Picasa alternative

[MrBrianNorris]

It may be time to replace my computer, in which case I'll have to part with Picasa 3, which I use virtually all the time for personal and professional purposes. I frequently use the following functions:

• Crop
• Straighten
• Retouch
• Fill light
• Shadows
• Sharpen
• Sepia/B&W
• Film grain
• Soften
• Vignette

So whatever I replace Picasa with will need to do all of that. Preferably I'd like something free, as Picasa was. Photoshop I have in the past found far too complicated for my simple self to use, and the Windows Photos app is good for a few basic edits but has nowhere near the capabilities of Picasa.

Of course, I used Google before asking here and was wondering what opinions were on any of the following alternatives suggested here: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/03/pic...

Has anyone used any of those or got any opinions?

[bigweb]

Snapseed is brilliant and does all of those things

[xeny]

MrBrianNorris said:

It may be time to replace my computer, in which case I'll have to part with Picasa 3,

Why - has it stopped installing in some fashion?

[Mr Pointy]

xeny said:

Why - has it stopped installing in some fashion?

Google dropped it & if he doesn't have the full installer he won't be able to re-install.

[dmsims]

Irfanview

or just Picasa again (plenty of 3rd part sites still have it)

[Mr Pointy]

dmsims said:

or just Picasa again (plenty of 3rd part sites still have it)

I Googled for it but I didn't recognise any of the sites that claimed to have it - CNET didn't seem to. Any idea of a reliable source?

[xeny]

> md5sum picasa39-setup.exe
5ec81e559df45d1e6b2ee0db921eed94 picasa39-setup.exe

potentially makes it easy to check for a legitimate version....

[dmsims]

Mr Pointy said:

I Googled for it but I didn't recognise any of the sites that claimed to have it - CNET didn't seem to. Any idea of a reliable source?

https://picasa.en.uptodown.com/windows/download

[AJB88]

Gimp probably can do all the above, also PIxlr web version?

[sgrimshaw]

dmsims said:

Mr Pointy said:

I Googled for it but I didn't recognise any of the sites that claimed to have it - CNET didn't seem to. Any idea of a reliable source?

https://picasa.en.uptodown.com/windows/download

FWIW .... I've downloaded it from that site in the past, no problem with it at all.

[The_Jackal]

If you use it in a professional manner why not go to ON1 or Lightroom or Elements. Claim it as a company expense.

[alorotom]

bigweb said:

Snapseed is brilliant and does all of those things

This, Snapseed is excellent

[xeny]

alorotom said:

This, Snapseed is excellent

Is it available for a PC//Mac though, as that is what the OP appears to have?

[AJB88]

xeny said:

Is it available for a PC//Mac though, as that is what the OP appears to have?

Dont think so.

[alorotom]

xeny said:

alorotom said:

This, Snapseed is excellent

Is it available for a PC//Mac though, as that is what the OP appears to have?

Yeah you can via an emulator ... http://prodomainblog.com/android-apps/now-can-use-...

[The_Jackal]

alorotom said:

Yeah you can via an emulator ... http://prodomainblog.com/android-apps/now-can-use-...

Like that's not going to be a pain in the arse.

[dmsims]

alorotom said:

xeny said:

alorotom said:

This, Snapseed is excellent

Is it available for a PC//Mac though, as that is what the OP appears to have?

Yeah you can via an emulator ... http://prodomainblog.com/android-apps/now-can-use-...

Stop digging ......

[MrBrianNorris]

Sorry, a delayed reply I know, but thanks very much for the suggestions. I'll give Snapspeed a go (as it was the first suggestion) and see how I get on with it.

Cheers all.