Google acquires Picasa

[Spyder Veteran]

:ninja:

[pacifica]

If you haven't tried Picasa, I definately recommend trying it :)  I'm hoping the new ownership will push this program forward quicker than its currently moving.

man, i agree. i've been using 1.5 for over a year now and the most they've done to it is added a piece called, "hello" and updated the software to 1.6.

i've been using acdsee and i love it but i'm really torn between that and picasa. if they add category support i just may drop acdsee. it's a really nice piece of software. again, i agree, i hope they push it along in a faster manner and make it more robust.

[eversor]

Wow! Really nice app. I was asking for a pretty picture managing software some days ago. Google must have read my post then and really like me. I guess they bought it for me.... not.

[eversor]

man, i agree. i've been using 1.5 for over a year now and the most they've done to it is added a piece called, "hello" and updated the software to 1.6.

i've been using acdsee and i love it but i'm really torn between that and picasa. if they add category support i just may drop acdsee. it's a really nice piece of software. again, i agree, i hope they push it along in a faster manner and make it more robust.

What do you mean with category support. I mean i just looked at the software and you can built you own collections... isn't this like a category?

[eversor]

Just got familiar with the interface and hell yeah categories for the individual collections are missing.

Like this:

comics

-> calvin & hobbes

> 1984

> 1985

> ...

-> garfield

> 1978

> 1979

> ...

Perhaps with the next update. But this program is definitly a keeper (like gooooold). My database is growing and growing (picasa is searching for pictures for over 45 minutes and i have some all well sorted on one partition) - until now i have a 200 mb database.

Other missing features:

- control speed of slideshow

- control how pictures are shown at slideshow (maximized or original size)

But i guess the more people use it the more support and updates we can expect...

Edited July 16, 2004 by EvErSoR

[Toxikk Veteran]

nice triple post

[Ivand]

lol at toxikk :laugh:

and Google wants to take over the world, they made the software free so anyone can download it and they could watch the pics we organize and deliver ads based on what's in the pics :ninja: :rofl:

[me101 Veteran]

Impressive piece of software, especially since it's now free...

(Wonder what they are going to do to those users who bought the software before Google got their mits on them ?)

Between Picasa and ACDSee it's a hard choice, for something simple, fast and good looking Picasa has everything beaten hands down.

I'd say it's on par with iPhoto on the Mac.

Look forward to plenty of updates, hopefully Google will throw some muscle at the development team and make the program the best way to organise photo's on a pc. :)

[QuarterSwede]

Impressive piece of software, especially since it's now free...

...

I'd say it's on par with iPhoto on the Mac.

Look forward to plenty of updates, hopefully Google will throw some muscle at the development team and make the program the best way to organise photo's on a pc. :)

It sure is impressive. I'm just blown away that finally something almost as good as (or as good as) iPhoto is on the PC for FREE. I love how easy it is to upload your pictures to a Blog. I'm definitely going to use it.

[dpanda]

great application. hope google improves it to be greater

[Redestium]

Just got familiar with the interface and hell yeah categories for the individual collections are missing.

Like this:

comics

-> calvin & hobbes

> 1984

> 1985

> ...

-> garfield

> 1978

> 1979

> ...

Perhaps with the next update. But this program is definitly a keeper (like gooooold). My database is growing and growing (picasa is searching for pictures for over 45 minutes and i have some all well sorted on one partition) - until now i have a 200 mb database.

Other missing features:

- control speed of slideshow

- control how pictures are shown at slideshow (maximized or original size)

But i guess the more people use it the more support and updates we can expect...

You can control the speed of the slideshow and you can create sub albums for collections (if I understand that's what you're trying to do).

[QuarterSwede]

Ok, I'm AMAZED at the ease of use that Picasa coupled with Hello has. It's so easy to update your blog it blows me away. I absolutely love it!!! No more Opening Photoshop to resize the image and then upload it and update my webpage (yeah, that takes a while).

THANK YOU GOOGLE!!!!

[Schmoove]

Ok, I'm AMAZED at the ease of use that Picasa coupled with Hello has. It's so easy to update your blog it blows me away. I absolutely love it!!! No more Opening Photoshop to resize the image and then upload it and update my webpage (yeah, that takes a while).

THANK YOU GOOGLE!!!!

Thank you google my ass..... they just bought it, they never developed it.

Thank you Lifescape Inc.

[Spyder Veteran]

speaking of.. what happened to the Picasa support forum where you could give feedback etc?

[MrCalifornia]

I hope they add something similar to the keyword tags in Adobe Photoshop Album (http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopalbum/overview.html) that are just drag and drop. It's a pain in the ass to try and go through and label who's in picutres etc. and nowhere near as easy to select them once they are labeled.

[Schmoove]

speaking of.. what happened to the Picasa support forum where you could give feedback etc?

I was wondering that too... I visited that forum on a weekly basis to get some ideas about the development progress, but it seems to be gone :(

[Redestium]

speaking of.. what happened to the Picasa support forum where you could give feedback etc?

http://forums.picasa.net/index.php?sid=66d...14cf66214d0e998

Funny thing is I just saw someone post about how they finally bought it yesterday (the 15th). :laugh: :blink:

Link

3rd from the bottom

I put off buying Picasa for the longest time and got tired of waiting so I went ahead and bought it online. icon_biggrin.gif If there is a need for beta testers I would realy be intrested in being apart of it I email alot of pictures and that is one of the reasons I bought Picasa

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I hope they add something similar to the keyword tags in Adobe Photoshop Album (http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopalbum/overview.html) that are just drag and drop. It's a pain in the ass to try and go through and label who's in picutres etc. and nowhere near as easy to select them once they are labeled.

How does that work? :unsure:

[BroChaos Veteran]

so is this version any different than the latest version released by picasa themselves?

sucks for people who bought it...

[dL]

Anyone tried this program? How is it?

Looks pretty good to me, wanna hear your ideas.

dL

[MrCalifornia]

How does that work?  :unsure:

You create tags (which look like luggage tags with a picture in them) and then you drag them onto photos that they match. They have categories for People, Places, Events, and anything else you want to sort by. Then you can select just photos that match up to sets of tags by selecting those tags.

So if you want to find pictures of you and your girlfriend in Spain or something you just click both your names and Spain. Or if you just want landscapes you just click landscapes.

[Toxikk Veteran]

so is this version any different than the latest version released by picasa themselves?

sucks for people who bought it...

uhhh yah!

and dL, it is a great app. only image "sorting" software i use.

[resonance]

Never tried this app before and I'm loving the interface and speed (Y)

[Toxikk Veteran]

i like it better when you turn the "special effects in user interface" off.

[trad]

ok, i heard version 2.0 is coming,

but how about those paid users?

when i launched Picasa, i saw it asking me to register, "Free Product Updates" ? so version 2.0 is free?

mitodna

[Toxikk Veteran]

as spyder mentioned, it may or may not be free... or the free version will be lacking features.