I’ve heard of people going to great lengths to prepare and email a picture. First they (1) edit it and save the changes, then they (2)export it to get a smaller size, then they (3) open their email program and use the attach feature, having to (4) hunt thru their folders to find the exported picture(s) to attach. Finally, they write their email, address it and send it.
NO, NO, NO
Picasa has an Email Button!
One click of the email button takes care of all 4 steps mentioned above. Take a look down at the bottom of PIcasa’s screen and you’ll see the Email button. All you have to do is select the picture(s) you want to email, click the email button, then compose your email and send it. In the image above, you should see 4 pictures in the selection tray. When you click the Email button all 4 images will be sent in their edited form and resized according to your settings. What settings? The ones you’ll find at Tools->Options->Email (Windows) and Picasa->Preferences->Email (Mac.)
Picasa is not an Email Program
When you use Picasa’s email button, it opens the email program you specify. Either the default email program that is installed on your computer, or Gmail. We recommend Gmail, since both Picasa and Gmail are Google products, they work together very well. If you prefer not to use an @gmail.com address, you can set Gmail to ‘Send mail as’ another address. If you want to use your computer’s email program and it’s not coming up automatically, here’s the Official Picasa Help on setting up your default email program.
Don’t Email … Share
Last, but not least, we recommend that you not email pictures at all! If you send me 20 pictures of your latest vacation via email, what am I supposed to do with them? I’d rather you sent me a link to where I can view them online any time I want without them filling up my Inbox. So, use the Share button to upload to Picasa Web Albums or Google+, or Export to your Dropbox/Photos if you have a Dropbox account.
For our Geeks on Tour members, we have some videos you should watch:
- pics22.Emailing Photos
- pics33.Receiving a Photo Attached to Email
- pics42.Upload Photos to the Web
- pics43.Putting Pictures on a Digital Photo Frame
- pics52.Picasa 3.9 and Google Plus Sharing
- pics56.Removing Google Plus to Use Picasa Web Albums
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