Swashbuckling with Modern Pirates (Part III)

Alright, so I've talked about digital theft, why it sucks, and how to stop it.  I've been relying pretty heavily on Gimp for this because a) it's free and b) it's a lot more powerful than some of the other free photo programs out there, such as Google's Picassa.  However, if you're not interested in doing particularly advanced things with your photos, Picassa will work just fine and, in fact, can handle resizing and watermarking.  While there are a lot of things you can't do in Picassa, such as dodging and burning (or, at least I haven't discovered how), it's an extremely user friendly program.  And, like Gimp, it's free!  Bonus.  So, how do you resize and watermark in Picassa?

First, double-click the photo you're trying to alter.  This will bring up a window with the photo, a toolbar to the right with basic fixes etc., and a toolbar on the bottom.  Now that you've selected the photo, click CTRL+Shift+S.  This will bring up a dialog box.  First, select the folder you want to save the new image to in the "Export Location" window.  I also like to set the image quality to "Maximum" in the drop down menu halfway down the dialog box, but for a smaller file you might want to reduce the image quality.  Next, you can either resize by clicking the "Resize to:" button and sliding the bar or you can watermark the image by clicking the "Add watermark" button and typing whatever you want your watermark to say in the box below.  I suppose you could do both at the same time, though I'm not sure why you would... Anyhow, the only thing left to do at this point is to click the "Export" button.  Note, your original image is unaltered and in its original folder.  Nice and easy, right?  The only problem is, you have a lot less control over the color, location, etc. of the watermark than you would in a program such as Gimp.  As you can see below, the watermark simply appears in white at the bottom of the image.  The second example here shows a resized image. 

This picture shows the mermaid statue in the Old Town Square in Warsaw, Poland.  The mermaid is the symbol of warsaw, and the bronze sculpture dates to 1855.  The town square has been reconstructed more than once, most notably after its destruction during World War II, and the statue, which survived the war, was relocated to the center of the square.