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    • How Does Picasa Work?

      Picasa is a type of computer software that allows a person to organize and edit digital photographs. Picasa is currently owned by Google, and the company offers it as a free download for all users. The name of the application is a combination of the last name of painter Pablo Picasso and the phrase "mi casa," which means "my house" in... more »

    • How to Export iPhoto Pictures to Picasa

      IPhoto is the photo management software that comes with Mac computers. With an easy-to-use interface, the iPhoto application lets you import, edit and organize all of your pictures. Unfortunately, it's not easy to share your pictures with your friends and family. Picasa Web Albums offers a bulk photo uploader for Macs, thereby giving... more »

    • How to Embed a Picasa Slideshow into a Personal Blog

      Picasa is Google's free photo software. With Picasa, you can organize, edit and share your pictures. They have recently updated their features so that you can take a Picasa slideshow and embed it into your own blog. Each slideshow features built-in playback controls, size options, and the ability to display captions. more »

    • How to Use Google’s Picasa to Manage Images

      Picasa is a free application from Google that can be downloaded for free (see link below). It is a very popular application and many users are enamored by the ability to upload their images and share their photo albums online. Those of us who are not convinced about storing images in the cloud, can still use Picasa to manage and even... more »

    • How to Set a Geographic Location for a Picasa Photo Gallery

      Picasa is Google's free photo imaging software. With Picasa, you can organize your photos into specific galleries centered around a particular event. When sharing your images with friends and family, it's helpful to display the geographic location on an attached map that shows where your photos were taken. Whether it's a destination... more »

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    Picasa


    | operating system Microsoft Windows, Linux, genre [[Digital photography|Digital photo organizer
    | license freeware
    | website http://picasa.google.com/
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    Native applications for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac OS X are available through Google Labs. For Linux Google has bundled Wine with the Windows version to create an installation package rather than write a native Linux version. For Windows 98 and Windows Me, only an older version is available. There is also an iPhoto plugin or a stand-alone program for uploading photos available for Mac OS X 10.4 and later.

    Features

    Organization and editing
    For organizing photos, Picasa has file importing and tracking features, as well as tags, facial recognition, and collections for further sorting. It also offers several basic photo editing functions, including color enhancement, red eye reduction and cropping. Other features include slide shows, printing and image timelines. Images can also be prepared for external use, such as for e-mailing or printing, by reducing file size and setting up page layouts. There is also integration with online photo printing services.

    Keywords
    Picasa uses picasa.ini files to keep track of keywords for each image. In addition to read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasa

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