picasa is a software application for organizing and editing digital
photos, originally created by Idealab and owned by Google since 2004. "Picasa" is
a blend of the name of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso. For
organizing photos, Picasa has file importing and tracking features,
as well as tags and collections for further sorting. It also offers several basic
photo editing functions, including color enhancement, red eye reduction and cropping.
Other features include slide shows, printing and image timelines. Images can also
be prepared for external use, such as for e-mailing or printing, by reducing file
size and setting up page layouts.
Picasa has no separate view window. There is only an "edit view"
with a viewing area. Fullscreen view is available in slideshow mode, by holding
down the ctrl+alt keys while in "edit view", or by pressing the Alt Gr key. This
feature is also available through the context menu of Windows Explorer, and provides
a way to start the Picasa editor as well.
Picasa Web Albums (PWA) is a photo-sharing web application from
Google