Picasa

Discontinued image manager

Picasa was image-organizing software developed by Google, released in 2004 and discontinued in 2016.

It allowed users to view, edit, and share photos stored on their computers.

The name plays on *mi casa* (Spanish for "my house"), suggesting a home for your pictures.

Google Photos replaced most of its functions.

discontinued

sunset

Day yielding to darkness

ended · replaced · superseded · Google Photos · migration · legacy · archived · withdrawn · terminated · obsolete

formats

JPEG

Lossy photo compression standard

  • PNGLossless web graphics format
  • GIFAnimated image format
  • TIFFRaster graphics specification

RAW · EXIF · image · photo · import · export · viewer · slideshow · thumbnail · preview

editing

crop

Cultivated agricultural plants

resize · brightness · contrast · saturation · sharpen · retouch · rotate · flip · exposure · effects

sharing

upload

Transfer data outward

private · sharing · embed · slideshow · comments · captions · email · blog · social · collaboration

organizing

albums

Bound music collections

  • tagsIdentifiers for sorting items
  • foldersPaper organizers with pockets
  • libraryBook collection or building

cataloging · collections · sorting · metadata · indexing · geotagging · timeline · archiving · categorization · hierarchy

Google

Alphabet

Google's parent corporation

Google Photos · Android · Gmail · YouTube · Search · AdWords · DeepMind · TensorFlow · integration · ecosystem

Opposites
storage architecture

PicasaGoogle Photos

Cloud image storage service

Flickr · cloud storage · Dropbox · OneDrive · Instagram

media type focus

PicasaYouTube

Video-sharing website

TikTok

professional vs. consumer photo software

PicasaAdobe Photoshop

Raster graphics editing application

Phrases
Family

Picasso, pica, picador, picadors

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Rated G