- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try $29.99 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: October 20, 2002
- Total Downloads: 2,043,571
- Downloads last week: 9,785
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 622 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This photo organizer strikes us as the picture of simplicity. Although not the most powerful image manager on the block, Picasa has the distinction of being the prettiest, with an easygoing demeanor we don't usually associate with good looks.
Picasa has only gotten better over time. Its editing tools now allow you to see your photo tweaks as you make them--no more rendering delays. Multiple levels of undo make it a snap to revert to the original image if you decide you don't like a certain change.
Picasa really shines when it comes to organizing pictures, with improved search capabilities and a time-line slide-show function for beautifully displaying your photo collection. It also automatically resizes your photos for e-mailing. You get several options for storage and sharing. You can burn albums to DVD or CD, print pictures at home, or use links to several online companies, including Ofoto and Shutterfly.
The latest version provides easy access to Picasa Web Albums, so it's easy to post your photos online, and supports geotag information. One caveat: Picasa eats a lot of memory by default, and even more each time you add a thumbnail, so users with older computers may experience a performance drag. In other respects this free program is a good choice for amateur shutterbugs with plenty of photos to share.
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Publisher's description
From Google :From the developer: "Picasa is new, smart, simple digital photo software. Among its other powerful features, Picasa will automatically locate all the pictures on your computer, and organize them into albums. You can easily create custom albums too. Want to email a favorite photo? Click the email button, and Picasa will create a smaller copy of the photo, suitable for emailing."
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