Google Releases Picasa 3.5

Google has announced Picasa 3.5, a new version of their free photo editing software for Mac and PC.

Picasa 3.5 adds name tags, a feature similar to iPhoto Faces. Once you add a name tag all pictures that Picasa has identified as that person are automatically added to a new album named after them. As Picasa scans more faces, it will suggest pictures that it thinks match faces already in your people albums.

Picasa 3.5 also has integrated Google Maps to make geotagging even easier. Now you can add location info to photos -- one photo at a time or several photos at once.


The import process received a major make-over. You can now upload photos right to Picasa Web Albums during the import process from your camera or memory card.

An entirely new 'Tags' panel has been added which lets you use the 'Quick Tag' functionality to access your most commonly used tags, or use tag counts to see the number of photos to which a tag has been applied.

With this release Picasa for Mac has almost all the same features as the PC version and removes the beta label from the software.

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