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Hello is a free Picasa companion download that lets you share dozens of photos with friends in just seconds, and while chatting; it's like you're sitting side-by-side. Here's what to do: grab a buddy. An email address is all you need to get going. Any pictures you receive will appear, perfectly organized, in your Picasa "From Hello" albums. No more digging through emails to find lost photos. You can even post pictures online for free using your Bloggerbot buddy (more on that below).
Try the free Hello download.
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 "On my what?" On your blog, of course. Blogger is a free tool for creating and updating your personal diary/website, or blog. And Hello with BloggerBot is a tool for publishing photos on your blog. When you use Hello to send your pictures via BloggerBot, they're automatically resized and published to your blog, along with your chosen caption. BloggerBot waits patiently in the Hello IM client along with the names of your buddies. When you have a photo you want to post to your blog, just drag it to BloggerBot, add an optional caption, and it's inst-o-matically published for your friends, family, and the rest of the online world to see.
If you're already a Blogger member, just download and run Hello. BloggerBot will automatically be added to your friends list, and you can log in and get started posting pictures right away. If you don't have a blog yet, BloggerBot will help you make one - or you can go to Blogger's home page and create one.
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Check out these valuable online resources to learn about your new software:
Quick Start Guide. You'll be up and running in no time.
Forums. Where Picasa and Hello users meet.
Frequently Asked Questions. Surf over for all the answers.
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 See the very latest in new technologies from all your favorite companies (including Picasa) at Digital Life 2004 this fall on Oct 14-17 in New York City. Evaluate products in-person and make smart decisions as you bring the digital life home to your loved ones this holiday season. Want to come chat with some Picasa folks? Drop by the Google booth at Digital Life 2004. Get show details.
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"Picasa is a brilliant application. I have literally thousands of photographs, artwork and design images stored all over my PC, which I use in my work as a graphic designer and as an artist. Picasa is making it really easy to locate any image I want very quickly, without having to trawl through directories trying to remember where I put it!
"The design of the program; its look and feel, ease of use, and multi-function capabilities (from the simple image editor, which is great for anyone who doesn't want to tackle a full-blown photo editor like Photoshop, to being able to easily create a website gallery of images in a few seconds) is simply amazing, especially as for a free product.
"I'm very pleased that I followed my instinct and downloaded Picasa recently when I saw it linked on Google. Since that day, it has been my preferred image viewer and organizer, and I've already recommended it to several friends.
I look forward to future updates! Best wishes to everyone at Picasa!"
-Steve Johnson
For more of Steve's work, go to: http://www.brushlines.co.uk/
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We believe working with Google will further our goal of helping our users manage their digital photo collections more effectively and efficiently. In the months to come we'll be building on this free offering, and you'll be able to choose from a number of new services and features. 
You really can take decent pictures of fall landscapes with a digital camera. Got a tripod? Now's the time to use it to catch longer exposure times. If an image turns out less vibrant than what you saw in person (many digital cameras have a less dynamic color range than film), try the Enhance button in Picasa's edit room to make the lighting and colors pop back to life.
Miles and miles of colored leaves sparkle in the glow of a golden setting sun. Yawn. Taking too many of these grandiose photos can turn into a snooze. And digital cameras can be at their best with scaled-down subjects: a kid raking the yard; carved pumpkins; an old barn framed by colorful trees. Look for unusual perspectives -- shooting straight up a tree trunk, or straight down into a mountain stream. Complementary colors, like yellow leaves against a blue sky, create dramatic contrast in your picture. Get creative! Don't settle for the obvious.
A road or fence in the foreground leads the viewer's eye into the picture. The monotony of a plain sky is broken by an overhanging branch from a nearby tree. These tricks give your photos more depth, and depth gives the viewer the feeling of being there, and being able to induce that feeling makes you a better photographer.