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Jul 23, 2016 11:02:10   #
sidney Loc: London.Eng.
 
Stay with Picasa..why change if it's still doing what you need it to do.

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Jul 23, 2016 12:25:30   #
nsilberman Loc: San Jose Calif.
 
I hope this article may help: "Best free photo editors".

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/applications/best-free-photo-editing-software-10-top-image-editors-you-should-try-1135489

Good luck!

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Jul 23, 2016 13:32:05   #
merrytexan Loc: georgia
 
Kuzano wrote:
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....................................???

Yes! Absolutely! I contacted BOTH the CIA and NSA,... (show quote)


Lol! That was so funny!

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Jul 23, 2016 14:29:34   #
Orca Loc: Little Egg Harbor, NJ USA
 
Linda From Maine wrote:
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.


I use the same two.




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Jul 23, 2016 14:36:12   #
Macronaut Loc: Redondo Beach,Ca.
 
I started with "Faststone Image Viewer" and even though I have too many other great tools now, I still keep it around. It's free, simple and very effective.

http://faststone.org/

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Jul 23, 2016 15:46:51   #
milemarker17
 
I've been using Corel Paint Shop Pro for many years, ever since it was a freeware program from JASC prior to being acquired by Corel. It is directly comparable to Elements and can usually be purchased for less. Plug-ins such as those from Topaz work fairly seamlessly with it. The downside is that the Corel products are largely ignored in graphics how-to's, so if you want to be able to replicate the steps in such articles, there's little alternative to the Adobe offerings. Re free programs, Picasa is kind of clunky when it comes to anything to do with resizing/resampling/file formats, but I think if you have also have Irfanview (free on download.com) on your PC, you can take care of most basic tweaks readily. Make sure to also download the plug-ins. If you are interested in assembling animated gifs, take a look at Photoscape (also free on download.com).

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Jul 23, 2016 16:05:05   #
hank6595 Loc: Amesbury, MA
 
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.
Picasa still works for editing. Use google to send out albums. I use it daily. Works great.

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Jul 23, 2016 16:26:06   #
Iam1of2
 
Try Faststone, which is free and quite remarkable for the price. If you take your time to examine it, you'll find an amazing number of features. Google it.

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Jul 23, 2016 16:31:12   #
Macronaut Loc: Redondo Beach,Ca.
 
Iam1of2 wrote:
Try Faststone, which is free and quite remarkable for the price. If you take your time to examine it, you'll find an amazing number of features. Google it.
There's a link two posts before yours

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Jul 25, 2016 22:34:17   #
Photo One Loc: Clearwater Florida
 
Use Lightroom and Elements. Great software!

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