<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456569655786168306</id><updated>2010-08-17T13:18:18.771-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Picasa 3 ReadMe</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://picasa-readme.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picasa-readme.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Picasa Team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00823187511285450623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456569655786168306.post-8973970347583920820</id><published>2010-08-17T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-17T13:18:18.783-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Picasa 3.8 release, with creative and technical updates</title><content type='html'>We are happy to announce the latest release of Picasa’s photo management software is available for download. Depending upon your update settings, Picasa 3.8 will auto-update to your desktop over the next few weeks or you can manually download the latest version by visiting &lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/"&gt;picasa.google.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Key updates in this release:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Batch Album upload —Now you can upload multiple albums &lt;br /&gt;all at once to Picasa Web Albums, see what you have already uploaded to Picasa Web or have already uploaded at a &lt;br /&gt;low resolution.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Additional options with Picasa Web Albums — Remove albums, change upload size, visibility, or the sync state of photos that are already online on Picasa Web Albums.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Addition of Picnik photo-editing — Picnik is an easy and powerful photo-editor and now it can be accessed from within Picasa. Select Picnik.com from the editing options, edit your photo, and save it right back to your album. Please note, you will need to be connected to the Internet to access Picnik’s features.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Face Movie — This is a definite must-see. Create a movie based around a person.  As the photos transition from one to another the subject’s face stays aligned in one focus area, creating a unique viewing experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;For more information, check out the Picasa 3.8 launch post on the &lt;a href="http://googlephotos.blogspot.com/"&gt;Google Photos blog&lt;/a&gt;. Feedback and questions are also welcome in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Picasa"&gt;our forums&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This ReadMe page appears when a new version of Picasa software is available, and tells you what changes and improvements are in each release.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1456569655786168306-8973970347583920820?l=picasa-readme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/8973970347583920820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/8973970347583920820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picasa-readme.blogspot.com/2010/08/picasa-38-release-with-creative-and.html' title='Picasa 3.8 release, with creative and technical updates'/><author><name>Picasa Team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00823187511285450623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01387686908974164899'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456569655786168306.post-1502186355160755882</id><published>2010-02-23T15:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T08:18:27.134-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Picasa 3.6 now in 38 languages - Build 105.41</title><content type='html'>We're happy to announce that Picasa 3.6 for Windows is now available in &lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=26374"&gt;38 languages&lt;/a&gt;, so people around the world can add name tags to their photos, create collaborative albums, and geotag their photos using Google Maps. For an in-depth overview of all the new features available in these international editions, check out our launch blog posts for &lt;a href="http://googlephotos.blogspot.com/2009/09/announcing-picasa-35-now-with-name-tags.html"&gt;Picasa 3.5 &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href="http://googlephotos.blogspot.com/2009/12/picasa-36-now-with-collaborative-albums.html"&gt;3.6&lt;/a&gt; or the &lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=93773"&gt;Picasa Help Center&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To upgrade to Picasa 3.6 in your language, download it from &lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/"&gt;picasa.google.com&lt;/a&gt; or from your local Picasa site. When you load Picasa for the first time, it displays in the same language as your operating system, and you can always easily change your language settings under Options.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1456569655786168306-1502186355160755882?l=picasa-readme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/1502186355160755882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/1502186355160755882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picasa-readme.blogspot.com/2010/02/picasa-36-now-in-38-languages.html' title='Picasa 3.6 now in 38 languages - Build 105.41'/><author><name>Picasa Team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00823187511285450623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01387686908974164899'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456569655786168306.post-1118503004904134176</id><published>2009-12-08T14:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-08T14:03:14.858-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Picasa 3.6, now with collaborative albums - Build 95.18</title><content type='html'>You can now download Picasa 3.6, the latest release of Picasa photo management software, at &lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/"&gt;picasa.google.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Key updates in Picasa 3.6:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Added support for Collaborative Albums. Now you can upload to a friend's album right from Picasa. You can also invite collaborators to your own albums when you're uploading photos or sharing with friends.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Added option to share with groups during upload process.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Added name tag recommendations when viewing albums or folder in the People Panel.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Improved control over name tags: you can remove certain folders from being scanned for faces by toggling face detection for any folder.