http://helpmerick.com Easy to understand computer help Tue, 15 May 2012 13:14:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Easy to understand computer help Rick Castellini clean Rick Castellini rick@yourpcpartner.com rick@yourpcpartner.com (Rick Castellini) Castellini on Computers Easy to understand computer help technology, tech, computers, Internet, Web, how-to, instruciton http://helpmerick.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/small_COC_logo.jpg http://helpmerick.com/category/computer_tips/digital-photography http://helpmerick.com/how-to-create-a-photo-book-using-shutterfly-com-video-tip.htm http://helpmerick.com/how-to-create-a-photo-book-using-shutterfly-com-video-tip.htm#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:55:47 +0000 Rick http://helpmerick.com/?p=5420 Digital photography allows us to take thousands of photos, but they don’t do much good if they stay on your computer and you never get to share or enjoy them. For sharing, nothing beats printing. And I highly suggest you do NOT print your own photos at home unless you have two things: 1) an [...]]]> http://helpmerick.com/how-to-create-a-photo-book-using-shutterfly-com-video-tip.htm/feed 0 http://helpmerick.com/how-to-transfer-photos-to-a-windows-7-computer-and-email-them-notes.htm http://helpmerick.com/how-to-transfer-photos-to-a-windows-7-computer-and-email-them-notes.htm#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:11:04 +0000 Rick http://helpmerick.com/?p=5376 Pictured below are two sets of instructions I put together today for a new Windows 7 user who uses the MSN browser and email. He was frustrated at the learning curve and asked for help…here are the results. I hope these instructions help others as well because the steps can be generalized for AOL browser [...]]]> http://helpmerick.com/how-to-transfer-photos-to-a-windows-7-computer-and-email-them-notes.htm/feed 3 http://helpmerick.com/burning-cds-with-picasa-for-linux.htm http://helpmerick.com/burning-cds-with-picasa-for-linux.htm#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:51:04 +0000 Rick http://helpmerick.com/?p=4955 Unfortunately, Google has not updated Picasa for Linux in almost 18 months. However, it remains a solid product for Linux users who want to easily manage their photos. I’ve tried F-Spot, but it just doesn’t seem intuitive or robust enough for everyday use. Anyway, I was helping one of my many clients using Linux Mint [...]]]> http://helpmerick.com/burning-cds-with-picasa-for-linux.htm/feed 1 http://helpmerick.com/picture-resizer-for-windows-7-vista.htm http://helpmerick.com/picture-resizer-for-windows-7-vista.htm#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 03:27:25 +0000 Rick http://helpmerick.com/?p=4414 Many years ago, a long time friend of the show and web site alerted us to a Microsoft Power Toy that allowed easy and fast resizing of digital photos in Windows XP. You can read that tip and get the link for the tool here. Since Vista arrived on the scene almost 4 years ago, [...]]]> http://helpmerick.com/picture-resizer-for-windows-7-vista.htm/feed 1 http://helpmerick.com/how-to-transfer-photos-from-computer-to-a-sd-card-video-tip.htm http://helpmerick.com/how-to-transfer-photos-from-computer-to-a-sd-card-video-tip.htm#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:39:54 +0000 Rick http://helpmerick.com/?p=4182 One of my client’s today did not know how to transfer photos from her computer to a SD Card so she could utilize her digital picture frame she received at Christmas. She was amazed and relieved at how simple the steps were once I walked her through the process. This method works for transferring any [...]]]> http://helpmerick.com/how-to-transfer-photos-from-computer-to-a-sd-card-video-tip.htm/feed 4 http://helpmerick.com/how-to-use-picasa-to-backup-all-your-photos-to-an-external-hard-drive-video-tip.htm http://helpmerick.com/how-to-use-picasa-to-backup-all-your-photos-to-an-external-hard-drive-video-tip.htm#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 02:12:23 +0000 Rick http://helpmerick.com/?p=4152 One of my long time customers called me the other day with a question about not being able to backup his photos using Picasa without errors. Upon some research, I discovered that he was simply hitting the burn button to quick. To avoid repeating his problem, wait for Picasa to finish calculating the backup job [...]]]> http://helpmerick.com/how-to-use-picasa-to-backup-all-your-photos-to-an-external-hard-drive-video-tip.htm/feed 3 http://helpmerick.com/how-to-locate-where-your-photos-are-saved-video-tip.htm http://helpmerick.com/how-to-locate-where-your-photos-are-saved-video-tip.htm#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:54:00 +0000 Rick http://helpmerick.com/?p=4141 Many of us use photo management software (Picasa, Photoshop Elements, Corel, Kodak Easy Share, Canon Zoom Browser, etc) to manipulate, organize, and share our photos. Unfortunately, too many computer users think their photos exist in these programs. They don’t. Our digital photos are like any other piece of information on our computer…they exist in a folder [...]]]> http://helpmerick.com/how-to-locate-where-your-photos-are-saved-video-tip.htm/feed 3 http://helpmerick.com/picasa-still-the-best.htm http://helpmerick.com/picasa-still-the-best.htm#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:53:27 +0000 Rick http://helpmerick.com/?p=4130 I get to see tons of software in my weekly travels, and that includes photo management software. Picasa, from Google, remains my favorite photo management and downloading system for Windows, Macintosh, AND Linux (Ubuntu). It offers: Great flexibility in organizing and tagging photos Easy to use download function Good integration with online photo ordering services Wonderful [...]]]> http://helpmerick.com/picasa-still-the-best.htm/feed 1 http://helpmerick.com/import-photos-using-picasa-3-5-video-tip.htm http://helpmerick.com/import-photos-using-picasa-3-5-video-tip.htm#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:57:42 +0000 Rick http://helpmerick.com/?p=4041 Picasa made some nice changes last year with the upgrade to 3.0, then 3.5. My favorite has to be the new streamlined import feature. Admittedly, the previous import wizard was a little clunky and took a few times to become comfortable. Not so with this newest version. To import photos using the newest version of [...]]]> http://helpmerick.com/import-photos-using-picasa-3-5-video-tip.htm/feed 1 http://helpmerick.com/how-to-backup-photos-using-picasa-video-tip.htm http://helpmerick.com/how-to-backup-photos-using-picasa-video-tip.htm#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:55:17 +0000 Rick http://helpmerick.com/?p=3985 Lately, I have showed many people how easy, not to mention vital, it is to backup your digital photos. When a computer crashes, the first thing the computer user does is panic…unless they have a good backup routine. With photos, there is no easier, safer way to backup than using Picasa. Picasa is a free [...]]]> http://helpmerick.com/how-to-backup-photos-using-picasa-video-tip.htm/feed 2