There has been a lot of buzz about Google Chrome lately, but we must not forget that Google has a number of other great products already available [and not in "beta"].
… we’re rolling out major technology upgrades to both Picasa and Picasa Web Albums. As you might have guessed, these are largely focused on how we share and enjoy our photos with others.
So the Picasa team enhanced the technology. Cool!
But what technology was actually “enhanced?”
Syncing.
Now you can sync your library of photos directly from your PC to your Picasa Web Albums. “If you edit or add photos to the album on your PC, those changes will be automatically reflected on Picasa Web Albums. You can even specify who you’d like to share your web albums with from the Picasa software itself.”
That’s a really nice feature to have. It lifts a huge burden on those people who are anal about keeping things in sync (ahem, yes, I’m talking about me).
Here is a quick rundown of the new features in Picasa 3 [beta]:
- Sync your Picasa 3 and Picasa Web Albums edits
- Retouch your images
- Preview image files with Picasa Photo Viewer
- Make a movie
- Capture your screen
- Add text or watermarks to your photos
- Print captions
- Upload easily to Picasa Web Albums
- Control your Picasa Web Albums settings
- Manage folders on your computer
- Get more information about your photos
Also, here is a changelog of what has been improved in the new Picasa 3 Beta release.
- Collage
- Sharing
- Auto red-eye
- Cropping
- Screensaver
- Multiple word tags
- Importing
- Slideshow
Note: Picasa 3 Beta is only for Microsoft Windows.
