Questions tagged [picasa]
For questions pertaining to Google Picasa, which is a photo management and editing application.
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Migrating away from Picasa - "Write faces to XMP" changes the hashes of images
I want to migrate from Picasa (to digiKam) and to export the face tags. I tried the experimental feature of writing faces to XMP, and noticed it changes the SHA256 hashes of the files, which I want to ...
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Opening NEF files on windows initially open fine but then change contrast
I have a strange issue with Windows 10
When I open .nef files they load fine. However after a second or two the contrast changes noticeably. I tried ...
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Why is my external drive missing from Picasa?
I have an external USB drive plugged in, but Picasa is not displaying that drive in "Folder Manager", and as such I'm unable to scan and view the photos on that drive.
Is there anything I can do to ...
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Picasa to Lightroom Geotag
I am looking at switching over to Lightroom from Picasa. I started the trial of Lightroom and noticed many of my photos that are geotagged in Picasa do not have GPS information in Lightroom. How do ...
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How does one save the entire Picasa database of photos in order to migrate to lightroom?
I'm new here, and am in the same boat as many of you needing to transition photos from Picasa 3 to another photo editor like Lightroom 3. I am still running XP pro on desktop. I have 2 vista notebooks ...
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Convert Picasa stars to EXIF ratings?
Picasa is being phased out by Google. Unfortunately I have a lot of data in Picasa. Most important for me to preserve/export is the photos that have stars.
Picasa stores this in a little text file ...
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How to migrate from Picasa to Lightroom?
I've been a long time user of Picasa (the Windows desktop application, not Picasa Web Albums), and have roughly 40k photos. The photos are a mix of my own digital snapshots, and scans of my 35mm film ...
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Is there software to integrate photos stored in different cloud solutions with my local collection?
I'm looking for a photo management solution for windows or linux which is capable of managing my local collection and integrate the photos wich are stored on different cloud services (picasaweb/google,...
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Why do my RAW (.nef) files have a reddish hue in Picasa 3?
I recently bought a Nikon D3300 with the 18-55mm VR II Kit Lens and decided to take a few test shots to see how it handles and get to know the position of the buttons.
I watched a D3300 tutorial by ...
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Is there a way to edit/manage/save Picasa web album photos directly from Lightroom?
I am trying to edit my photos directly from Picasa Library on lightroom and replace them with the new photos, but I can't find a good plugin. I found "Jeffrey’s “Export to PicasaWeb” Lightroom Plugin" ...
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Why is Picasa ruining my raw files
I've used picasa for years with my Canon and I don't remember having any problems with my CR2 files. I'm now using a Sony A7 and Picasa shows all my .ARW photos with this grey haze as if I put a VSCO ...
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Is it possible to view by date in Picasa?
I'm running Picasa on MacOS, and I can see all of my photos by person and by folder. But can I view them by date? Ideally I'd like to see 'virtual folders' by date YYYY/MM/DD like:
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photo color differs when viewing on chrome vs Picasa 3
I had downloaded a photo taken with a Canon camera from the web. The photo color quality looks different when viewing in Chrome and in Picasa. In Chrome it seems to be the original tack sharp image ...
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Learning from one's blurred photos: where was the focus point set?
After some shooting, I inevitably find that some photos (and by Murphy, often the best ones) have a blurred subject.
Even if the shots are spontaneous and hence the subject is hardly static, I ...
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Lossless export from Picasa?
Is there any way to losslessly export from Picasa? Even when there are no edits there are differences in exported files vs the original - when exported with automatic (ie, original) quality and ...
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How to do the same crop on a batch of photos?
I've got a batch of photos (an owl coughing up a pellet in case you're curious). I want to make an animated GIF out of them, but the result would be improved if they were all given an identical crop ...
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Do iPhoto and Picasa let me view photos at a 1:1 pixel ratio?
I need to compare photos at a 1:1 pixel ratio (not downscaled to fit the monitor). For this, I need to set the view to 1:1 and then go through the photos using the arrow keys. As you can guess, I need ...
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Import tags/keywords into picasa
I am uploading images onto picasa and I was wondering if there's a way to show the image's tags/keywords on picasa?
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How to reorganize folders into dated folders for picasa
I have photos in DCIM\g343asdfj Folders that have been indexed in picasa and facetagged. Now I want to move them to ...
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Why do Canon 6d raw photos have a red tint across the entire image in Windows preview?
When I try to preview RAW Canon 6D photos in my several Windows 7 and Windows xp laptops, most photos have a red "shadow" across the whole picture. How to solve this problem? On Mac, photos looks ok.
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What can Aperture or Lightroom do that Picasa or iPhoto can't?
I just upgraded from a point-and-shoot to an interchangeable lens camera.
I was wondering if I should also consider Aperture or Lightroom rather than Picasa, but I don't have a good idea of what ...
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How to deduplicate and centralize pictures from multiple cameras? [duplicate]
I have several cameras, some retired and/or broken, some working, some not. Their pictures are scattered across several computers, possibly with duplicates, and the original SD cards. The naming ...
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Why does Picasa change the RAW preview after a second? [duplicate]
I love viewing RAW images through Picasa, as it's a free viewer and works for all RAW files. But there's sometihng I don't like — the auto adjust/enhance feature. After opening a RAW file, the preview ...
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Is there any Linux software that can import picasa.ini edits?
I accumulated years of edits over my photographs in Picasa. Picasa works as a non-destructive editor, so it doesn't change the original files but saves all modifications in its database and in picasa....
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What does "Unique Id" in Picasa map to in EXIF?
In Picasa, in the Properties List, there is a property labeled "Unique Id".
In the Exif spec, there is a field called ImageUniqueId.
