Replacement for Picassa (Page 2): Many of the features in Picassa have been integrated into Google Photos which is quite user friendly. Picassa downloads can still be found on the...

FL Streetrodder

Many of the features in Picassa have been integrated into Google Photos which is quite user friendly. Picassa downloads can still be found on the internet, but I am unsure that they may be compatible if you are running Windows 10. I still have Picassa 3 on my Windows 7 computer and go to it on occasion for a specific tool that is easier to use than my other programs.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

normpel wrote:

Has anyone found a good (free) replacement for Picassa? I miss the features that it offered like cropping, lightening, straightening out and mostly--adding captions to your photos with a choice of white or black lettering. It was so simple to use compared to LR and other expensive programs. Any suggestions for a replacement? normpel@comcast.net

Why can't you use it anymore? I still have mine. The only feature that does not work is emailing an image from it.
Can I help?
Mark

klevco47 Loc: Eastham Ma Cape Cod

normpel wrote:

Has anyone found a good (free) replacement for Picassa? I miss the features that it offered like cropping, lightening, straightening out and mostly--adding captions to your photos with a choice of white or black lettering. It was so simple to use compared to LR and other expensive programs. Any suggestions for a replacement? normpel@comcast.net

I still use Picassa, no problems with it

Ollieboy

wingate2417 wrote:

At $10 a month photoshop and Lightroom is really cheap for what you get. Suck it up and join you’ll never regret it.

I don't think it's the money. The learning curve is steep for PS. That's why I don't use it.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Faststone.

bamfordr Loc: Campbell CA

Julius wrote:

Google Photo has a nice photo editor that does all the basics, crop, rotate(straighten), lighten/darken, as well as a nice set of color/presets. It is free.

Ditto. Switched from Picassa to Google Photos when Picassa support dropped. Transfer (including albums) was very straightforward. It looks like Google Photos will start charging for photos if you exceed a generously huge amount of free storage.

paulrph1 Loc: Washington, Utah

normpel wrote:

Has anyone found a good (free) replacement for Picassa? I miss the features that it offered like cropping, lightening, straightening out and mostly--adding captions to your photos with a choice of white or black lettering. It was so simple to use compared to LR and other expensive programs. Any suggestions for a replacement? normpel@comcast.net

view nx and view nx2 these are Nikon so not sure on availability.

HatsuoHiga Loc: Hawaii

Julius wrote:

Google Photo has a nice photo editor that does all the basics, crop, rotate(straighten), lighten/darken, as well as a nice set of color/presets. It is free.

Julius, Google photos is free up to 15gb, after that it is a charge. Apple photos that came with with the imac is free.

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

sjb3 wrote:

Both Irfanview and Fastone Image Viewer are free; their editing capabilities are as good as or better than Picasa, which remains as state-of-the-art for the year 2016, when Google stopped supporting it, while the other two Apps have evolved with the times, so to speak.

👍

DJon41 Loc: Utah

I use it as well. It will be pried from my cold dead hands.

limeybiker

normpel wrote:

Has anyone found a good (free) replacement for Picassa? I miss the features that it offered like cropping, lightening, straightening out and mostly--adding captions to your photos with a choice of white or black lettering. It was so simple to use compared to LR and other expensive programs. Any suggestions for a replacement? normpel@comcast.net

I use Windows 10 Photos.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/see-all-your-photos-c0c6422f-d4cb-2e3d-eb65-7069071b2f9b

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

wingate2417 wrote:

At $10 a month photoshop and Lightroom is really cheap for what you get. Suck it up and join you’ll never regret it.

Yep. I'm a LR user.

augieg27 Loc: Central California

normpel wrote:

Has anyone found a good (free) replacement for Picassa? I miss the features that it offered like cropping, lightening, straightening out and mostly--adding captions to your photos with a choice of white or black lettering. It was so simple to use compared to LR and other expensive programs. Any suggestions for a replacement? normpel@comcast.net

Faststone - Free and does everything I need, except layers.

PierreD

normpel wrote:

Has anyone found a good (free) replacement for Picassa? I miss the features that it offered like cropping, lightening, straightening out and mostly--adding captions to your photos with a choice of white or black lettering. It was so simple to use compared to LR and other expensive programs. Any suggestions for a replacement? normpel@comcast.net

I still use it all the time and you can still download & install it on your computer. Several newer programs are as good/better and user-friendly. For me, however, an issue is that I have literally 1000s of pictures with captions created using Picasa. These captions are critical, e.g., when searching for specific photos taken years ago - a function that works well and is very easy to use with Picasa. Existing captions would likely not be available with a different software... and it would take forever to re-create them from scratch.

koratcat

Bogin Bob wrote:

General Note:
I believe suggested alternatives - Picasa, Fastone, and Irfanview are not compatible with Mac OSX.

Just checked, and Irfanview can be used with Mac. I've used it on a PC for years and highly recommend the program.