Digital Photo Tips

I am so happy that Google has finally released PICASA 3 for Mac. I have missed using PICASA for my photo editing since I change over to using MAC OS. I prefer PICASA 3 over my iPhoto because I can insert water marks and text into the photo with one button.

I also find PICASA 3 gives better photo effects. So, if you are not the kind of person who like to spend a long time doing photo editing using the more advance software like Adobe Photoshop, then, try PICASA. It works real fast with just a few buttons.

You can download it here.

I embed the video on PICASA 3 on Mac here

Actually, this is not very new as it has been around for a couple of weeks already. I am not sure if this is a feature just for Flickr Pro account or include the free account. Anyway, the stats given by Flickr can help us to improve our traffic.

Flickr lets us know the most viewed photos on our Flickr account. It provides the statistic. So, how does this help us? Well, depending on your priority, we can tweak the photos titles for our benefits. Of course, if you are just storing the photos on Flickr for fun and for sharing, then, it is not so important.

For people like me who monetize my site and wish to get more traffic, I will see that my photos are given an appropriate title. When these photos are placed in our blog posts, it will attract searches. Therefore, it increases traffic.

However, I am always too lazy to name my photos as I usually dump all of them from my camera to Flickr.

The other tip to note is if you do not want people to find some photos, do not name it. I seldom name my children’s photos with title like naked boy, or cute chinese boy or something that perverts like to find. I also never name my own photos with my name. Hehehe…..They are all the nameless numbers like IMG 2009 or DSC 2009 or whatever the number is given by the camera.

I missed putting up another photo in the earlier post. Usually, during dusk, I avoid driving on the highway because it is one of the more dangerous hours as it is neither dark nor bright and I have problems judging distances. So, I usually leave driving on highways to my husband while I sat next to him and keep taking photos, after photos of the sunset.

If you are not an expert on the road, I would advise you to stay off the highways during dusk and night too. I have seen some nasty cases of motor vehicles that involve heavy tankers and they are pretty scary. Normally these huge tankers just parked on the side and some sleepy drivers rammed right into it.

If you are in the USA, you can get one of these Los Angeles Criminal Attorneys | Soutern California Criminal Defense & DUI Lawyers and sue the arse off the company. However, you better find one very aggressive lawyer and get him to sue the Government as well for not setting the law to ensure that these heavy vehicles are not on the road without proper warning lights.

The three guys above will do the job for you.

The thing I regret about getting my camera is it takes video in MOV format. Some sites do not accept MOV or movie format. Some softwares cannot edit MOV format. Therefore, it is a bitch to convert them. Recently, my Vista is corrupted and it is not able to play MOV video.

However, Flickr video said it supports MOV format. Youtube too supports MOV format and all along I have uploaded videos to Youtube without problems.

But after waiting for some time, Flickr video said they are not able to process my video. I cannot upload with the Flickr uploader and am using the uploader direct from Flickr site. Sigh…It is getting on my nerves now because I have tried three times.

Anyone has luck with Flickr video?

Flickr Video is something that I have looked forward to. I have a Flickr Pro account and uploaded all my photos there and link to my blogs to save on bandwith and diskspace.

Meanwhile, I have been uploading videos to Youtube. I am not comfortable with Youtube because it is full of funny characters. You just need to take a look at some of those comments left by the users and it is enough to tell you to stay away.

So, now, Flickr video is launched, I am going to use more videos on my blog. Flickr video is a new service that is just released. I have tried it yet but like all Flickr services, I know it is going to be one cool thing.

Are you a Flickr member yet? I highly recommend it. I enjoy the community in Flickr and post my photos to all those communities to exchange opinions and share pictures.

Check out Flickr video now!