Picasa Taking Control: Has anyone else had this problem ? I use a HP Photosmart printer and of course it comes with the HP photo printing program... I also have Picasa and whenever I...

donrent Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl

Has anyone else had this problem ?

I use a HP Photosmart printer and of course it comes with the HP photo printing program...

I also have Picasa and whenever I go to make into my pictures to make a print , Picasa pops up and takes over the control to edit and make prints, will print out 8x10's but won't allow 4x6's to be printed.... If I first click on the HP print program everthing goes well... But I like the editing on Picasa better...

Any ideas ??

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

I don't use Picasa, but they should have a spot to go change your settings. A friend uses it and has never said anything about that. I will have to ask.
Erv

rufus1 Loc: Winter Haven, Florida

Use the same set-up (HP/Picasa) when I print something other than 4x6 (default) you have to designate what you want. It's a pain but I guess it comes with the territory.

Al FR-153 Loc: Chicago Suburbs

If you have Windows 7 - Go to Control Panel / Programs / Default Programs. There you can control which program is used for your work, including who has control for various printing.

If you are not using Win 7 - do a search on your OS for Associated Program Control or Default Programs.

I hate when new software thinks it can take over your system, and many of the common programs do it too.

Al FR-153 Loc: Chicago Suburbs

If you have Windows 7 - Go to Control Panel / Programs / Default Programs. There you can control which program is used for your work, including who has control for various printing and screen display functions.

If you are not using Win 7 - do a search on your OS for Associated Program Control or Default Programs.

I hate when new software thinks it can take over your system, and many of the common programs do it too.

donrent Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl

I deleted Picasa and went into Photoshop (#1) and don't seem to have the problem... We'll see 'ow it goes....

ALYN Loc: Lebanon, Indiana

Never had THAT problem with Picasa. I believe Picasa thinks it is smarter than mere humans. I have found that the program stores my pix wherever they will fit. AND on top of that--I have a few pix that I did NOT take; have no idea from where they came.
So watch out for this anomally. ALYN

donrent Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl

I downloaded some great pictures, used Picasa to edit and printed them and pooooof ! they dissapeaared and I cannot find them....

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donrent wrote:

I downloaded some great pictures, used Picasa to edit and printed them and pooooof ! they dissapeaared and I cannot find them....

Go to Picasa site, click tools, click properties. than click "scan always". It may recover the missing photos. Worth a try.

cyan Loc: Northern NJ

ALYN wrote:

Never had THAT problem with Picasa. I believe Picasa thinks it is smarter than mere humans. I have found that the program stores my pix wherever they will fit. AND on top of that--I have a few pix that I did NOT take; have no idea from where they came.
So watch out for this anomally. ALYN

I hate Picassa. Whatever photo comes into my computer ( in emails for instance), Picassa copies it.....even comics. So I have a lot of graphics in Picassa that I didn't put there. Also, there are plenty of times I can't find a particular photo there. I've done searches with no results.

But I do find it helpful to print. I use Faststone and Gimp and Picassa seems to give me more options as to the position of the print on the paper.

Make of that what you will.

donrent Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl

Well, I went and paid the $49.95 for downloading Photoshop #10 on Amazon.. Took over an hour to download it all... Hope I didn't step too far over the cliff... Think I'll make a lil drink and open it up............

ShakyShutter Loc: Arizona

ALYN wrote:

Never had THAT problem with Picasa. I believe Picasa thinks it is smarter than mere humans. I have found that the program stores my pix wherever they will fit. AND on top of that--I have a few pix that I did NOT take; have no idea from where they came.
So watch out for this anomally. ALYN

NEVER use Picasa to "import" your photos from the camera or card. Manually copy them to a directory of YOUR choosing then tell Picasa where to find them using the folder manager.

cyan Loc: Northern NJ

I never use Picassa to "import" my photos from the camera....like you do, I just open the folder(the photos from the camera) and put them where I want....not Picassa....Picassa will take them the next time Picassa is opened.

bull drink water Loc: pontiac mi.

cyan wrote:

I never use Picassa to "import" my photos from the camera....like you do, I just open the folder(the photos from the camera) and put them where I want....not Picassa....Picassa will take them the next time Picassa is opened.

picasa doesn't take your pics,it just catalogs and calls them up.you decide where to store them.