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Picasa.com - Google's New Photographic Portal
by Jakob Jelling
As if Google.com had any problems with acquiring new technologies along comes
Picasa.com and helps Google let people share graphics and video for free!
Google.com has always been synonymous for giving people what they wanted and
best of all for free. Since this recent acquisition, Google continues to snap up
quality companies that it feels that is inline with its vision.
So what is Picasa.com really?
Picasa.com is a free photo organizer that allows you to share your photos
with friends and family. Best of all, its free! Picasa.com is integrated with
enhanced photo editing tools that could possibly rival Photoshop with the ease
of use and portability. Picasa.com allows the user to upload collections of
photos, edit them and create a scrapbook or photo album for selected viewers to
see.
With the enhanced photo editing tools, you can feather an image, remove redeye,
and change a photo from color to black and white. Other features include
cropping images, sending completed photos to a processor for printing, sharing
photos via email.
How do I get started?
As with any freeware all you need is a computer that is attached to the
Internet. Picasa's software is designed to run on Microsoft Windows platforms.
It supports JPEG, TIFF, GIF, BMP, PSD, AVI, MPG, ASF, and WMV files. You can
even import video with the usage of AVI, MPG and WMV, as all formats are popular
with Microsoft Media Player.
To visit Picasa.com just click on on the banner below for a totally free download to start the installation
process. The installation file is less than 4 MB and shouldn't take too long to
download if you are on a cable modem or dsl connection. Upon accepting the terms
of the licensing the installer will fire off the application. You will be
prompted to upload your pictures upon request. You can have the software upload
them for you or you can manually select which files and folders to include. This
is helpful should there be photos you do not wish to share.
Upon setting up your photo preferences you can set up which photos to add to
which collection as well as work on each photo right there. Another neat feature
is that if you are away from your computer and find an image you would like to
scan you can install the software anywhere and upload it into your profile.
Picasa truly is another outstanding free feature from the minds at Google.
What makes this software even better is that its backed by 24x7 support and a
forum of fellow users that can share experiences and help you troubleshoot your
problem if you have one.
About the Author
Jakob Jelling is the founder of http://www.sitetube.com. Visit his website for
the latest on planning, building, promoting and maintaining websites.
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