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Added the ability to create and save custom crop sizes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Added an option to preserve original JPG compression quality when uploading to Picasa Web Albums. This will take up more online storage space, but upgrade prices are now much more affordable.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Added option to import photos by date taken, today's date, or a custom folder name. If "date taken" is selected, photos will be automatically organized and saved to separate folders by date.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;For more information, check out the Picasa 3.6 launch post on the &lt;a href="http://googlephotos.blogspot.com/2009/12/picasa-36-now-with-collaborative-albums.html"&gt;Google Photos blog&lt;/a&gt;. Feedback and questions are also welcome in &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Picasa?hl=en"&gt;our forums&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This ReadMe page appears when a new version of Picasa software is available, and tells you what changes and improvements are in each release.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1456569655786168306-1118503004904134176?l=picasa-readme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/1118503004904134176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/1118503004904134176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picasa-readme.blogspot.com/2009/12/picasa-36-now-with-collaborative-albums.html' title='Picasa 3.6, now with collaborative albums - Build 95.18'/><author><name>Picasa Team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00823187511285450623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01387686908974164899'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456569655786168306.post-7670318067563309770</id><published>2009-09-22T12:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T13:40:32.808-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Picasa 3.5, now with name tags - Build 79.67</title><content type='html'>We're happy to announce the launch of Picasa 3.5, the latest release of Picasa photo management software. If you don't want to wait until we autoupdate everyone to Picasa 3.5, you can download it at &lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/"&gt;picasa.google.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This ReadMe page appears when a new version of Picasa software is available, and tells you what changes and improvements are in each release.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Picasa 3.5 is a significant upgrade from Picasa 3.1.  For an in-depth overview of what's new, you can play the video below, read our launch post on the &lt;a href="http://googlephotos.blogspot.com/"&gt;Google Photos blog&lt;/a&gt;, or consult the "&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=93773&amp;ctx=readme"&gt;Picasa 3 New Features&lt;/a&gt;" support document.  Feedback and questions are also welcome in our &lt;a href="http://groups.google.com/group/Picasa"&gt;user forums&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gYO2uhrIZJ4&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hd=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gYO2uhrIZJ4&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A brief summary of changes in this release, versus Picasa 3.1:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Name tags&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Name tags help you organize your photos by what matters most: the people in them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Picasa identifies similar faces in your photos and puts these into the "Unnamed people" album. To add a name tag, just click "Add a name" and type the person's name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;After you've tagged some pictures, you can do creative things with your name tags, like finding all the photos with the same two people in them or creating a face collage with just one click.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Name tags in Picasa use the same technology that has powered name tags in Picasa Web Albums since last fall.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Geotags with integrated Google Maps&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Integrated Google Maps make adding geotags to your photos even easier.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Improved import room&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Totally re-designed import process allows you to import photos from your camera or memory card, and upload selected photos to Picasa Web Albums in one step.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Improved tags&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Picasa 3.5 has a brand new tags panel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;'Quick Tag' functionality allows you to access your most commonly used tags, and tag counts show the number of photos to which a tag has been applied. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1456569655786168306-7670318067563309770?l=picasa-readme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/7670318067563309770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/7670318067563309770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picasa-readme.blogspot.com/2009/09/picasa-35-now-with-name-tags-build-7967.html' title='Picasa 3.5, now with name tags - Build 79.67'/><author><name>Picasa Team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00823187511285450623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01387686908974164899'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456569655786168306.post-8279518926968759217</id><published>2009-05-11T15:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T15:35:17.313-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autoupdate'/><title type='text'>Picasa update available - Build 71.43</title><content type='html'>Changes since our last autoupdate:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Updated RAW Support for new cameras.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Added support for color profiles.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Integrated user stats reporting. You can opt-out on the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tools&lt;/span&gt; &gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Options&lt;/span&gt; &gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;General&lt;/span&gt; tab.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Increased the video size upload limit to Picasa Web Albums to 1GB.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Improved Sharpen, Glow, and Film Grain filters so the previews match the saved file better.