However, I have tried several ...
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RAW photo preview
I used to take photos in the largest file option before the RAW option and never had problems opening or previewing the pix. Now I'm shooting in RAW. My photos look great in my camera viewfinder. ...
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How do I synchronize local Picasa with an online folder?
I have a lot of pictures stored online using Picasa (some times ago). Is there any way to create the identical local copy of those folders (i.e., the same tags, albums, picture size, etc.)?
In other ...
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Is it possible to re-focus (recover) an intentionally blurred image?
I have an image which I have modified through Picasa ( using Soft Focus - essentially I am making the faces blurred ).
Question is : If I upload that photo to Facebook, and a user downloads it from ...
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What does the "I'm feeling lucky" function in Picasa 3 do?
I took a bunch of pictures this weekend and then ran them through Picasa's "I'm feeling lucky" function. As always, I was pretty impressed with the differences. Here's an example:
Unprocessed
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How do I add watermark for photos already in Picasa web?
Is it possible to add visible/invisible watermark to photos already uploaded to Picasa Web/500px/Flickr?
Do they preserve EXIF(metadata) of the image?
I am looking for free tools/services. If ...
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Is Lightroom overkill for a JPG-oriented workflow?
I am a passionate not a professional,
I shoot most of the time in jpg because:
I usually don't have the time to process raw
raw takes a lot more space (and I feel my D700 jpgs are huge already!)
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What is a Picasa alternative for posting to a website?
My love/hate relationship with Picasa just permanently tipped to hate I'm afraid. For no reason I can discern Picasa decided I didn't really mean to add yesterday's photos to an album and right in ...
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Why does Picasa open RAW images correctly then desaturate them? [duplicate]
I have an Olympus E-PL2 and am taking photos in raw. I have the codec downloaded from Olympus, so I can view the photo with Picasa in Windows, and it looks fine but a few seconds after loading the ...
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How to make Lightroom recognize geotags in NEF files?
I usually geotag my pictures with Picasa + Google Earth, while using Lightroom 3.4 for everything else. While this works fine with JPEG pictures, I've discovered that apparently LR doesn't recognize ...
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How to print a square photo on standard paper?
I have a picture frame which is square but I don't understand how to print a cropped (square) photo out, say on A4 paper, so that I can cut away the excess, leaving a perfectly sized photo for my ...
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What photo management software to use on local network with NAS and both Mac and Windows clients? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Suggestions for shared cross-platform photo management?
I am looking for photo management software that will work in the following environment:
Photos all stored in a central ...
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Can the effects of a polarizer be replicated in post-processing?
According to my knowledge Polarizing filters are mainly used to make sky appear more bluish in the day sunlight which gives more dramatic effect to your pictures.
I don't have polarizing filters yet ,...
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Is there any Flickr/Picasa Web service to store and share RAW files?
I have RAW files I would like to store in the cloud. Which are my options?
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How can I import 2 photos from my 7D that have the same filename?
Canon use only 4 digits in the filename (eg: IMG_1234.jpg)
My camera has wrapped around the file numbering so that I now have 2 photos on the memory card with the same name. Picasa fails to import ...
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How can you write/convert Picasa's People tags to the EXIF data?
I use Lightroom for my workflow, and I tag photos with people's names so that I can find them faster.
Since Lightroom doesn't have the "Faces" feature, I want to use Picasa's People feature for this ...
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Which is best as part of a fast workflow: Picasa, Lightroom, Photoshop or other?
Im looking to expand on my workflow after a shoot.
Today my workflow consists of moving images from my SD card to my computer, using Picasa in a very basic d way... (Crop, im feeling lucky and maybe ...
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Is Picasa or iPhoto better for publishing hierarchical sets to Flickr?
I used to use iMatch, then I moved to my own database for various reasons, but I've never had the time to get the GUI front-end working well.... now that I have my Mac, I figured I'd try out iPhoto (I ...
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Is there an Aperture equivalent for Windows, or do I need to use both Picasa and Lightroom?
As much as I'd like to work with Aperture, my main machine runs Windows (I only have a Macbook, no desktop Mac). For now, I have been using jointly Picasa and Lightroom for my photo management and ...
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Any good alternatives to Lightroom for PC users?
I'm currently using Picasa for simple organise/tag/crop/tune tasks. I've downloaded and tried the evaluation copy of Lightroom, and I'm impressed. However as an amateur I find the UK price a little ...
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Software for editing EXIF data
Can someone please recommend software that enables editing for exposure mode EXIF data?
I have tried with Picasa, but it doesn't support editing of this specific property.
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What are the differences between Picasa and Lightroom, other than price?
I've heard about Adobe Lightroom before, but never really understood what's so great about it, or why you'd pay for it when you can get Picasa for free.
I know Lightroom probably has more ...
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How do I move my post-processing beyond Picasa?
Over time I've become fairly skilled in using Picasa to do post-processing starting with NEF files, but I'm thinking it's time to step it up a notch, and explore what I can do with a more ...
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Best way to import and save when shooting in both RAW and JPEG?
I currently use Picasa to manage my photos and when I import my photos I see "doubles" because I'm shooting in both RAW and JPEG.
I'm currently moving my raw photos manually to a folder outside of ...
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Does Picasa for Linux support RAW from a Canon 7D?
I'm running Ubuntu (Lucid) and have installed Google Picasa using the Synaptic Package Manager. The current version of Picasa for Linux is 3.0.0 Build 57.4402.
Currently, it renders my RAW images as ...
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How does Picasa process RAW photos?
How does Picasa decide how to process RAW photos? When I shoot in RAW+JPEG the two pictures can look dramatically different. Is it just converting the RAW files upon import, or is post-processing ...
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