When I saw this picture of my friend Sue, with a bright green Praying Mantis on her finger, I just had to get a copy and play with it using Picasa’s editing tools. Thanks Sue!
Notice how most of the picture is Black and White while the bug is bright green. Also notice how most of the picture is out of focus and the bug is quite sharp.
Here are the four simple Picasa tools I used to accomplish it:
To learn more about Picasa’s Effects, join Geeks on Tour and watch these videos:
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- pics24b.More Effects 19-24 #254
- pics24c.More Effects #25-30
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- pics53.Picasa 3.9 and Side by Side Editing
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One Response to “Fun with Picasa’s Photo Effects”
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Where can I get help making the photos on Picasa stop downloading over and over? This also happened several years ago.
B. Turpin
PS I am going to try what I just read to do on the bug. Cool idea!