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| Thread ID: 60621 | 2005-08-07 10:22:00 | Picassa | Greven (91) | Press F1 |
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| 379214 | 2005-08-07 10:22:00 | I've been trying out picassa, and I have found 2 things I really don't like about it & 1 thing that my parents don't like but isn't a major issue. Hopefully someone here will know how to make it behave like I want it to. 1. When you edit a picture, it doesn't change the actual file - it creates a copy somewhere & you have to select export or make a copy to get the edited photo into the my pictures folder on disk. This is the biggest problem that will send me back to my old thread looking for alternatives if I can't do anything about it. 2. It insists on creating a new folder whenever you import from an external device or export from the program. 3. There is no way I can find of changing the filename of pictures from within the program. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 379215 | 2005-08-07 10:41:00 | Rename: Highlight pic or multiple pics >File >Rename eg selecting five pics and renaming to thai will rename to thai, thai1, thai2 etc Or >Picture >Batch edit, which will rename or apply multiple effects etc Undo / Redo Picasa never saves over your original files, so you'll never ruin or damage a picture by editing it. Picasa preserves your original photo as a digital negative, so every edit you make is fully undoable. If you want to work with your edited pictures in other programs, you should export or save a copy of them. Saving Pictures To save a version of your edited picture, choose File>Save a Copy, or use Picasa's Export to Folder tool. ----------------------------------- This is something you should do no matter what program you use, never overwrite the original |
bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 379216 | 2005-08-07 11:39:00 | When I selected rename in picassa, it just renamed it inside picassa & left the filename the same. Preserving the origional for undo purposes is a nice feature, but I would much rather have it create a backup of the origional in some user unfriendly place and edit the origional than doing it the other way round |
Greven (91) | ||
| 379217 | 2005-08-07 11:56:00 | When I selected rename in picassa, it just renamed it inside picassa & left the filename the same. Didn't 4 me |
bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 379218 | 2005-08-07 21:48:00 | Picasa2 has got some good features but I far prefer FastStone Image Viewer. FastStone Image Viewer will rename your pictures without creating a copy but you may possibly not like the way it handles saving edited images. When you edit them it will prompt you to save it and it expects you to save it with a different name in order to preserve the original. Until you get the hang of that it can be a little confusing but in my view it is a great feature. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 379219 | 2005-08-08 11:05:00 | When I selected rename in picassa, it just renamed it inside picassa & left the filename the same. Didn't 4 me My bad. Sorry. I just went into picassa to check & I can't find the rename option - just add label. Where are they hiding the rename option? |
Greven (91) | ||
| 379220 | 2005-08-08 11:11:00 | On the tools menu File >Rename or Picture >Batch Edit >>Rename |
bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 379221 | 2005-08-09 01:52:00 | ... Preserving the origional for undo purposes is a nice feature, but I would much rather have it create a backup of the origional in some user unfriendly place and edit the origional than doing it the other way round I think you would find yourself in a minority of one with that preference. ;) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 379222 | 2005-08-09 03:45:00 | I agree with Graham L, looking on any forum its plain to see the large number that have "edited" the image and in doing so lost the original source. And regretted it. Picasa has made that somewhat idiot proof, a really good idea. I suspect it just keeps a parameter file of the modifications made and applies them on the fly, so no "edited" image actually exists unless you save a copy including the edits. |
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