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Added a new beta feature: right-to-left UI for Hebrew and Arabic.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various bug fixes to address user issues with database corruption, loading pictures, email, uploading to Picasa Web Albums, and video rendering.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;We'll be rolling out this update gradually over the next couple of weeks, and you'll be prompted automatically to download it. If you don't want to wait, you can install it manually from &lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/"&gt;picasa.google.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1456569655786168306-8279518926968759217?l=picasa-readme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/8279518926968759217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/8279518926968759217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picasa-readme.blogspot.com/2009/05/picasa-update-available-build-7143.html' title='Picasa update available - Build 71.43'/><author><name>Picasa Team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00823187511285450623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01387686908974164899'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456569655786168306.post-1984346968136206876</id><published>2009-01-05T15:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-05T15:45:14.826-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Picasa for Mac (beta 1) -- Build 3.0.0.310</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="border-collapse: collapse;   font-family:arial;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "&gt;Initial Google Labs beta of Picasa for Mac OS X&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; "&gt;(These notes apply to the Mac version &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; "&gt;only&lt;/span&gt;, please see posts below for Windows changelog.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We're excited to announce that Picasa software is coming to the Mac!  Thank you for helping us test this beta software.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Picasa for Mac looks and works very much like Picasa 3 on other platforms.  For a quick overview of Picasa for Mac, you can consult this support document, or watch the video below.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A few minor features are not yet functional in this initial public beta, including webcam capture, geotagging, online print ordering, and export to HTML.  In addition, the Photo Viewer software that accompanies Picasa 3 on Windows is not included on the Mac.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Picasa for Mac requires an Intel-based Mac and Mac OS X 10.4+.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We'd like to hear your feedback on this beta -- please visit our &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Picasa?hl=en"&gt;support forum&lt;/a&gt; and let us know how Picasa works for you, and how we can make it better.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="border-collapse: separate;   white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NDKFjc3_wrk&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NDKFjc3_wrk&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1456569655786168306-1984346968136206876?l=picasa-readme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/1984346968136206876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/1984346968136206876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picasa-readme.blogspot.com/2009/01/picasa-for-mac-beta-1-build-300310.html' title='Picasa for Mac (beta 1) -- Build 3.0.0.310'/><author><name>Picasa Team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00823187511285450623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01387686908974164899'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456569655786168306.post-5138051373192912112</id><published>2008-12-16T15:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T16:14:37.168-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autoupdate'/><title type='text'>Introducing Picasa 3.1 -- Build 70.71</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Picasa is now available in &lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=26374"&gt;38 languages&lt;/a&gt;! We've also added a new sharing option for your Picasa Web Albums, giving you more control over who can view your photos. Try the new "Sign-in to view" option to share your albums with specific users only. To learn more about album visibility, &lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;amp;answer=39551"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'll be rolling out this autoupdate over the next couple of weeks. If you don't want to wait, you can manually download the latest version on &lt;a href="http://dl.google.com/picasa/picasa3-setup.exe"&gt;picasa.google.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1456569655786168306-5138051373192912112?l=picasa-readme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/5138051373192912112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/5138051373192912112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picasa-readme.blogspot.com/2008/12/introducing-picasa-31-build-7071.html' title='Introducing Picasa 3.1 -- Build 70.71'/><author><name>Picasa Team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00823187511285450623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01387686908974164899'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456569655786168306.post-3576455443803502313</id><published>2008-10-29T15:05:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T13:27:42.921-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autoupdate'/><title type='text'>Picasa 3.0 (out of beta!) -- Build 57.53</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;auto-update release for current Picasa 2.x users.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;You've successfully installed Picasa 3, the next generation of Picasa photo management software!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;This ReadMe page appears when you update or install new Picasa software on your PC.  It tells you what changes and improvements are in each release.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;Picasa 3.0 is a major upgrade from Picasa 2.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;  For an in-depth overview of what's new, you can play the video below, read our launch post on the &lt;a href="http://googlephotos.blogspot.com/"&gt;Google Photos blog&lt;/a&gt;, or consult the "&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=93773"&gt;Picasa 3 New Features&lt;/a&gt;" Support Document.  