How to upload photos to Picasa

 For Karen and anyone else in NY that has a gmail account and wants to upload any pictures to send over


1) Go to www.picasa.google.com
2) Click on the "picasa web albums" link, you don't have to download the program unless you really want to, it does make things easier though
3)It will want you to make an account or something, just click create and continue
4) Next it may want to try to have you launch the Picasa Desktop application that you don't have, just cancel out of that.
5) Click on the "Upload"

6) Then it will ask you to Create a New Album, just fill in the information that you want to and hit continue
7) Then it will bring you to a place where you can choose up to 5 files to upload.  If you have more than that, the desktop application is probably better, but that's a different post all together.  I'll put in something at the end about it.

8) You then browse to your camera or a folder that has your pictures in it, select one and then click "start upload"
9) Wait a few minutes for it to finish

Now when you go to make a post in blogger, the little "insert image" box at the top of the Post Editor has a "Picasa Web Albums" option and you just go there and select all the photos you want it it puts them right in.

A basic rundown of Picasa Desktop
Download and install it, sign in (the same login as your Gmail account), select the import button at the top while your camera is plugged in to the USB, import your photos and then select the little slider that says "sync to web" then the confirmation box and your done.  Then go to Step 9 and make your post


Comment or email with any questions!