Monday, January 5, 2009

Picasa for Macs in Beta

One thing I missed about moving from PC's to Macs is Picasa. Your pictures reside both on your computer and as part of a web album. It was announced at MacWorld that Picasa is available for Macs! YEAH!
"Picasa borrowed a lot from Mac's elegance and simplicity, but it was only available for Windows (and emulated in Linux). Mac users can now finally install a native version of Picasa from http://picasa.google.com/mac/ and enjoy one of the most easier to use software for photo management." Here is an introductory video.

Picasa for Mac integrates seamlessly with Picasa Web Albums, Google's free photo-sharing site, which offers features like tagging. It includes:

* A drag-and-drop photo collage tool that gives users control over layout and content
* A retouching brush to wipe out scratches and blemishes - and repair old photos
* A slideshow movie maker that uploads users photo montage videos to YouTube with a click
* Smart auto-cropping that guides users on how to zoom in on their subject
* And, auto red-eye removal.
Note-System Requirements:
  • Mac OS X 10.4+
  • Intel CPU
  • 256MB RAM
  • 100MB available hard disk space
I think you will enjoy all Picasa's sharing attributes!

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