Finding a picture's location (URL) in Google+ Photos or Picasa-web-albums
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This article is about how to find
the URL (web-address) of a picture that is stored in Picasa web albums.
It is written for Blogger users, but the same technique can be used by anyone
who uses Picasa-web-albums.
An introduction to Picasa.
describes the relationship between Picasa and Picasa-web-albums. A key
difference between is that :
Picasa is a program, written
by Google, which runs on your PC even when it's not connected to the
internet, and
Picasa-web-albums is a Google
Program that you use through your
web-browser and some accompanying space on the
internet where your pictures can be stored.
Google+ Photos
is another Google program that you use through a web-browser (Chrome,
FireFox, Internnet Explorer, Safari, etc), and a space on the space on the
internet where you can keep pictures.
Both
Picasa-web-albums and Google+ Photos use the same space on the internet to
store photos for each person. This means that if there are
features (eg finding the URL of an individual photo) that are not
available in one program, then you can just use the other program instead.
This means that each and every picture in your Piscasa-web-albums has a unique URL, ie web-address, where it can be found.
This means that each and every picture in your Piscasa-web-albums has a unique URL, ie web-address, where it can be found.
How to find the URL of a picture in
Google+ Photos or Picasa-web-albums
1.
Sign
in to Picasa-web-albums, using
the google account that owns the album that has the picture you
want. (If you are already signed in to Blogger you may not have to
log in again.).
2.
If
you are re-directed to Google+ Photos, either follow the Return link - or use
the approach described here to
return to Picasa-web-albums.
3.
Find the album which contains the picture you want to find the
web-address for.
4.
Click
on the album to open it.
Note: each album has one picture,
usually the first one loaded, set as the cover. Be careful to
actually open the album, and not just work with the album cover, because
the URL for it is not the same as the URL for the picture.
5.
Click on
the picture you want: it will open in a large "photo" view
EITHER:
6.
Click on "Full details page" in
the right-hand bar. This opens the picture in a new browser window or
tab.
7.
Copy the
contents of the address bar in this new window - this is the URL of the photo.
OR
8.
Right-click
on the picture once you're in "photo" view, and choose the
appropriate option for your browser. In the current versions, this is:
- Chrome: Copy image URL
- Safari: Copy image address
- . Internet Explorer: Properties > Copy the URL address shown
- Firefox: Copy image location
Job done!!
The web-address of the photo is now in your computer's clipboard, and can be pasted into other places where you might need to use the photo's URL.
The web-address of the photo is now in your computer's clipboard, and can be pasted into other places where you might need to use the photo's URL.
