Picasa 3.6 (Windows/Mac/Linux, Free)
Picasa isn’t a tool for deep and detailed editing, but it’s extremely easy to use for the kind of ‘quick crop’ and ‘correct editing’ most ‘Digital Camera’ owners need. If your tech un-savvy mom or dad emailed you tomorrow and said she or he needed an easy-to-use program for organizing and ‘editing photos’, you’d likely send them to download Picasa.
Picasa is the kind of ‘application’ that geeks love because it’s so simple and effective and non-geeks love because they usually don’t have the time or inclination to get bogged down in the more technical aspects of ‘digital photography’.The built in editor is more than robust enough for most casual users and includes basic ‘color correction’, ‘cropping’, and a variety of ‘special effects’—the majority of which manage to avoid being cheesy.
Picasa 3.6 features
Picasa 3.6 has improved name tags, a feature based on the same technology that powers name tags on Picasa Web Albums. With name tags, you can organize your photos based on what matters most: the people in them. In this new version, you can also ‘upload photos’ to your friends’ collaborative albums, more easily ‘geotag photos’ using ‘Google Maps’, and import photos from your ‘Camera’ and upload them to ‘Picasa Web Albums’ in one step. Get started by downloading Picasa at http://picasa.google.com
See a full list of new features in Picasa 3.6
Download : Picasa 3.6
