![]() ![]() I think photography and photo editing for the "masses" has become so dumbed down that they want programs such as Google Photos to.oh never mind. It only uses little resource which lessens the CPU’s workload. It is lighter and works faster than Picasa. Why Google abandoned Picasa, I can only guess. 3 Top Picasa alternatives All-in-one photo viewer Versatile image viewer Image viewer with other functions Apowersoft Photo Viewer If you are eyeing for a Picasa substitute, then Apowersoft Photo Viewer is the one that you can rely on. I still have Picasa in a zipped folder but, alas, I think it's wishful thinking that I'll ever be able to use it again as long as I use PSE2018 on W10. I deleted the hidden files and, reluctantly, uninstalled Picasa (I also deleted the hidden files created by Canon ZoomBrowser). It's well documented in this and Adobe forums all the problems I had with it and my Pictures folder.īy chance, I happened to turn on hidden files and found countless files that Picasa had created though the years that were in the My Pictures folder backups. When PS CS 3 no longer worked properly when I bought a W10 laptop (used W7 prior to that), I bought PS Elements 2018 because I work with layers. Picasa is an outstanding program, one I used for years along side of photoshop. I've already developed a bit of a workaround but right now I'm kinda mad.Īnd Google Photos is not the same thing as Picasa-not even close as it doesn't try to do the same thing: it is almost as if Google higher-ups realize that anything that they do MUST be cloud-centered-Picasa is/was not. I want software on my desktop that allows me to do what I found simple and straightforward with Picasa from within the software, including emailing a single photo or emailing a group of photos. I'm not talking about Picasaweb (which I also used, but was killed off awhile back). I would pay for an updated fully-functional Picasa, or software that does what it did. I have a feeling that those who criticize Picasa didn't use it the way I did.in combination with Photoshop, Picasa was, and in some ways, remains.excellent. Google is finally killing off Picasa's functionality as far as living in the space between desktop and cloud-as of a couple of days ago it became impossible to sign into my gmail account from within Picasa. ![]() My go-to desktop do-it-all for all things photos, though, has been, for years.Picasa. I am a reasonably competent user of Photoshop (CS3, to be precise). Hello everyone, I have been using to Picasa to sort, catalog and perform quick JPEG enhancements along with video files for a few years now.
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