If you've already installed Picasa 3, and originally chose not to use the viewer, but now want to give it a try, just go to "Tools / Configure Photo Viewer" in Picasa. Select a photo, click the Add to button to the right of the Photo Tray, and select an existing album. Most of the time, a lightweight viewer is all you need - we hope you'll agree that our new Photo Viewer fills that need nicely.Ī note on installation: You can add the photo viewer during the Picasa 3 install - it's easy to revert to your previous image viewer later, if you'd like. The same photo can be assigned to many albums in Picasa.
Using picasa photo viewer for free#
Obviously, Picasa 3 (beta) can also do all these things, and more, but we know users don't necessarily want to launch a photo manager or image editor every time they double-click a JPG. Answer (1 of 3): I still have Picasa installed, but I stopped using it as the feature which was important to me, searching by name, was available for free in Google Photos. What else can it do? Tap the scroll wheel on your mouse to discover how nice it is to have a fast, smooth zoom at hand when reviewing your photos, or try the 'More Options' button to bounce an image to your printer, blog, or favorite photo editor. In other words, whenever you open an image that opens in the Photos app, just close the Photos app and use the Open with menu to associate that file type with Windows Photo Viewer.
You’ll need to repeat this process for each type of image file you want to use it with. A quick double-click on any photo will give you a beautiful full-screen view (with Picasa edits applied) and puts a select few options at your fingertips: you can quickly rotate an image, star it, upload it to your Picasa Web Albums drop box, or play a slideshow with other photos from the same folder. Windows Photo Viewer will now be the default image viewer for that type of image file.
We designed Photo Viewer to be a better, faster image viewer.
The new Photo Viewer that ships with Picasa 3 is quick and straightforward, so I'll try to keep this blog post equally focused.