# Picasa 3 beta out

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picasa-3-beta-out/466720>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 6, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picasa-3-beta-out/466720 "2008-10-06T19:09:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picasa-3-beta-out/466720/1 "2008-10-06T19:09:37Z")

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For those who don’t need or want the power of Photoshop, and who prefer not to pay for photo organizing software, Google has recently issued a Beta release of Version 3 of the Picasa program.

It has some really nice features, outlined at [LifeHacker](http://lifehacker.com/5059302/picasa-3-betas-new-features). They include the option of a new default image viewer in Windows, automatic synchronization with PicasaWeb (or with Flickr), and an easy-to-use text tool for captions or things like copyright watermarks.

Download [here](http://picasa.google.com/).

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picasa-3-beta-out/466720/2 "2008-10-06T20:16:42Z")

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The web-based Picasa ([picasaweb.com](http://picasaweb.com)) also has some nifty facial recognition now.