dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

new tools more fun

http://picasatutorials.com/2012/01/upgrading-to-picasa-3-9/

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

have you used it yet? do you like it? how does it differ from previous versions?

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

just got the notice looks like fun

Jim Tolliver Loc: Loveland, Ohio

I have used Picasa for years and love it, and it does all the editing I need. I just installed the new version and I am anxious to try out the new features.
It only took under 1 minute to upgrade for me.

HEART Loc: God's Country - COLORADO

Thanks for the alert, DP. Have used it for the last several hours, and impressed with its almost-mirroring of AutoHDR's software - and without the delay in processing. I'm still disappointed that they haven't beefed up the touchup toolkit. It is a week point of both Picasa and other freebie products. But, on the upside, the tools are more user-friendly and masks are very visual in their immediate results. Again, thanks for the headsup!!

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

give'm time... then they probly start chargin

Bob.J Loc: On The Move

FYI

Version 3.9

Build 135.80 - December 15, 2011

Fixed various crashes.
Fixed name tags and contacts issues.
Build 135.78 - December 8, 2011

Added ability to upload to Google+: share with circles, post pictures to your stream, and upload images at original size.
Social Tagging: name tag people in your Google+ circles and notify them via G+.
New photo editing effects, including:
Infrared
Lomo-ish
Holga-ish
HDR-ish
Cinemascope
Orton-ish
Sixties
Invert Colors
Heat Map
Nightvision
Cross Process
Posterize
Duo-Tone
Boost
Soften
Vignette/Matte
Pixelate/Focal Pixelate
Focal Zoom
Pencil Sketch
Neon
Comic Book
Border
Rounded Edges
Drop Shadow
Museum Matte
Polaroid
Side by side editing: compare two pictures side-by-side, or compare different edits on the same picture.
Updated RAW support for pictures from newer cameras.
Support for WebP files.
On the Tools > Experimental menu, we've added support for migrating your database to another local drive.
Improvements to Face Movie maker: number of photos included, chronological ordering.
Sync now uploads unshared albums privately.
Improved restoring of virtual albums when you uninstall and reinstall, or move to a new computer. Album data is written to the picasa.ini file now, along with all of your other edits.
OAuth support: use 2-factor accounts without getting an application-specific password.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

comic book cool Chester Gould would have loved that

ksgcslater

Downloaded it last night and got to play with it a bit. Looks like it has some pretty cool affects.

lesv Loc: warren pa

picasa saved me from giving up my new found hobby. after becoming so frustrated with pse-7 and spending more money on books ans searching for hours for tutorials, someone on uhh talked about picasa for us newbies.best thing i ever did, im sure i will move up in time but i can understand picasa and ENJOY my camera. good day

Bob.J Loc: On The Move

Every one should have multiple photo programs, they all do things better or different than each other.
PhotoScape & IrfanView are must haves too.
I rarely use PS, It cracks me up when I see folks explain how to do something in PS and it takes 20-30 clicks to do what Picasa does in a snap.

lesv Loc: warren pa

yes BobJ this is great for newbies like me. i gonna check out Infraview and Photoscape. good day http://youtu.be/l8vNKAkjSO4

AVarley Loc: Central Valley, California

I've been using Picasa for a while now, but somehow missed the update info until reading this thread just now ... the timing couldn't have been better, since I just finished reading another post today with infrared images.

Thanks Bob.J for the list of effects in the update. Picasa actually has IR as a pre-set effect which I'll use until I'm ready to convert an old camera to IR.

Playing around just a bit ... found goood IR result if image is made B&W, then color inverted, THEN IR effect applied. Not great, but not bad either. More experimentation required to be sure!