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The next article, telling how to use Picasa, was just accepted for approval and is scheduled to run on Friday, August 22, 2008. I hope you all will enjoy it as well.
Another Macster checking in and feeling again the sting of not being a majority member. Oh well, I have done very well for many years with Photoshop Elements - so I can't see what Picasa would do for me that I can't already do. Cathy, I use iPhoto, of course, but still find that for photo improvement PE is the tool I use. Maybe I just haven't explored iPhoto enough because PE is already familiar turf. Hmmmm.
Another Mac user here. I am using Image Browser that came with my camera ( Canon ) but I want to get Photoshop Elements. Thanks for your post, Wannadanc! Good article about Picasa, too. I just can't use it.
I'm looking forward to the next article on Picasa. I'd love to be able to label photos for my gardens showing where each plant is located in a certain area.
Labeling is one of the things Picasa can't do. At least I haven't found that ability yet.
For labeling, I use the same program I've used for years, which also happens to be a free download. http://www.photofiltre.com Click on English and then download the "regular" photofiltre (not the studio version). The studio version is also free, but when 30 days is up, the program no longer works. The regular version continues to work and you can get all kinds of "plugins" for it too. It has most of the same features as Paint Shop Pro, without the ability to use layers. The studio version has layers, but like I said, then you don't have a program anymore.
This means I should create a file just for the photos I want to layer with labels, for a long cold winter's day (or the month of January), and I'll have a project to keep me busy.
FWIW - I DID pursue the Picassa links that referenced having "something" for Macsters. They will allow you to upload pix - so it is another photo hosting site. Roybird - my first photo editing software also came w/ my digital camera - and I was so happy with it and learned SO much - it was Adobe Photo Deluxe. Eventually, though, I did purchase PE and am quite pleased with it. I don't regret all the time with that first program, however, as I really did "master" what it had to offer and that made the shift to PE a whole lot easier.
I have used any number of photo hosting sites - and Picassa is pretty user friendly. Certainly if one hasn't put any albums together on the Internet, this is a good starting point.
