Google__ The Missing Manual - Kevin Purdy [49]
If you don’t see a “Click to name” button appear under someone’s face when you mouse over the “Add tag” button, that means Google didn’t spot that particular face, but you can still tag that person. Just click the “Add tag” button, and a little dotted-line box appears in the photo. It’s easy to move and resize this box so that it’s over someone’s face in the photo. Click and drag within the box to move it, and click and drag the gray circles on its corners to resize it. You just want the box over most of the face, but it doesn’t have to be perfect. Then type the person’s name in the text box.
If you messed up a tag, or change your mind about tagging somebody, simply move your cursor over their face and look for an X to appear in the upper-right corner of the tag box. Click the X to remove the tag.
Now that you’ve seen how tagging works, take a peek at your main Photos page again. The “Photos of you” category should make more sense now—it’s where photos that you’ve been tagged in go.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION: REMOVING YOUR NAME FROM TAGGED PHOTOS
Somebody tagged me in a photo that I don’t want my name associated with. How do I remove the tag?
By default, people that you’ve added to your circles can tag you in photos, and Google+ will automatically add such tags and make them visible to anyone who can see the photos (and you’ll be notified in your Notifications stream). But people who aren’t in your circles have to get your approval before Google+ will confirm any photos they’ve tagged you in so those tags can be searched, and shown to anyone seeing the photo. You can imagine why—someone who doesn’t like you could tag you in unflattering photos (or worse).
You can review all the photos that have been tagged with your name by heading to the “Photos of you” section of your Photos page (Viewing Photos). Photos in which you’ve been tagged by people who aren’t in any of your circles show up near the top of the page; each one has a checkmark and an X next to it. Click the check-mark to approve the tag, or the X to remove/ deny the tag. If you want a better look at the tags and where they’re placed, click the photo itself instead. Then you can mouse over where you’ve been tagged and click the X to remove the tag, just like you can do with tags you’ve added.
Editing and Deleting Photos
AFTER YOU UPLOAD PHOTOS, you can do a lot with them besides just tag them. In addition to adjusting who gets to see them, you can rotate, delete, and even edit them. And Google+ gives you more than just your standard crop and resizing tools, too—you can nudge slightly off photos closer to perfection, give them an old-timey sepia look, make them black and white, or even make them look like they were shot with a cheap, vintage camera.
NOTE
You can only edit photos you uploaded, not ones uploaded by anyone else—even if the person tagged you in the photo.
Changing Album Visibility
To change who can see your images, head to the “Your albums” section of the Photos page (Viewing Photos). Click an album to see the photos in it, and to share it or change its visibility settings.
Near the top of the page that appears, click the “Share album” button to display a box you’ve likely seen before. It includes a field where you can comment on the photos you’re sharing, and lets you choose which people and circles to share them with.
Click the Options button instead to see a menu that contains just one option (as of this writing, at least): “Delete album.” Choosing this option deletes the album and deletes any posts about that album.
Underneath those buttons, just above the photos, are the words “Visible to:,” followed by a link that reads something like “Only you,” “Limited,” or “Public.” The text of the link tells you who can see your photos when they browse over to your albums, either