The widespread success of iPod -the mobile device developed by apple- lies in its capacity to play audio and video as well viewing pictures. In this case we´ll deal with CopyTrans Photo, an application made for copying images to the iPod quickly and easily.

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One of the many features an iPod delivers is the possibility to take all your photos with you, so that you can see them wherever you want and share them with all your friends. In order to do this, we need a program to manipulate the images and load them into your iPod. A tool that can be of great help is CopyTrans Photo.

This original application will enable you to work with images for you to copy them from your PC to your iPod or vice versa. Moreover, it allows you to create, rename and delete photo albums both from to the PC and the iPod. You can also make backups, create slideshows with your photos, and synchronize your PC with your iPod and much, much more.

CopyTrans Photo delivers an exclusively designed interface to transfer photos from the PC to your iPod easily.The interface features drag and drop support to copy photos between your iPod and your computer with a single click creating image lists quickly and easily.

CopyTrans Photo allows navigating through thumbnails enabling you to manage files quickly and guarantying optimal image quality when converting files. This easy-to-use interface allows all types of users to run the program, both experts and less experienced users concerning iPods and copying files from the PC to a mobile device.

CopyTrans Photo supports all iPod models: iPod: iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iPod Nano, iPod Video, iPod Photo, iPod Mini and iPod Shuffle, as well as supporting the brand new multimedia mobiles from Apple: iPhone and iPhone 3G.

Another thing worth mentioning is the support for several image formats, among which we can find the most popular ones such as: JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP and TGA.

Another aspect worth mentioning is CopyTrans Photo´s size, it´s only 1mb! This allows users to run the application on low-end systems.

The only issue stated by some users is that a few antivirus don´t recognize the program and identify it as a “malicious file”. Moreover, there are some un-installation issues and some minor problems when installing a new version.

This handy tool to manage images and synchronize your PC with your iPod is what we had expected, thanks to its simplicity, speed and overall quality.

In short, CopyTrans Photo presents as an efficient tool to manage images and sync the PC to the iPod.

Thanks its user-friendly interface, speed and quality, you´ll get optimal results in
spite of limitations characteristic of its version.

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Picasa is an application that enables us to organize all our pictures and photos in one place. You can also turn photos into movies, collages, slideshows and more . For this reason we introduce you to Picasa, the easiest easy way to find, edit, and share your photos.

Picasa

Thanks to the boom of digital cameras, a large amount of images and photos can be stored in your Mac, requiring a tool to manage and easily access them. Currently, Picasa may be the most used application to do it due to its wide range of features, web support and of course, its simplicity.

When running Picasa for the time, we can notice that most of its features are automated since a search box is provided to look for image files such as JPG, GIF, TIF, PSD, PNG, BMP, RAW, GIF and PNG, as well as video formats MPG, AVI, ASF, WMV and MOV.

All the content found will be organized by the so-called “Library View”, where albums and folders are added so we can modify them to our liking, specifying which images or folders should be displayed. Another interesting feature is managing labels, enabling users to group and organize images according to their own personal taste.

Among the multiple possibilities Picasa delivers for managing digital photographs, it´s important to highlight the possibility of importing image from several devices including digital cameras. We can also create slideshow presentations from a group of selected images, record a Picasa CD/DVD gift and make backups. Moreover, this program has a photo editor of its own and a video player, though they have basic functions and lack advanced user features.

Another feature worth mentioning is Picasa´s own album manager called “Web Albums”, enabling users to upload their favorite photos and videos. In case you are a blog administrator within this website, you can also add photos to Blogger straight from the program. As for name tags, we can include “geotags” (geographical tags) letting you match your photos to a specific location using Google Earth.

Picasa features a wide range of configuration options for advanced users familiarized with photos managing and in-depth functions.

In short, for those used to organizing images and photos, Picasa delivers an amazing alternative combining functionality, simplicity and web integration.

A very common thing nowadays is to store a large amount of photos in our drives. Due to the boom of digital cameras, scanners and the possibility to download images from the internet, managing and storing these types of files has become a tedious task, but Picasa is here to do the job.

Upload albums to the web with Picasa

That is the main reason why some application were developed to keep your photos organized so can manage and manipulate them easily, but there´s more. We introduce you Picasa, an application that apart from store and managing your photos, you can also upload them to the internet so you can share them with your friends. We´ll now explain the whole process.

The first thing to do upon running the application is to register. Now, go to the menu bar located on the lower portion of the screen, select “Web Album” and follow the steps in order to complete your registration.

Once we are through with the registration process, we´ll be able to start creating our albums.

Before we begin, take into account that the albums you´ll upload can be created manually, meaning that you can choose photos from different folders, or else choose a folder including images and set it as album.

We´ll begin by explaining how to create an album choosing photos from different folders. First, click on the photos or images you want to add to an album and once images are selected to the menu found on the lower left portion of the screen.

The selected image it will be displayed in the selection box and by clicking on “hold selected items” the photo will be stored. Select another image and repeat the process as many as we want to create an album.

When we are done with the photo selection –all the photos we want to upload to the album- we´ll see that the new album is together with all the other folders. Now, right-click on that album and choose “Upload to Web Albums” and a new window will appear. Next, we´ll give the album a name as well as settings up several configurations and options. When it´s done, click on accept and the album will be automatically uploaded. When the album finished uploading, click on “View online” and it will take us to the website where our album is stored.

All that remains is explaining how to set an entire folder an as album. This is simpler since all we need to do is to click on the folder and then press the “Album web” icon.

A new window will be displaying enabling us to set the album´s name and we´ll repeat the previous process. As we can see, all albums are uploaded and organized in the website so we can share them with our friends.

Those were the steps you must follow in order to upload your photos organized into albums. Though Picasa may seem difficult to use at the beginning due to its great deal of features, in the long run you´ll realize it´s quite simple and you´ll get the hang of it in no time. Following the above-mentioned steps you will be able to upload your favorite photos quickly and easily.

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