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Picasa Web Albums is Google's Web photo-hosting service. Users get 1GB of free hosting, and images can be uploaded and manipulated using Picasa, Google's free desktop photo management application. Users who want additional storage can shell out up to $500 a year to bump up the hosted space to 400 times the size of the free hosting service.
Much like everything else Google, Picasa is exceptionally straightforward to use, with a tabbed interface offering three options--My Photos, Favorites, and Explore--the last of which lets you browse the public photo library. Next to the tabs, you'll find a prominent Upload button for adding photos to your albums, which you can set to various levels of privacy. Within your albums, you have the option to view a slideshow, share via e-mail, make a collage or movie, order prints, and edit various aspects.
We really like the integration between the desktop and Web application. Similar to .Mac and iPhoto, Picasa makes it really simple to take photos from your desktop and publish them online for others to see. We're also fans of the built-in geotagging that lets you set where photos were taken either by single photo, or by entire albums. It's a great way to browse photos if you feel like exploring.
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Picasa can transfer, find, organize, edit, print, and share images, all with this easy-to-use product. Watch Picasa automatically organize all your pictures into elegant albums by date. Having all your photos in one place means no more time wasted searching for folders or files. The program works with JPEG, GIF, BMP, PSD, and movie files and is compatible with most digital cameras; it detects your USB driver and imports pictures into albums.
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Current version:
4.0 starsout of 9 votes
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"Best program I have used todate"
Version: Picasa 3.9.0 Build 136.02
Pros
Everything is good about Picasa
Cons
Nine really, I enjoy all aspects of the program
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"File system bad - Hard to find photos"
Version: Picasa 3.9.0 Build 136.02
Pros
Versatile, user friendly program with good photo sharing options.
Cons
I have a terrible time trying to find certain photos. The program does not list the folders alphabetically, it will sometimes create an album for something instead of a folder and, at times, seems to randomly assign a photo somewhere. The search option helps, but a clearer, more user friendly way to quickly locate folders and photos would help a lot.
Summary
Like the program a lot - can't stand the "filing system" it uses.
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"Great download"
Version: Picasa 3.9.0 Build 136.02
Pros
It helps me be able to send pictures to my friends and family easily.
Cons
I haven't found anything I don't like yet.
Summary
Great download!
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"Great photo manager"
Version: Picasa 3.9.0 Build 136.02
Pros
It's free, auto downloads your pictures from media/devices, easy to share with others
Cons
It's a Google product - so perhaps privacy issues?
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"A great Photo Manager, just wish i knew how to use it"
Version: Picasa 3.9.0 Build 136.02
Pros
copies everything on your computer, once installed
Cons
tries to take over everything on the photo side, and uses up valuable storage space, as you can have up to five copies of folders on the computer
Summary
if you can understand how to use it, great... if you can't don't bother
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"Very Productive and easy"
Version: Picasa 3.9.0 Build 136.02
Pros
Picasa has options that are so unique to other "fix it " programs. Works well and easily can go back to original if the end product is not desireable.
Cons
Would be nice to have a copy made and to do the alternations on the copy to save the original.
Summary
Overall, easiest, fstest features.
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"continues as a good,easy programme"
Version: Picasa 3.9.0 Build 136.02
Pros
see above comment
Cons
no real cons
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"Seems to have a few new features that I may use."
Version: Picasa 3.9.0 Build 136.02
Pros
Picasa has always worked well doing the things I need.
Cons
Now always sure what the new things are in Picasa are and how to take advantage of the new things.
Summary
I use Picasa as my main photo keeper and fixer.
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"Tremendous photo organizer."
Version: Picasa 3.9.0 Build 136.02
Pros
Simple and automatic. For the first time my computer photos are organized. Face recognition is neat.
Cons
None to speak of.
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