Feedback and questions are also welcome in our &lt;a href="http://groups.google.com/group/Picasa"&gt;forums&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rskC6c_5L1M&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rskC6c_5L1M&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;A brief summary of changes in this release, versus Picasa 2:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;Better integration between desktop and the web&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;• Automatically sync edits from PC to web, and share online albums directly from Picasa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;More editing tools&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;• New Retouching tool&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;• New Text tool&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;• New Smart Cropping tool&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;• Improved Photo Collage tool&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;New Movie Maker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;• Create video slideshows with photos, videos, and music&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;• Direct upload of videos to Picasa Web Albums or YouTube&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;New Photo Viewer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;• Picasa 3 includes a streamlined photo viewer for browsing photos via the Desktop or&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;Windows Explorer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;Changes in this release versus the final 'beta' build (57.24) include:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 20px; "&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;• Minor bugfixes to the text tool, web sync, and virtual albums&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1456569655786168306-3576455443803502313?l=picasa-readme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/3576455443803502313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/3576455443803502313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picasa-readme.blogspot.com/2008/10/picasa-30-out-of-beta-build-xxxx.html' title='Picasa 3.0 (out of beta!) -- Build 57.53'/><author><name>Picasa Team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00823187511285450623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01387686908974164899'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456569655786168306.post-6597548198970830433</id><published>2008-09-30T16:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T16:43:01.938-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autoupdate'/><title type='text'>Build 57.24</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Automatic update for Picasa 3 beta testers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Changes in this release are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bug fixes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Updated RAW support for more cameras including: Canon 1000D and the Powershot A720, Nikon D700, and Olympus E-520.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Increased YouTube file size upload limit to 1GB.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Visit our &lt;a href="http://groups.google.com/group/picasa"&gt;Google Group&lt;/a&gt;  to give us feedback, and discuss Picasa with other users.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1456569655786168306-6597548198970830433?l=picasa-readme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/6597548198970830433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/6597548198970830433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picasa-readme.blogspot.com/2008/09/build-5724.html' title='Build 57.24'/><author><name>Picasa Team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00823187511285450623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01387686908974164899'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456569655786168306.post-1237605142260003533</id><published>2008-09-02T12:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-29T16:15:59.995-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Picasa 3.0 (beta) -- Build 57.19</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Initial public beta release of Picasa 3.0.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;New features in Picasa 3 (beta) include:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Better integration between desktop and the web&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• Automatically sync edits from PC to web, and share online albums directly from Picasa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;More editing tools&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• New Retouching tool&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• New Text tool&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• New Smart Cropping tool&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• Improved Photo Collage tool&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;New Movie Maker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• Create video slideshows with photos, videos, and music&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• Direct upload of videos to Picasa Web Albums or YouTube&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;New Photo Viewer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• Picasa 3 includes a streamlined photo viewer for browsing photos via the Desktop or&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Windows Explorer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The "&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=93773"&gt;Picasa 3 New Features&lt;/a&gt;" Support Document provides more detail on how to use these new features.  Additional information is also available on the &lt;a href="http://googlephotos.blogspot.com/"&gt;Google Photos Blog&lt;/a&gt;.  A forum dedicated to beta feedback and support is also available in our &lt;a href="http://groups.google.com/group/picasa"&gt;Google Group&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1456569655786168306-1237605142260003533?l=picasa-readme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/1237605142260003533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1456569655786168306/posts/default/1237605142260003533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://picasa-readme.blogspot.com/2008/08/picasa-30-beta-build-3717.html' title='Picasa 3.0 (beta) -- Build 57.19'/><author><name>Picasa Team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00823187511285450623</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01387686908974164899'/></author></entry></feed>