- Transfer photos from camera to computer
- Organize your photos on your computer
- Make them look better with simple editing tools
- Single-click easy to email, print, or make a free website
- Backs up all your photos to CD/DVD
It does all this fast, easy, *and* it’s free. What more could you ask for?
Well, people have been asking for the ability to print text on top of a photo, they’ve been asking for a way to print multiple photos on one page and manually place them on the page wherever you want. Or how about better slide shows?, or editing out blemishes on peoples faces?, or tighter integration with your web album?
All these things and more are now included in the new release of Picasa called Picasa 3. It’s in Beta, which means they’re at the end of the development stage but not quite finished. When you use Beta software, it’s always recommend to make a backup of your system first. Picasa 3 is only available for Windows. The Linux version is 2.7 and there is no Macintosh version … yet.
I’ll write more about Picasa 3 once I’ve worked with it some more. Meanwhile, watch this video about the greatly improved Collage feature. I’d love to hear from any of you that do scrapbooking. How does this compare to what you’re using now?
If you have any problem viewing that high resolution one, below is the Youtube version:
Chris Guld
www.GeeksOnTour.com
Computer Education for Travelers