Picasa

Introduc on

- Picasa is a cross-pla orm image organizer and image viewer for organizing and edi ng digital
photos, integrated with a now defunct photo-sharing website (Picasa Web Albums), originally

created by a company named Lifescape (which at that me was incubated by Idealab) in

2002.

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

- The applica on is available for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and macOS.

Events

- In October 15, 2002, Picasa was released by Lifescape Solu ons, Inc.
- In July 2004, Google acquired Picasa from Lifescape and began o ering it as freeware.
- On February 12, 2016, Google announced that the Picasa desktop applica on would be
discon nued on March 15, 2016.

- Google stated that the primary reason for re ring Picasa was that it wanted to focus its
e orts "en rely on a single photos service" the cross-pla orm, web-based Google Photos.

Founder

Lars Perkins

- He and his team at Idealab Boston created Picasa.

- He is the chief execu ve o cer (CEO) of Lifescape.
- He sold picasa for $4.7 million to google in July 2004.
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 Basic edit tools

Crop: Frames or cuts parts of a photo.

Straighten: Straightens photos taken with an o -kilter camera.

Redeye: Corrects red eyes.

Auto contrast: Sets brightness and contrast to op mal levels.

Auto color: Removes color cast and restores balance.

Text: Adds or edits text.

Fill Light: Adds light to the foreground of photos.

Undo and redo: Deletes or restores changes.

Retouch: Removes blemishes and improves photo quality.

I'm feeling lucky: Adjusts the photo's color and contrast automa cally.

Video for more informa on about Picasa

Link: h ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rskC6c_5L1M

Ac vity

Because Picasa is not available anymore, we will use its replacement google photos.

Step 1: Search on google or any searching engine “h ps://photos.google.com"

Step 2: Search for pictures about the things you like (at least 5 pictures) and upload it on google

photos.

Step 3: Go to “u li es” and choose collage.

Step 4: Select the photos you upload and press the create bo om on the upper right corner.
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