Picasa

I am a big fan of Google applications at the moment.

As you have probably noticed, I like to take a lot of pictures. I used to be really good about getting them developed and into albums. But I now take mostly digital pictures so I do not have anything to really put into albums. (I know, I know, I could print them and put them into albums. But I take A LOT).

So, I did a pretty good job of organizing my pictures on my computer but they were hard to share. And worse yet, what if something happened to my computer.

My smarty pants husband told me to use Picasa by Google. I said no. It would be too hard to learn and not worth my time. He said you can make albums and give captions and even share them. But I was afraid it would be too hard for this low tech girl to learn.

Was I wrong!!! I started to use this about a year ago and really love it. It immediately downloads your pictures from your computer when you open it. It organizes them by dates and keeps them in the folders that you put them in when you put them on your hard drive.

And best of all, the albums that you put them in are great. The captions are easy to type in. They are really easy to share. And there are great tools to use as well. You can fix red eyes, mess with the color and light (to the left if a pic of the individual pics. This is where you type captions and work with the tools). Along with some other things that this low tech girl does not really understand. It even holds the small videos that your small digital cameras can take.

One of my favorite features is that you can make a personalized screen saver with your pictures. I know, you can do this with a lot of things but this one is different. IT is kind of like a slide show but not really. It is hard to describe. And my girls think it is really cool to watch.

Anyway, enough rambling on. If you are looking for something new or not, check it out. It is really easy to work with and I love it.