- Softonic Rating:
- Not good
- License:
- Free
- Added:
- December 14, 2006
- Updated:
- September 10, 2007
- Publisher:
- Website
- File size:
- 5.63 MB
- Downloads:
- 28,621
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“Find, edit, and share pictures faster”
by Bartley SharkeyPicasa is a lesson to the world in usability design. In less than five megabytes, this image organizer succeeds in being a completely rounded package with many editing tools that will satisfy part-timers and enthusiasts alike. However, what really makes Picasa stand out is the beautifully-executed interface, which proves a complete pleasure to use thanks to its speedy pace and some clever animations and fades.
Thanks to an initial image scan, you won’t ever have to go digging through your hard drive for last summer’s holiday snaps, and it will even order every picture you have chronologically, letting you quickly browse to any obscurely-named files in seconds. While Picasa can be used as a viewer, it has not been designed for that and so viewing should be left to another program such as the free FastStone Image Viewer. Where it does excel is in retouching your pictures with colour corrections and a few effects such as blur or film grain. Each edit can be done on the fly with an instant preview of the result and, of course, if something doesn’t quite work out, you can always go back via the undo button.
While these editing utilities cater for the majority of users’ needs, it would have made sense to include the ability to resize images, especially as Picasa includes features that make it easy to publish to the web in the form of a blog. You can also email any single or collection of images through Outlook or directly from Picasa if using your GMail account.
Some of the additional extras give this program a touch of class that you rarely find in Windows software, including the ability to make a collage from a set of images and a handy star rating system that lets you mark your favourite snaps and later single them out giving you the best of the best. Having been acquired by Google, Picasa is now freely available to the masses and is continually improving with each new iteration. With this in mind, it comes highly recommended for photography novices and pros, who have a significant number of images to organize on their PC.
Languages:
English
Notes:
Nominated at Shareware Industry Awards 2005 for Best Photo Program or Utility
Recent changes in Picasa:
- Bugs fixed
OS requirements for Picasa:
- OS: Win98/Me/2000/XP
- Great touch-up and effect tools
- Scans your computer to find images
- Simple star rating to mark out your favourite snaps
- Send images by email or post to your blog or Picasa Web Gallery
- Great interface with nice effects
- No option to resize images
From the publisher of Picasa
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. Editing tools include cropping (standard or custom), removal of red-eye, and enhancing--even switching from color to black and white. You can also create slide shows set to your MP3s.
Integration with Picasa's free Hello instant picture-sharing software lets you share hundreds of photos in seconds and chat in real time. Finally you can e-mail photos with Picasa's built-in client to take the guesswork out of compressing images, and order photo-lab quality prints or print at home with no mistakes.
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Best of the best
I think Picasa has definitely become my favorite photo album program. I like the interface and the way each window and the photos slide seamlessly around. It's really ease to add new photos from th... read more
One word - Smooth
I love the interface of this program. With clever use of fades and slides, the creators have made something that is an absolute pleasure to use. The basic editing tools aren't much compared to Phot... read more
Simple and free
I think it is a good program, that enables us to do a lot of things for free. It helps to manage your phtos an to create CDs with photos. Vista made it less needed.... read more
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