Picasa

What is it?  Photo Organizer / Editor 
How much is it?  Free
Where can I get it?

Picasa is a ‘knock your socks off’ photo organizer software that rivals many paid versions of photo organizing and editing software. 

Here’s a brief list of what it can do for you:

• Find, edit, and share your photos in seconds

• Easily remove red eye and fix photos

• Find pictures you forgot you had 

• Move and re-name pictures from inside Picasa

• Use labels to tag your photos into quick groupings inside Picasa 

• Picasa creates a new “instance” of each photo you label without taking up more space on your computer, so you can put the same picture into multiple albums.

• Fast and easy to crop, remove red eye, fix the contrast and color, and enhance your digital pictures – turn gray sky into a picture-perfect day!

• 12 new visual effects can improve your photos –  in seconds

• Write captions that stay with the picture - Picasa captions are fully editable and searchable, and you choose whether to display them or not. 

• Doesn’t matter if you didn’t get the right shot - Zoom. Pan. Tilt. Get the angle you intended.

• If you know how to use your camera in manual mode, this window shows you all the camera data that is stored in a picture's original file - such as camera model, date the photo was taken, even if a flash was used.

• Picasa automatically resizes and attaches pictures to email messages at sizes your friends will be able to open.

• Picasa's Blog This! button automatically transfers selected pictures up to your blog. 

• Hello™ instant picture chat lets you share pictures back-and-forth in seconds.

• You can turn a group of photos into a presentation with one click, then share your slide show on a CD.

• You can take your photos with you no matter how you like to carry them. Picasa works with all the newest compact flash devices. 

• Picasa automatically fits your pictures perfectly onto the expensive paper used by your home printer. It’s finally easy to print wallets, 4×6, 5×7, full pages, more sizes and even (hallelujah!) more than one picture on a page.

• Picasa makes it easy to protect your pictures by archiving them on a CD or DVD. Picasa even displays the pictures that haven't been backed up yet to make absolutely sure you don't make mistakes with images that matter.

• You can pick photos straight out of Picasa and upload them directly to your favorite photo finishers to order prints and other products.

• Effortlessly create slide show CDs for friends and family.

• Select your best shots, then adjust the delay time, dimensions, and video compression settings. That’s it – Picasa will render a movie, complete with title graphics, that you can play and share. 

• Make a personalized desktop picture or screensaver.

• Picasa can tile any picture you select, allowing you to print each part and reassemble them at poster size – up to 1,000% larger than the original. 

• Make picture collages.  Select a group of pictures, choose one of the beautiful templates, and Picasa will create a collage that expands your creative horizons.

• Picasa’s automatic photo organizer exports your pictures to any TiVo® Series2™ DVR connected to a home network (TiVo® not included!)

Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips.
 
So, start clicking!   Get Picasa here: