Posted by Clay Wood, Software EngineerThe new Photo Viewer that ships with Picasa 3 is quick and straightforward, so I’ll try to keep this blog post equally focused.We designed Photo Viewer to be a better, faster image viewer. A quick double-click on a…
Sharing photos with Creative Commons licensing
Posted by Mark Geller, Business Product ManagerWe know that many photographers on Picasa Web Albums are interested in having their photos be seen by as large an audience as possible. We also know that some users–but by no means all–are happy allowing…
New email upload in Picasa Web Albums
Posted by Justin Zaren, Software EngineerPhotos don’t belong cooped up in your email’s inbox, they belong on the web where you can share them with family, friends, or the world. As part of last week’s major update, Picasa Web Albums now supports the a…
Photo Collages!
Posted by Mike Clement, Software EngineerPicasa 3 (beta) features an entirely new and expanded collage maker that you can use to create pixel-perfect masterpieces suitable for printing or just sharing online. There are six different collage “themes” t…
Posted by Ping Hsin Chen, Software EngineerHave you ever wondered what types of snapshots are being shared on Picasa Web Albums by other users? Or have you ever felt like taking a break to browse through fascinating and beautiful photos from far away?…
Posted by Tara Morrison, Software QA EngineerAs you may have seen in yesterday’s post, the beta version of Picasa 3 offers many improvements and additions to the existing Picasa software. One of the new features I’m most excited about is our powerful r…
Posted by Todd Bogdan, Software EngineerWe’ve been working on a new version of Picasa for a couple of years, and we think you’re going to like the changes and improvements. Mike’s post yesterday gave some background on Picasa 3’s general focus on ea…
Posted by Mike Horowitz, Product ManagerToday, we’re pleased to announce the public beta of Picasa 3.0, the next generation of Google’s photo management software. We’re also launching a redesigned Picasa Web Albums with a brand-new ‘name tags’ feature…
Picasa Web Albums prints now available at Walgreens
Posted by Mark Geller, Product ManagerHere’s some good news for impulse shoppers out there: we’ve just added Walgreens as a print provider in Picasa Web Albums, which means you can order prints from your favorite online photo albums and pick them up in…
Posted by Jason Cook, Product Marketing ManagerHere’s a tip for families sharing photos on Picasa Web Albums, or for anybody else who needs to shuttle large sets of photos from one computer to another. With Picasa Web Albums, your viewers can download…
Something for (almost) every phone: Nokia S60 support, new iPhone tap & zoom, Windows Mobile Standard support, and more
Posted by Petteri Koponen, Product ManagerMuch as we like sharing photos online, we know that sharing photos with the friend who’s right next to you is even better. That’s why we launched a high-end mobile version of Picasa Web Albums for the iPhone ba…
America At Home
Posted by Mark Geller, Product ManagerA few months back, you might’ve caught a promo link on Picasa Web Albums encouraging folks to participate in America At Home — a project that asked amateur and professional photographers to try and capture the man…
Posted by Jason Cook, Product Marketing ManagerFrom the start, we’ve designed Picasa Web Albums to be ‘open’ — after all, your photographs belong to you, and you should be free to decide how to share them. For instance, if you’d like your albums to b…
Posted by Dan Kegel and Lei Zhang, Software EngineersIt’s not quite Godot, or even Duke Nukem Forever, but the long wait for Picasa 2.7 for Linux is finally over.If you’re still using Picasa 2.2 for your Linux machine, you’ll want to update to get all …
More good news for mobile
Posted by Joe Walnes, Software EngineerWe built the mobile version of Picasa Web Albums to support as many devices as possible; you can use it to see your favorite pictures on almost any Internet-capable phone. That said, having a high-end mobile devi…