If you don't know all of the above terms, that doesn't matter. Your options are displayed at all times so you can see what you like, and if you don't like a change, there are multiple levels of undo. Picasa combines the deep-level editing tools of Adobe Elements with the ease of Paint Shop Pro and other popular programs, without the expense.
Drawing upon the vast engineering resources within Google, Picasa has transformed itself into a very intuitive application. For example, you see each edit you make to a photo in real time instead of waiting for the preview image to render. Want to send a photo to your blogger.com site? Direct integration makes it possible to take a photo and post it on your site within minutes. Want to find all images with cats on your hard drive? Picasa's search quickly pulls those images together, using a variety of methods, including hunting for EXIF data contained with the digital image itself. The new edition of Picasa also burns albums to your computer's DVD or CD burner -- something missing in earlier versions. For hard copies, Picasa links out to several well-known services, such as Ofoto and Shutterfly, meaning you don't have to open yet another print service account to make hard copies of photos edited in Picasa.
No mystery here; what you see is what you get with Picasa's editing tools.
Picasa 2.0 is available only for Windows and only in English. Other languages may be available later. There's also a slight performance drag on older computers running Picasa 2.0.
Given that Picasa 2.0 is free and easily downloadable from Google, the outlook looks fantastic for this very easy-to-use photo album program. You'd be mad not to give Picasa 2.0 a try.
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