Picasa 2 William F. Egle INFO Assignment #4 Overview Created by Google Freeware Download at Overview Organize Image files (and videos) By folder By year Shows thumbnails of images in: My Document & My Pictures only Whole Computer Capabilities Organize Image files Integrated text search Archive to File (Local or Network Disk) CD-R or DVD-R Resize Image Create Thumbnails Smaller File size Some Image Manipulation Image Manipulation Examples Using Crop and B&W Filter Using Crop and Graduated Tint Filter Other Capabilities Create Slideshows of Images On the computers screen Create CD-R or DVD-R disks that will play in a DVD player Using Hello another freeware program from Google, share photos directly with other users of Hello Other Capabilities Have images printed and sent to your home through Picasa Snapfish Walmart Ritz Camera Shutterfly Kodak Competing Products Adobe Photoshop CS More capabilities Direct Image Manipulation Web tools $ Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 Very similar capabilities to Picasa 2 $69.99 (on sale, $30 off) Digital Image Pro 10 Very similar capabilites to Picasa 2 $29.99 (on sale, $40 off) Additional Thoughts Integration with photo printers Marketing tool Development paid by photo printer outfits? Google making money from fees charged to the phot printer outfits?