In addition to adding depth and richness to the photo, there’s some dreamy, blurring going on. This look comes from a slide-sandwich technique devised by Michael Orton. The picture on the left is my original, the right has added HDR-ish effect. But, I really do like the sharpness and contrast that HDR-ish can give. In fact, I find that I need to move the sliders all toward the middle to lessen the effect a bit. The HDR-ish (High Dynamic Range) effect is kind of like Sharpen on steroids. If you read about Lomography you’ll find that it’s film photography with an old toy camera! The Lomo-ish effect looks more rich, vibrant and focused on the center while the edges are dark. If you don’t like the effect, you can always Undo. As usual with Picasa, they are simple click and maybe drag a slider bar or two to try them out. There are two more tabs-worth of effects. In my last article about Picasa 3.9 I mentioned the differences in your opening screen, this time I want you to take a look at the effects. I found that the Run process took an abnormally long time and it had no progress bar showing – so, just be patient, it will finally pop up with the license agreement and, after you click ‘I agree’ and Ok the folder location, you’re almost done. Be prepared to wait a bit, this is a bigger file than past versions. Follow the instructions to download, then install or Run. If it reports that ‘This application is up to date’ you can still update to version 3.9 by going to the website at and click the big “Download Picasa” button. You might be able to upgrade by clicking on Help and Check for Updates but more often than not, this won’t inform you about new versions. You better know the answer to this question!Īlready have a good backup of all your pictures? Ok, let’s go. However, your pictures are precious, and any upgrade can have it’s problems on some people’s computers so what do you do first? To upgrade, or not to upgrade, is that your question? There are definitely some features worth upgrading for! And that is what I’ll talk about in this article.
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