new untitled folder will appear on the desktop. Click in the space highlighted and name your project folder.
3. In Picasa, you can Export selected photos into a specific project folder on your desktop.