This means the control can only increase whatever effect it is controlling. These controls are presently defined so the default position for no effect is to the left end of the control. There is a section in the Picasa filterdesc.xml file that defines the operation of the slider controls for Fill Light, Highlight, and Shadows. Restart Picasa and it should be back to normal. If you don't like the results or something doesn't work right, erase the filterdesc.xml file you just added, and rename the filterdesc-old.xml to filterdesc.xml. This allows you to restore the original if there is a problem.Ĭopy the filterdesc.xml file downloaded above into the runtime folder.Įxit and restart Picasa if it was running, and try the modified editing controls. In the runtime folder, rename the filterdesc.xml file to filterdesc-old.xml.
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Go to the Picasa3 program directory runtime folder:Ĭ:\Program Files\Google\Picasa3\runtime if using a 32 bit version of windows, orĬ:\Program Files (X86)\Google\Picasa3\runtime if using a 64 bit version of windows If you want to have fine adjustments, rename the filterdesc-fine.xml file to filterdesc.xml and use that file in the following steps. NOTE: Administrator Privleges are required to access files in the Program files directories.ĭownload either the filterdesc.xml file or the filterdesc-fine.xml and save it for later. See How is it Done? below if you wish to make your own changes It will be renamed to filterdesc.xml if used. This effectively results in the control having less range, allowing for fine adjustments in the settings.
This effectively results in the control having the same range in the positive direction, and an equal range in the negative direction.įilterdesc-fine.xml modifies the slider control range to slightly less than the original range centered on 0. There are two versions of the modified configuration file, filterdesc.xml and filterdesc-fine.xml:įilterdesc.xml modifies the slider control range to twice the original range centered on 0.
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The file that is modified in Picasa is the file filterdesc.xml in the \Google\Picasa3\runtime folder in the Program files directory.įor 32 bit Windows installations the full directory path is: C:\Program Files\Google\Picasa3\runtime\įor 64 bit Windows installations the full directory path is: C:\Program Files (X86)\Google\Picasa3\runtime\ For other versions of Picasa and more suggestions for modifying Picasa, go to the site mentioned above.
Using it in earlier versions will work, but may re-label the Picnik button. NOTE: The version of the filterdesc.xml available below is for Picasa Version 3.9 (Build 136.04.0) for Windows.