mancemd

I still use Picasa. When I upload to the cloud they show up in Google Photos

RJM Loc: Cardiff, S Wales, UK

Correct.

I also stored a download copy on my hardrive for future computers.

jamesl Loc: Pennsylvania

Don't upload the pictures from Pixasa if they are going where you don't want them. Use whatever up-loader is available for whichever site or online albums you choose to use instead.

LawHoc Loc: Westchester County, NY

I have been experimenting with Windows 10 photo editor and Canon photo program(s). I couldn't find a satisfying substitute for Picasa, especially re organization and storage. I assumed the problem was me, and am happy to see others experienced the same. Question: can photos still be selected and emailed directly from Picasa (I think not)? BTW: Google, in its calm-down-don't-worry notice/announcement seemed to suggest that it plans to provide an acceptable replacement for Picasa.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

If you're interested in using another editor, check out

http://lightzoneproject.org

Yeah, you have to register with an email address. Truth is, I've never received an email from them.
--Bob

jefren Loc: Montgomery, Alabama

As others have said, you can still use Picasa, if you keep everything on your computer. I think you may be storing files online. In that, I think Picasa is gone. If you store the files on your computer, I think you will be all right.

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

You can add text in Photoshop using layers.

Lillabell

I was working in Picasa recently. I came out of it for a moment. When I went back, all my photos had disappeared. It took a couple of days to find them in Google Photos. I had hundreds of photos in Picasa, but only a few, 75, came back.
Now I keep getting a message that Picasa is compacting its data base. So far there isn't much I like about the editing process in Google Photos. When I download photos, they do not go into Picasa at all. They go into my picture file and stay there. I am using a Canon software for editing that came with my Canon printer, Selphy 910, but I still miss Picasa. I'll try some of the suggestions I've seen here. Maybe something will work.

Bunko.T Loc: Western Australia.

I can't understand why folks have so much trauma with photos in Picasa.
To begin with, you don't store pics in Picasa, you only edit them with Picasa.
You store your pics in your "My Pictures" folder.
If your picture viewing programme is Picasa, if not ,make it your default viewing programme, all you do is double click on the pic you want to view or edit, or rt click & choose Picasa, then work your magic.
That done, you save it or save as, & it goes back to where you had it or want to put it. But it ain't stored in Picasa, that is only the programme you open it with. It keeps thumbnails in it, but it's not where you store your pics.
If you want a different programme to be your default pic viewing one, you then have to rt click on your pic & choose Picasa.
I've used it for years & I agree it's simple to use.
I also think it was Google from whom I downloaded it as a freebie, originally, so Google taking it over don't sound right. It's always been.
Whether or not they are ditching it, I've yet to discover that.
What is the world coming to. No Picasa!! Wrist slashing time.

puku8849

I, like many other Picasa users, miss the ease with which you can write text on the photos. Is there another easy editor that allow you to write text directly on the photos ?

Bunko.T Loc: Western Australia.

Not that I'm aware of but I'm no geek.
If you had Picasa in your computer, & still have, you can still use it the same.
I don't think they can take it away from you.
What worries me is that all these companies, Google, Microsoft etc, seem to be pushing us all to a Cloud style of operation, where they have access to your data. They want to control what you do with your stuff. Others can see inside your private data, sometimes with your permission, to solve problems, but, there are the dishonest element out there who are smart enough to hack in & invade your privacy.
I don't like this trend towards more control by outsiders, into my doings.
Photos are becoming a source of value to be hijacked or manipulated, for illegal gain.

Bunko.T Loc: Western Australia.

I must concede that after my comment about Google owning
Picasa from the start, I read it up & found that to be not the case.

Google did buy it from its originators. Shot my trap off half cocked, sorry.

Daryl New Loc: Wellington,New Zealand

I found "Photoscape",simpler and very easy to use.Once you have spent time what there various things do.Thoroughly recommended.
[url]http://www.photoscape.org[url]

puku8849

[quote=Daryl New]I found "Photoscape",simpler and very easy to use.Once you have spent time what there various things do.Thoroughly recommended.
[url]http://www.photoscape.org[url][/quote]

Fantastic and thank you so much, I just downloaded PhotoScape and tried out the Insert Text and it works like a charm. An excellent free alternative to Picasa.

LawHoc Loc: Westchester County, NY

I found that photos can be emailed out of Picasa (using gmail.com) same as before, no change. LawHoc.