AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION PORTION OF PROGRAM PLEASE SET YOUR PHONES TO AIRPLANE MODE NOW OR TURN OFF PHONE S WI-FI HANDS-ON DEMO WON T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT SUFFICIENT BANDWIDTH, WHICH IS VERY LIMITED IN THE CLUBHOUSE
A QUESTION WE HEAR OFTEN HOW DO I SYNCHRONIZE ALL MY PHOTOS ON ALL MY DEVICES COMPUTER, TABLET, SMARTPHONE, NO MATTER WHICH BRAND? (PC, MAC, APPLE, ANDROID) OTHER PHOTO-ORGANIZING APPS CAN DO THIS BUT GOOGLE PHOTOS IS FREE AND SIMPLE TO USE
MOST PHOTOS APPS WILL: BACKUP TO THE CLOUD (STORAGE IS OFTEN CHARGEABLE) ORGANIZE - BY DATE, PLACE OR TIME ALLOW YOU TO CREATE THINGS ALBUMS AND SLIDE SHOWS WITH MUSIC EDIT COLOR & LIGHTING, CROP, STRAIGHTEN SHARE EMAIL, TEXT MESSAGE, FACEBOOK, ETC.
SO WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE GOOGLE PHOTOS??? USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CREATES ALBUMS FOR YOU -- BY PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS, LOCATIONS, TIME & DATE, SPECIAL OCCASIONS, ETC. GOOGLE PHOTOS GOES BEYOND BASICS, USING POWERFUL SEARCH FEATURES SEARCH IS GOOGLE S MIDDLE NAME!
OTHER GOOGLE PHOTOS FEATURES ALLOWS YOU TO EASILY FREE UP SPACE ON YOUR SMARTPHONE OR TABLET AUTOMATICALLY PRODUCES NEW CREATIONS MOVIES, STORIES, GIFS, PANORAMAS, COLLAGES, ANIMATIONS EACH UPDATE COMES WITH NEW FEATURES FOR A MORE ROBUST EXPERIENCE
DID I MENTION VIDEOS? BACKS UP MORE THAN JUST YOUR PHOTOS BACKS UP AND CATALOGS YOUR VIDEOS, TOO VIDEOS WILL BE COMPRESSED TO 1080P IF THEY ARE LARGER THAN THAT STILL UNLIMITED STORAGE, EVEN FOR THESE LARGER FILES
RECENTLY ADDED FEATURE - PHOTOSCAN (IOS & ANDROID ONLY) DIGITIZE OLD PRINTED PHOTOS BY SCANNING WITH SMARTPHONES OR TABLETS. AUTOMATIC EDGE DETECTION, PERSPECTIVE CORRECTION, SMART ROTATION AND GLARE REDUCTION STILL: BEST RESULTS FOR SCANNING ARE ON FLATBED SCANNER
OTHER NEW FEATURES ARCHIVING & SHARING ARCHIVE YOUR PHOTOS HIDE PHOTOS YOU DON T WANT TO SEE EVERY TIME YOU OPEN THE APP (PHOTOS ARE EASILY RESTORED) SHARE WITH A PARTNER SHARE SPECIFIC PHOTOS AS THEY ARE TAKEN, FILTERED BY FACE GROUPS. YOUR PARTNER CAN ALSO SHARE HIS/HER PHOTOS WITH YOU
BUT WAIT! THERE S MORE!!! GOOGLE PHOTOS IS FREE TO DOWNLOAD, FREE TO USE OFFERS UNLIMITED FREE STORAGE OF PHOTOS & VIDEOS AT HIGH QUALITY TWO STORAGE OPTIONS ORIGINAL QUALITY: NO COMPRESSION ALL PIXELS ARE SAVED HIGH QUALITY: COMPRESSES LARGE FILES (<16MP AND <1080P)
YES, IT REALLY IS HIGH QUALITY
READY TO GET STARTED? YOU NEED TO HAVE A GOOGLE ACCOUNT IF YOU HAVE GMAIL, YOU ALREADY HAVE A GOOGLE ACCOUNT IMPORTANT: YOU MUST USE THE SAME GOOGLE ACCOUNT LOGON & PASSWORD ON ALL DEVICES YOU WANT TO SYNCH
GET GOOGLE PHOTOS ON ALL DEVICES YOU WANT TO SYNCH ON IPHONE OR IPAD, DOWNLOAD GOOGLE PHOTOS FROM THE APP STORE MOST ANDROID PHONES ALREADY HAVE THE APP AS PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM; IF NOT, DOWNLOAD IT FROM THE PLAY STORE THE APP IS DIFFERENT ON DESKTOP & LAPTOP COMPUTERS; YOU DOWNLOAD THE APP USING YOUR BROWSER (SEE HANDOUT)
WHAT ABOUT YOUR PRIVACY? GOOGLE WILL LEARN A LOT ABOUT YOU FROM THE CONTENT OF YOUR PHOTOS & VIDEOS DIGITAL PHOTOS CONTAIN LOTS OF METADATA GOOGLE WILL LEARN WHERE YOU LIVE, WHERE YOU SHOP, THINGS ABOUT YOUR FAMILY AND LIFESTYLE - AND A WHOLE LOT MORE UNDERSTAND & ACCEPT THESE TERMS OF USE; OTHERWISE USE ANOTHER APP
DOWNLOAD & INSTALL GOOGLE PHOTOS DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL GOOGLE PHOTOS ON ALL DEVICES THAT CONTAIN YOUR PHOTOS AND THAT YOU WANT TO SYNCHRONIZE PHONE(S), TABLETS, COMPUTERS ONCE APP IS INSTALLED AND WI-FI ENABLED, YOUR PHOTOS SHOULD BEGIN UPLOADING AUTOMATICALLY FROM EVERY DEVICE THAT HAS THE GOOGLE PHOTOS APP INSTALLED
SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IF YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF PHOTOS SCATTERED ACROSS DEVICES, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO UPLOAD PHOTOS FROM ONE DEVICE AT A TIME
NOW THE FUN BEGINS! DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PHOTOS YOU ARE UPLOADING, HOW LARGE THE PHOTO FILES ARE, AND THE SPEED OF YOUR WI-FI, IT CAN TAKE MANY HOURS TO UPLOAD PHOTOS FROM ALL YOUR DEVICES UPLOAD OVERNIGHT MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT - BE ENOUGH ONCE PHOTOS ARE BACKED UP IN THE GOOGLE CLOUD, YOU CAN BEGIN TO ENJOY THE FEATURES (TAKES TIME TO CATALOG PHOTOS)
MY GOOGLE PHOTOS REMEMBER THE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER? PLEASE SET YOUR PHONES TO AIRPLANE MODE OR TURN OFF WI-FI NOW IF YOU HAVEN T ALREADY DONE SO
HANDS-ON WITH MY GOOGLE PHOTOS (OPEN THE GOOGLE PHOTOS TAB)
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOOGLE PHOTOS THIS SLIDESHOW WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE COMPUTER CLUB WEBSITE QUAILCREEKCOMPUTERCLUB.ORG TAKE ONE OF OUR HANDOUTS YOUTUBE HAS NUMEROUS TUTORIALS - FREE TO VIEW THE COMPUTER CLUB WILL HAVE GOOGLE PHOTOS CLASSES APPROXIMATELY MONTHLY TILL MID-MAY