Sometimes, an image can tell you more than a thousand words, so having a good application for managing your pictures and viewing them in Windows Vista is "a must". Picasa is one of those products showing that Google is much more than just Internet search and advertising, so let's have a short walk inside it, shall we?

Download, install, and let Picasa unleash some magic, just as easy as that! Once the program has been properly set up, you should allow it to scan your system in order to retrieve all your image files and sort them nicely.

Once the scanning is complete, the real fun starts, because sharing your photos online straight from this program is as easy as possible. Even more, you can perform basic image adjustments, or apply effects such as blur, but it doesn't stop here.

The rest of the discovery is up to you, so get Picasa and enjoy your pictures while we move on to the conclusions.

The Good

Google's Picasa is a product that improves itself with each new version, and if you don't want to pay for ACDSee or another similar product, then grab it, because managing your photos, building slideshows or sharing your images online is much easier with this application.

The Bad

Picasa is not a program with over a decade of history behind, such as CompuPic, for example, but if you can get over this, there's nothing really bad to say about it.

Conclusion

When I have to choose between paying for something or getting a freebie, in most cases I choose the free product, and it's not all about money. Picasa is one of those products that are worth a lot and it comes for nothing, so get it while it's still free and don't forget to enjoy every moment spent using it!

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