Replacement for Picasa
Jul 22, 2016 09:47:44 #
hochocke
Loc: Powell, Ohio
Since Google is no longer supporting Picasa, I am looking for a similar piece of software to replace it. Nothing too complicated, but has basic features to edit photos and print them. Thanks for any advice.
Jul 22, 2016 09:57:16 #
Jul 22, 2016 10:00:47 #
picasa work fine as it is , dont need support from google . that is what i use , no plan to change .
Jul 22, 2016 10:04:57 #
Jul 22, 2016 10:15:22 #
Jul 22, 2016 10:19:32 #
daf40
Loc: Mesa, AZ
I use Lightroom and Elements (and prefer Elements), but Fastsone is a nice program with a nice cost-- free. I haven't found anything that can remotely compare to Picasa's facial recognition, however-- maybe the CIA or the NSA. It's an extraordinary feature, especially for a "free" program.
Jul 22, 2016 10:38:21 #
daf40 wrote:
I use Lightroom and Elements (and prefer Elements), but Fastsone is a nice program with a nice cost-- free. I haven't found anything that can remotely compare to Picasa's facial recognition, however-- maybe the CIA or the NSA. It's an extraordinary feature, especially for a "free" program.
Yes! Absolutely! I contacted BOTH the CIA and NSA, and they were not forthcoming with any software that could be downloaded for free to the public.
Then I contacted the producer's of the TV show "Person of Interest". Again no luck.
I turned 73 this year, and "facial recognition" is getting to be a bit of a problem, but not nearly as troubling as last week, when I got behind a certain freight truck in Bend Oregon, and followed it to Redding CA before I realized it was taking way too long to drive home from the Post Office.
So I guess, I will continue to use Faststone Image Viewer, which is free and has many more tools than Picasa ever had, and an 89 page PDF tutorial, also a separate free download. The tutorial is great and I memorized it (well, I thought I did) on the way to Redding. Can't seem to recall much of it, so I keep it on the desk next to my computer. Now where did I put....................................???
Jul 22, 2016 11:08:29 #
agillot wrote:
picasa work fine as it is , dont need support from google . that is what i use , no plan to change .
good for google photos.
Jul 22, 2016 11:19:23 #
If you are only using Picasa to edit, there is no reason to look elsewhere until your version crashes 
But a step up is PS Elements, as suggested. You can do basics, or guided, or get into "expert" if at some point that interests you. I love Elements, but I also still use my Picasa editor for a number of features.
But a step up is PS Elements, as suggested. You can do basics, or guided, or get into "expert" if at some point that interests you. I love Elements, but I also still use my Picasa editor for a number of features.
Jul 22, 2016 11:35:11 #
Kuzano wrote:
Yes! Absolutely! I contacted BOTH the CIA and NSA,... (show quote)
Thanks, I needed that, smile.
Jul 22, 2016 12:20:46 #
Jul 22, 2016 17:23:39 #
hochocke wrote:
Since Google is no longer supporting Picasa, I am looking for a similar piece of software to replace it. Nothing too complicated, but has basic features to edit photos and print them. Thanks for any advice.
Go to Google, they brought out their own replacement for it. They call it Google Photos.
Jul 23, 2016 05:40:41 #
I use Google Photos, it's an excellent organiser and has a limited but very good editor.
Jul 23, 2016 09:13:16 #
picassa is still a good editing software.in the beginning i solely used picassabut now i use lightroom and photoshop but i still use picassa for issues like texting and it does a great job,joseph
Jul 23, 2016 10:11:03 #
DVZ
Loc: Littleton CO
Serif has a free photo editor that I use on my secondary computer. I purchased Serif's PhotoPlus which I like but their free version is very similar and has most of the features. It's easy to use and the tutorials for PhotoPlus applies since they are so similar.
There's always GIMP, has a bit more of a learning curve and no adjustment layers yet, but it's free and gets the job done.
There's always GIMP, has a bit more of a learning curve and no adjustment layers yet, but it's free and gets the job done.
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