Picasa

Picasa is a software application for organizing and editing digital photos, originally created by Idealab and owned by Google since 2004.

"Picasa" is a blend of the name of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, the phrase mi casa for "my house" and "pic" for pictures (personalized art).

Organization and editing

For organizing photos, Picasa has file importing and tracking features, as well as tags, facial recognition, and collections for further sorting. It also offers several basic photo editing functions, including color enhancement, red eye reduction and cropping. Other features include slide shows, printing and image timelines. Images can also be prepared for external use, such as for e-mailing or printing, by reducing file size and setting up page layouts. There is also integration with online photo printing services.

Viewing

Picasa has no separate view window. There is only an "edit view" with a viewing area. Fullscreen view is available in slideshow mode.This feature is also available through the context menu of Windows Explorer, and provides a way to start the Picasa editor as well.

Picasa Web Albums

Picasa Web Albums (PWA) is a photo sharing web site from Google, often compared to Flickr and similar sites.It allows users with accounts at Google to store and share 1 GB of photos for free. Users can purchase more storage space, which can be shared between Google services.

Editing

It also allows users to make their own movie maker and collage and publish to you own blogs!