Picasa: A Photo/Video Viewer, Uploader, Organizer, and Much More!

I am not a huge photographer. I recently purchased a slim Casio camera based off of its video feature, but seeing as how it is advertised and sold primarily as a photo camera, I figured I would give photography a chance. To this day I am no great photographer, but I definitely find myself taking more pictures of vacations, friends, and myself. After a while I had accumulated a far greater collection of photos than I had ever anticipated. I like looking at my photos but... It just seems so cluttered. What to do? Download Picasa. Picasa - in essence - is iPhoto. However it was originally developed for Windows (There is a Mac version now). Developed by Google, Picasa is an excellent tool to organize, view, and share your favorite photos, and videos.



Picasa does a number of helpful things. It allows you to import folders, individual files, or capture directly from a webcam. Many aspects of your photos can be customized within Picasa. For instance you can add a caption to any of your photos, you may choose which photos or your favorite (or "starred"). There are a variety of creative options, such as creating photo slideshows, video presentations, and photo collages.

Picasa also has options for printing, E-mailing, and various other sharing options. As a matter of fact, you can set up your Blogger account, and post images from Picasa to your blog.

One of the most noteworthy features of Picasa is its web sync feature. This allows you to set up an account at Picasa's web album website service. You can keep your photos on your native system, and also online, for convenience purposes. I have not explored the web photo album aspect very much so far, but I have uploaded an album to try it, and it seems to work just fine.

Overall, Picasa is a very good photo organization tool. It's hard to compare to anything else, because I am a Windows user, and never have had the chance to use iPhoto long enough to develop an opinion about it. I definitely recommend Picasa to both the hardcore and casual photographers.

*Requirements*

Windows 2000/XP, Mac, or Linux
300MHz CPU
64MB RAM
50MB disk space

Picasa Link: http://picasa.google.com/

Download Link: http://picasa.google.com/thanks.html

-Adam

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