Picasa

My friend, Amber, told me about this free photo editing software from Google called Picasa. She uses it a lot to make cute collages on her blog. I did not have any photo editing software so I downloaded it yesterday and have been playing around with it. I am sure that most of you already have something that you use to edit photos, but if you don't, I would recommend this software. Here is what I did with a photo that Stan took from the 4th of July parade.

I took this photo..

Cropped it and lightened it up..

added some warmth...

this is the black and white effect..

and then b&w with some added softness.

Makes a cute girl even cuter.

It is pretty fun to play around with, esp. after you had a c-section and sit around a lot. Just google 'Picasa 3' to find the download.

And one more thing that I love about this program... I always order my digital prints online through companies like Snapfish and Shutterfly. When I haven't ordered prints in months (or a year) it takes a looong time to upload all my photoes to their site. Picasa has links to these sites so it helps me to upload them as I take photos off my camera and then I can order them anytime.

Ok, baby crying..got to go.