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- Price: Free to try $29.00 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: October 21, 2003
- Total Downloads: 2,043,571
- Downloads last week: 9,785
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 637 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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From Google :Designed for the home user, this software revolves around the notion of "mental ergonomics," organizing your digital photographs in terms of time and space instead of files and folders. It automatically detects connected USB cameras and finds all of your pictures on your computer and instantly organizes them by time. This allows you to find and view your pictures without wasting time searching your computer for files or hardware devices. Picasa works with JPEG, GIF, BMP, PSD, and movie files. Sharing pictures is just as easy; you can attach and send pictures through your own e-mail application or use the built-in e-mail client, Picasa Express. You can also order photo-lab-quality prints of your pictures and have them sent directly to friends and family, or print at home with an easy-to-use print view. You can crop, fix red-eye, and use one-click enhanced editing features without worrying about losing the integrity of your original picture.
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