louisetopp Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 <p>I use Picassa and I hear it's being replaced. How do I upgrade, or does it do it itself?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former P.N Member Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 <p>It's not being replaced. Google will no longer support it after sometime the middle of this month. I don't know if they will still have it available after that. The most current version should be available at https://picasa.google.com/.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 <p>There's a good explanation of how to deal with the change <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/23/picasa-desktop-users-prompted-to-move-to-google-photos-backup-instead/">here</a>.</p> Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcuknz Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 <p>Louise .. if it does what you want it to why do you need to replace it .... I have a similar problem with Google Chrome not providing up dates for XP and VISTA .... I aim to stick to XP until the death ... mine probably :-) [ at 84yo perhaps quite a reasonable attitude :-) ]</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosvanEekelen Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 If you like Picasa make sure you have the most recent version installed and saved to disk. Use it and enjoy it but start looking for a replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisetopp Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 <p>I will look for a replacement. I want Lightroom, but I cant afford the £8 a month yet. is there an older version of Lightroom I could use whre I only paid yearly? I would like a similar programme where i can make gift CD's.</p> <p>Also I have not had any message's on Picassa yet or an update message.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomweis Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 <p>Lightroom 6 is still available as a standalone DVD for about $145. No monthly software subscription needed.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisetopp Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 <p>What things can you do on Lightroom if you don't mind me asking?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen_S Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 <p>Lightroom adavantages - I am not yet using it at home, so surely a lot will be missing in my list:</p> <ul> <li>It handles oddball RAWs - Fuji's for example.</li> <li>Really decent RAW converter compared to Picasa's generic one</li> <li>Supports color management; you can also assort camera profiles you make with Xrite Passport color checker.</li> <li>You can sort pictures shot by multiple cameras by real time, all you need is to shoot a reference clock and figure out how far each camera's clock was off (could be a few hours)</li> <li>You can include stuff in meta data.</li> <li>You can convert to other file types like Tiff16 if needed. </li> <li>Supports tethered shooting with a few cameras but check if yours are among them. </li> </ul> <p>Drawbacks: the standard license is only for 2 machines but there are free Android / IOS apps. AFAIK it doesn't run on Linux, like Picasa.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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