[Leica] Anyone using Picasa

[bill at photobynelsch.com (Bill)]

I will echo Phil's experience.  I too have been using Picasa as my photo
manager.  It will read the DMR .dng's but not the M8 .dng's.  Those first
have to be either converted to jpgs or run through ACR.  For getting a quick
image in the email it can't be beat.

Bill in Denver

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bill=photobynelsch.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bill=photobynelsch.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Phil Swango
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 9:06 PM
To: LUG
Subject: [Leica] Anyone using Picasa

Ken Frazier wrote:
Are any of you using Google's Picasa Web Album?   Any comments?
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I've been using Picasa on a PC since it was released and have been using the
web album since it first came out.  I've never had the problem Jeff
described on any of the 4 machines I've used it on, so I can't comment on
that particular issue.  I think Picasa is great for low-power users and
their web album can't be beat, IMO.  You use Picasa to edit
(non-destructively) and then with one click you can post one or more images
to Picasa Web, email them, collage them, print them, resize them, burn a CD,
etc.  All the edits can be stepped back in history palette fashion til you
get back to the original.  Also handles RAW for many brands.  But the edits
are limited in scope and it's no competition for PS in any sense.

To see the web album at its best, find a gallery you like and view it as a
slide show in full screen mode.  If you don't have a fave, look at mine:
http://picasaweb.google.com/paswango/Samsung.  Picasa Web is the easiest web
gallery I've ever used and has the cleanest look.

And be sure to check out that slide show thing.  At full screen.


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Phil Swango
307 Aliso Dr SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
505-262-4085

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