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nekobus
03-21-2009, 10:39 AM
In a recent chat, a couple of people asked me to share the details of how I use Picasa. Attached is my process and categories. Hope this is helpful.

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lhyden
03-21-2009, 11:02 AM
Yes it was me, thanks so much, this is great. Best, Linda
lhyden
03-22-2009, 07:11 PM
Nek,

Thank you so much, this is very helpful, I appreciate that you took the time to break this all out for us. It is truly a great help. thanks, Linda
nekobus
03-22-2009, 10:34 PM
You're welcome. :)
lmilgram
03-23-2009, 07:56 AM
it was mentioned that Picasa 2 has trouble viewing .png files...so true. You should try upgrading to Picasa 3 - that pesky problem has been solved.

Thanks for sharing your organization method...I always find it interesting to see how others do this.
nafeesa
05-28-2009, 06:07 AM
If I have Photoshop Elements (it has an organizer) is it still worth using Picasa?
Penny M
05-28-2009, 08:49 AM
Yes, Rebekah, if you use the Organizer in PSE, it will eventually slow down your photo editor when you have a lot of pics/scrapbook items tagged in it. I would recommend using another organizing system, Picasa, being one of them. The great thing about it is that it is free.
nafeesa
05-28-2009, 09:20 AM
okay. I think I'll head over and pick that up then. Or, maybe I'll get it after I get some sleep lol
Abby
05-28-2009, 10:56 PM
The great thing about Picasa is it's super, it's fast, it's free and they update it pretty frequently :) .. can't lose with that!
Limequilla
06-24-2009, 01:57 AM
Hey! I was one who requested this, too....I thought this was going to be in the tutorials, and then I couldn't remember who had said they would do it (from the chat) as a lot of people are tagging photos.

I'll look at it as soon as I wake up tomorrow -- thanks Neko!!
jessjgh1
09-12-2009, 10:09 PM
I recently came across a tutorial about using Windows Live Photo Gallery... some of the positives were compelling but there was no comparison w/ picasa
Anyone know? Or is there another thread about it?
Thanks
Jessica
jessjgh1
09-12-2009, 10:14 PM
Oh, this might be helpful.... the feature that impressed me was:
Tags are written into the files, not into a database as is used with other programs. What does this mean for you? This means that all the time and effort in tagging will not be lost should you have a computer crash, mess up your database, or move your files outside of the program. That is a huge benefit! In addition, it works with .png files as well as .jpg files.

Is this true w Picasa, too? I was using PSE organizer and it stopped working ( i can still do it and see, but it cant backup anymore) so I need to switch to something pref. free

Jessica