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Google Photos can stabilize videos
I hope you’ve discovered that your smartphone camera takes great videos, and videos add so much to the experience of your memories. Even just…
How Google Photos can Scan a QR Code
I’m sure you’ve all been asked to scan a QR code, like the one at the right, at some point in time. That’s how…
Show your Google Photos like a screensaver on your TV
We no longer turn our TVs off except for overnight. The rest of the time, if we’re not watching a show, they are displaying…
Ten ways of using albums in Google Photos
If you’re not making albums, you’re not using the capabilities of Google Photos. It’s by adding photos to albums that you can make your…
If I get free, unlimited storage, why is Google Photos telling me to buy storage for $1.99/mo?
It may look like Google is telling you to buy 100 GB for $1.99/mo, but what they’re actually doing is just offering it to…
How to add text with a solid background to a photo using Google Photos – 610
It was a long time in coming, but Google Photos now can add text right to a photo. At least, the Android version of…
Using Google Lens to identify items in a photo
When you open any photo in Google Photos, you will see a button at the bottom meant to look like a camera lens. That…
Google Photos: How to share photos with a link, and not get a 404 error
There are several ways to share photos using Google Photos. Direct sharing with other Google Photos users Mobile only: Share to … an app…
Google Photos updates in 2019: Faster, Better, Changes, and New Features
Google is changing and improving Google Photos all the time. Since the 2d edition of the book was published in June of 2018, I have been…
If you take pictures of receipts, you’ll like the Crop Document feature in Google Photos
This is a relatively new feature in Google Photos (Oct 2018), and it’s only available on the Android version. If you took a photo…
If you take pictures of receipts, you’ll like the Crop Document feature in Google Photos
This is a relatively new feature in Google Photos (Oct 2018), and it’s only available on the Android version. If you took a photo…
Google Photos can capture one frame from a live or motion photo
If you use the iPhone feature called Live photos or the Android motion photo, you know that you get a few seconds of video…
Google Photos movie maker needs more features
I love the Google Photos movie maker, but it is missing some vital features. What is Google Photos Movie Maker? If you take lots…
Google Photos and Manual Face-tagging
People love the fact that Google Photos groups photos together by faces in the People section. And, they hate it when it doesn’t get…
They moved it! Using Google Photos and choosing to edit in Snapseed is still there.
Using Snapseed to edit photos Snapseed is my favorite way to edit photos on my phone. It’s a free app from Google that you…
Using Google Photos you can now share photos with a conversation just like texting
Direct Sharing Have you ever shared a picture using Google Photos and the recipient says they never got it? Did they tell you to…