Picasa for Mac a reality
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- shinpo
It is finally here - Picasa for mac.
http://picasa.google.com/mac/
It sure did take a long time. Other than the elite apps for photo's do you think this will replace iPhoto?
- JSK0
What is it?
- shinpo0
Picasa is a free photo managing software from google. It has been out on PC for like 8 years.
- 15 yearsdrgss
- Has Google even been around 8 years?monospaced
- google's been around since 1998 as a corp, 1996 as a student project.zarkonite
- but picasa was bought by google so it's been around longer.zarkonite
- moth0
It's great for the PC.
I love it.
- Llyod0
why not use Adobe Bridge?
- zoiks0
Been waiting for a very long time for this. I just got a mac about 2 mos ago and have been getting familiar with iPhoto but missing many features from Picasa. Now I'm just seeing what's new in iPhoto before I install.
- danthon0
I use it to catalog snapshots and family photos to keep them separate from the work I do in lightroom. The gmail integration is makes sharing snaps with family super EZ, even my mom has it dialed.
- Atkinson0
Anyone tried it yet? I use bridge / photoshop / flickr + finder / preview - used to like this for PC though. Never been able to get to grips with iphoto.
- ninjasavant0
I don't mind either Picasa or iPhoto but I've never figured out what people are talking about when they say Picasa does more than iPhoto. Can someone highlight the differences?
- rafalski0
iPhoto creates copies of edited images. Even if the only thing done is automatic rotation according to camera's position sensor, of which you are not aware most of the time. It is a very inefficient solution for someone who does take a lot of pictures.
- nikdaum0
I just don't trust iPhoto to manage the folder structure of my photos. Has anyone seen the quagmire it creates? I'd much rather manually maintain my library in a YEAR/MONTH/ETC structure. Then it's not dependent on a single piece of software.
- fair enoughninjasavant
- +100 yeah man. I HATE that shit. its impossible to get at the files. Never use iPhoto.baseline_shift
- you're a quagmirefiesta
- loop0
bringing this thread back... any thoughts between iPhoto '09 and Picasa? What's better?
and... what about Picasa vs Flickr?
- Atkinson0
picassa good for syncing - really fast. also good with gmail and better to use both online and offline. Flickr is a better community which is a shame because it's slow and not that good.
- benfal990
Flickr is good for people having a blog. To store linked images.
- benfal990
Adobe Bridge is good, but under Windows it just crash a lot.
- loop0
right now, i don't use either. but i am a google fan and am drawn to their continued integration... seems smart. my biggest need is to get photo galleries of trips and such up easily and quickly. seems like i see Flickr a heck of a lot more out there.
- moth0
I wish picasa came with a Flickr plugin. That's all really.
- Atkinson0
flickr is so slow to upload, picasa just syncs in the background, flickr doesnt sync. Picasa does have a flickr plugin
- zarkonite0
Picasa works so well that my girlfriend can now browse through, correct and convert my .CR2 files and put them online. I don't have to process any of our vaca pics anymore! yay!