Talk:Picasa

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"There is also a Mac iPhoto plugin or a standalone version available for OS X 10.4 and later." Since when is Picasa available for OS X? There are only very rudimentary tools available for OS X, so this passage seems a bit misleading. --83.129.18.119

The purge of links from the external links section also removed the link to the Documenting Picasa site. Can we restore that? There are very few non-Google resources about Picasa (and too few Google ones for that matter), so I think linking to this serves a useful purpose.

Is Hello still a separate brand or is it now simply Web Albums or Picasa Albums? Chrisabraham 20:52, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Picasa Linux version is downloadable from google, and it worked OK on my Fedora Core 5 system - 3 June 2006.

Don't you think it would be lovely to be able to use Picasa to upload pics directly to Commons? //Halibutt 15:44, 17 October 2006 (UTC)


Does it really make sense to still say Picasa is a company, or should it be changed to just deal w/ the software and say it was originally made by a company with the same name that was acquired by Google?

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[edit] Programming language

Can we say what programming language was used to write Picasa? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.81.240.93 (talk) 16:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC).

MSVC++ 83.159.9.78 18:10, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Linux screenshot

Arghh, that's terrible - it's a photo editing application, not a text editor. Could someone upload a better screenshot? MrBeast 23:39, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Name?

Is there any reason for the Picasa name?

Throwing a guess at the air, I say "Pic" stands for picture, and "Casa" for house (in spanish); the icon is a cross between a house and a camera obturator(?).

Tordek 04:15, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

It has been named after Pablo Picasso —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.126.197.190 (talk) 12:04, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Competition

Should someone discuss the danger of their market share and competition with the windows equivelant included in vista - Windows Photo Gallery talk to symode09's or Spread the love! 07:01, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Link proposal

This is a basic workflow to get pictures from the memory card to the web quickly. Does anybody think it would be of use? http://redphotocourse.googlepages.com/howtousepicasa —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Redfax (talk • contribs) 18:13, 16 April 2007 (UTC).

That webpage describes a fairly straightforward process that does involve Picasa, but it's not about Picasa, per se. So, I wouldn't include it in this article, except to leave the link here in this discussion page. - Bevo 15:09, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOWTOs might be relevant to this kind of material's place within Wikipedia. See also the {{howto}} tag's page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Howto - Bevo 20:17, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

These are two video tutorials on how to use Picasa, part one covers the basics, part two covers FX and sharing. Both can be found here: http://www.whatdigitalcamera.com/videos/Google_Picasa_2_video_tutorial_news_257232.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.236.80.62 (talk) 08:46, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Hello.gif

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[edit] Terms for using Picasa

Should there be a discussion on the page about the terms of use when using Picasa? Section 11 is quite broad regarding the license you need to give to google for the use of your content, including reselling and modifying.

Section 11 from the license: (I don't know if I'm allowed to copy from that, but this is fair use, isn't it?)

11. Content licence from you

    11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, 
post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content 
you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence to 
reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute 
any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This licence is for 
the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be 
revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

    11.2 You agree that this licence includes a right for Google to make such Content available 
to other companies, organisations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the 
provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of 
those services.

    11.3 You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the 
Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks 
and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and 
adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. 
You agree that this licence shall permit Google to take these actions.

    11.4 You confirm and warrant to Google that you have all the rights, power and authority 
necessary to grant the above licence.

The term I have a problem with is section 11.2, where google gets to distribute the content to its partners, without explicit agreement from the copyright holder.

I used to not care very much for these EULAs, but especially Microsoft has ruined the neglectability of these kinds of terms. Now Google is also a big player, it seems to have acquired the mores of a big corporation as well. The argument that you get the product for free isn't quite enough to accept these terms without further thought. Does anyone have examples that these terms were actually used by Google to use content without the explicit consent of the creator/owner of the copyright? (And I don't mean accepting of the EULA).

I don't think this WikiPedia page should be a kind of manual or advertisement, but a balanced look at the Pros and Cons of using Picasa software and services.

(BTW, I don't like the way the quote from the license is rendered, anyone able to fix that?)

-- Simon update 82.93.201.105 (talk) 21:06, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

--- Fixed layout 62.49.215.243 (talk) 16:42, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Picasa web album - can I search my uploaded pictues on www.google.com (Image search)?

Picasa web album - can I search my uploaded pictues on www.google.com (Image search)? Will google find them? No. But how can we do that? My uploaded pictures can see on the http://picasa.google.com, the www.google.com can't find them.. Why?

http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=72400&ctx=pwa

"What is Public Search?

The Public Search feature lets Picasa Web Albums users (and you!) find your public photos on Picasa Web Albums, Google, and other services.

Some of the services integrated with Public Search include: Google Image Search Picasa Web Album's Community Search Google Maps' My Maps feature Services using the Picasa Web Albums Data API"

Google Image Search - It isn't truth. Somebody: do you know?--Monthhunder (talk) 12:47, 3 February 2008 (UTC)