I have been having a picture ball! My dad gave me a new digital camera for Christmas. I'll let you know about that later, but tonight I wanted to talk about Google Picasa2. What a program! What can I say? If you have not tried it yet, what are you waiting for? Its free!
The application is SO easy to use, and so versatile. In fact, BG is a little jealous. She's using Adobe Photoshop Elements. It is a very powerful program, but it takes a little learning to use it well. She has the more expensive editing software because she has the more expensive camera. I have the freeware, because I have a point-and-shoot.
Picasa's user friendliness starts on the install. You just download and click the program. Picasa installs in one step and then searches your computer (you can customize the search parameters is you desire) for pictures, organizes the catalog and presents it to you. Simple, easy. No picture names are changed, or locations edited. All of the original content and file types are preserved. So, you can see pictures in other program catalogs as well with out loosing functionality. All of the usual editing features are available. They are located in easy to see, easy to use palettes. Each edit is easily undone, and the final results can be saved as copies. This great feature allows preservation of the original for future edits.
I will probably compose a more in-depth review in the future. But for now, download this program and try it out. It will become a favorite!
