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37 out of 44 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Picasa 3.5 build 79.81
Pros: Faster than Thumbs Plus and Adobe Bridge, simple to use for most people. Automatically finds and categories photos by date which is really nice.
Cons: For experts, the problem is that it's not very easy to see WHERE the photos are physically located. There is no "tree view" option! All the folders are listed in one big clump!
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35 out of 37 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Picasa 3.5 build 79.81
"Simple and easy to use, which makes is great for most users"
Pros: The GUI is clean and efficient and it quickly orgqanized and displays all images catalogued. I actually see my Picasa thumbnails load faster compared to how Windows Explorer displays thumbnails for the files. It's very easy to use and you don't have to be a photoshop wizard to clean up your photos with Picasa
Cons: More advanced users may be looking for more tools such as in Adobe Photoshop. The red eye correction tool is frustrating to use since you need to make your area selection from the full screen view since you are unable to zoom in on the person's actual eye. Most of its "advanced" tools are severely limited and awkward to use. Saving options aren't too clear and you don't have too much control over how the image is sized or the compression ratio for JPEG files.
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15 out of 15 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Picasa 3.5 build 79.81
"Visually pleasing with many editing features"
Pros: It has a visually attractive interface. Good picture tagging. Great picture editing ability. Can generate a slide show on CD. While you can automatically reorder your pictures in several ways, manual reordering can also be done - with beautiful visual effects! Fast lookup when doing picture searches. Keywords can be attached to pictures for fast lookup. You can play a folder of MP3 files in the background.
Cons: No flexible zooming, e.g., no ability to do a point or box zoom using the mouse. The picture caption display is unreliable (sometimes it displays and sometimes it doesn't). The font, size, or positions of captions can't be changed. There are no transition effects, although there is a nice fade between pictures. The picture background can't be changed. Limited EXIF picture camera data. No EXIF picture text data (Image Description, Photographer, User Comment). No choice in assigning pictures to layout boxes when printing them, and only 6 layouts available. An audio file can't be associated with
a specific picture.
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13 out of 15 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Picasa 3.5 build 79.81
Pros: The original Picasa was a very good photo management tool with a few shortcomings, but version 2 really puts it ahead of the pack. The interface it so well done that it makes working with all of your photos fun and enjoyable. I especially like the non-destructive editing capabilities, meaning that Picasa doesn't alter your original photos. The new version ads support for RAW format, extending its reach into the ranks of semi-pro photographers. The export options are all well-done--you can create movies, slideshows and even screensavers from your photos. The fact that all of this comes completely free makes Picasa 2 a true standout.
Cons: It's a RAM hog. Don't attempt to use this on older computers. I also wish that the export/create functions allowed for more customization. For example, the create movie function doesn't allow you to modify the the title of the movie, which is simply inherited from the album/folder name. Since the title actually is inserted into the beginning frames of the movie, it's a major oversight.
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Picasa 3.5 build 79.81
Pros: one compelete solution for image and even media management. automatically organize photo or files into certain album styles when you view them, import photo from your camera or other disk drive. share it instantly emailing feature or online with all of your friends. and of course, you can easily transfer them into your CD/DVD drive. with basic but essential photo enhancing feature like auto fix, RGB level, slideshows, etc. with all that feature, this app from google surely made it to the top of the image management category.
Cons: software for dummies. lacks of advanced feature makes this photo organzing app a big reason people don't quite use or known this piece of software. compare to faststone image viewer it fall behind in system resource saving, easy of use, and dozens of additional/neat feature. did i forgot to tell you it has some minor but quite annoying flaws?
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