This ReadMe page appears when a new version of Picasa software is available, and tells you what changes and improvements are in each release.
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 Google Photos blog, or consult the "Picasa 3 New Features" support document. Feedback and questions are also welcome in our user forums.
A brief summary of changes in this release, versus Picasa 3.1:
Name tags
- Name tags help you organize your photos by what matters most: the people in them.
- 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.
- 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.
- Name tags in Picasa use the same technology that has powered name tags in Picasa Web Albums since last fall.
Geotags with integrated Google Maps
- Integrated Google Maps make adding geotags to your photos even easier.
Improved import room
- 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.
Improved tags
- Picasa 3.5 has a brand new tags panel.
- '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.