Google acquires Picasa

[QuarterSwede]

ACDSee 6 still blows away Picasa.  I guess we'll have to wait for version 2.0.

ACDSee? 6.0.3 PowerPack ? $79.99 USD

I still don't get it? How can you all compare a FREE program with something that costs 79.99!? (Forget thatuse to cost money) That's ludacris!

[kaffra]

wow this is a really nice app, i like this timeline stuff. thanks for the info :D

[Galley]

ACDSee™ 6.0.3 PowerPack – $79.99 USD

I still don't get it? How can you all compare a FREE program with something that costs 79.99!? (Forget that it use to cost money) That's ludacris!

ACDSee by itself is only $49.99. Yeah, you certainly have a point. $50 is a long way from 0.

[Bearded Kirklander]

Adobe gives a free version of its Photo Album 2 software:

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopalbum/starter.html

Here is a comparison of features against the full program:

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopalb...tercompare.html

How does it compare to this free Picasa download? I would think pretty darn good, especially since it is also free.

Anyone know for sure though? I simply have not had the time to do a full on ghost of the machine, and then install and test both apps.

Thanks,

BK

[itsnotabigtruck]

Picasa 1.6 has gone free after being bought by Google!

http://www.picasa.com/google/

Edited July 20, 2004 by memodude

[JK1150]

i really like this program, very nice

[trad]

hmm, nice reminder,

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=190399

very nice program, i like it

mitodna

[itsnotabigtruck]

hmm, nice reminder,

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=190399

very nice program, i like it

mitodna

Edit: Oops, I just noticed a few posts deep in to that thread it says that.

I guess this thread is kinda redundant, o well :)

[JK1150]

well, it was free right when they bought it, wasn't it? and how is he a bigot?

[threetonesun]

Cool, I thought this would happen.

[b3ta]

I might as well download it and try it - since it's so highly recommended. ;)

[insanekiwi]

i like the inferface, it just SUCKS that it only sorts pictures by date and doesn't let you select ANY other option :no:

[Wadey]

I downloaded Picassa at the weekend, it scanned my drives and found pictures I didn't know I had :o

One thing I found though, is that occasionally windows will come up with a window saying downloader.exe has caused an error and will be closed. I imagine that this is a part of picasa as I'd never seen it until I installed the said program.

[dpanda]

nice. now i like this program. now i cna use it free. but it kind of sucks for those who bought 1.5. i was considering on buying it to arrange and display photos on my site.

[Toxikk Veteran]

merged

[Xab]

I like it how when Microsoft decided to give away IE for free, everyone screams antitrust, but when Google buys and gives away Picasa for free no one cares. Maybe Adobe should start suing for antitrust.

[itsnotabigtruck]

Nothing compares to Adobe Photoshop Album. I'm a tester for version 3.

[Bearded Kirklander]

I like it how when Microsoft decided to give away IE for free, everyone screams antitrust, but when Google buys and gives away Picasa for free no one cares. Maybe Adobe should start suing for antitrust.

Good point there. :)

[Ryne]

Picassa isn't included with an OS ;). IE might not have been with the OS at first, but as soon as they added it, thats when the problems began.

Correct me if I'm wrong, I like to learn ;)

[Redestium]

i like the inferface, it just SUCKS that it only sorts pictures by date and doesn't let you select ANY other option :no:

Yes it can. It's under the collections button on the top left.

[username]

pretty nice software if you ask me, nice price too

[username]

holly crap, the effects in this thing are awesome, best slideshow i have ever seen

the timeline thing is amazing

the need to make it into a screensaver

[Redestium]

like what? i'm curious because I'd like to take a look :)

I'd like to know too.

Did anyone find out if there's a way to zoom in edit mode? I know there's the slider in the library view but I don't want them all scaled just one that I am looking at, which is small.

I'd like to see support for animated gif files and gif/png transparency in future version though. Other than that I love this program.

[pacifica]

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?

in acdsee and adobe photoshop album you can create categories and assign them to your pictures. you can then sort and search by category (especially nice in acdsee). you can create custom categories so you can group photos together without having to move them or break up for collection.

[mv520]

i like this picasa program. I really like the enhance photo feature, but I noticed that after it enchanches the picture it doesnt stay when i open the pic for example internet explorer or "windows picture or fax viewer". Does Adobe Photoshop have that feature? If so can someone point out the plug-in (that enhances the picture like in picasa), if there is one. thank you really much.