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Picassa vs iPhoto

I have used iPhoto for several years, and thought I'd give the competition a try. I've listed below some of iPhoto's shortcomings, which resulted in my switching to Picassa. I'm tired of submitting feedback to Apple, and with each new release of iPhoto (and iMovie), critical functionality is still omitted.

1. iPhoto photo management is horrible. Other photo management software such

as Picassa or Lightroom allow you to simply import a top level directory,

after which subdirectories with their meaningful names are displayed in

the application. No such directory hierarchy awareness exists in iPhoto.

2. Photo management with Picassa is automatic. If I add or delete individual photos,

or subdirectories in "watched folders", they are automatically updated

in Picassa.

3. Picassa and Lightroom are referenced libraries, and work extremely well

in that capacity. iPhoto does not work well in that capacity, and I've

read many recommendations in these forums to NOT use iPhoto as a reference

library for that reason. Instead they recommend that you import all of your

photos directly into iPhoto. The problem with this is that iPhoto will

eventually become bloated and painfully slow.

4. Picassa allows you to take still snapshots from videos. Brilliant! iPhoto

never had this ability. iMovie actually did have this feature, but Apple

in their infinite wisdom decided to remove the ability to take still

snapshots from movies. The "workarounds" recommended in numerous forums

is to take a screen shot, or use MPEG Streamclip. I still cannot believe

Apple removed this critical functionality.

5. Picassa allows you to view your photos metadata.

6. Picassa allows you to select a start point and end point in a video and

export just that small clip. Nice!

7. Picassa is free and runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jul 28, 2013 6:36 PM

30 replies

Csound1

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Jun 9, 2015 3:20 PM in response to zBernie2

Conversely they could avoid being distracted by you.

Yer_Man

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Jun 9, 2015 3:24 PM in response to zBernie2

I'm currently using Photoshop Lightroom and have been for a couple of years now. I can tell you without a doubt it is far superior to iPhoto or Aperture.

Well duh. When it was part of iLife, iPhoto was a $15 app. At that time Lightroom would have cost you $300, so it would want to be a lot more powerful that iPhoto. AT the same time, Aperture as easily a match for it, but neither app has been developed significant in four years. Now the cheapest way to get Lightroom is to pay $10 per month so, again it would need to be more a lot powerful than the free Photos app.

There is no misinformation in this thread from the people you mention. I see you're so happy with Picasa that you stopped it. There's an excellent recommendation. Well done.

LarryHN

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Jun 9, 2015 3:42 PM in response to zBernie2

there are many features which make Picasa superior to iPhoto. Just look at my original post.

And look at the specific answers that show why your original pos tis highly inaccurate and that you simply to not understand iPhtos (and interestingly enough although yu are pushing picas you do not use it - you use LIghtRoom - you are a really great resource

zBernie2 Author

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Jun 9, 2015 6:13 PM in response to LarryHN

I've used iPhoto, Aperature, Picasa, and Photoshop Lightroom for almost three years now, and and have not looked back. It is you who contends that iPhoto, which is no longer produced by Apple, is superior in any way. Doing so shows beyond a doubt you have no idea what you are talking about.

Csound1

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Jun 9, 2015 6:24 PM in response to zBernie2

Did you ever figure out how to setup Gmail, or is that still ongoing?

zBernie2 Author

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Jun 9, 2015 6:33 PM in response to Csound1

You are diffusional. I'm a Sr. Systems Engineer. I've never had an issue I could not resolve. You on the other hand sit have to reply to all these messages on apple's forums. Pathetic.

Csound1

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Jun 9, 2015 6:35 PM in response to zBernie2

See, you said it again.

How senior are you, should I be impressed by your skills?

Did you mean delusional when you said diffusional?

zBernie2 Author

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Jun 9, 2015 6:46 PM in response to Csound1

Judging from what you do for a living, it should not be too hard to impress you.

To everyone else: Just google for messages from "Csound1" and you will see what I mean folks!

Csound1

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Jun 9, 2015 6:47 PM in response to zBernie2

"Judging"

Another fantasy of yours M'lud.?

But please keep posting, chained to this keyboard as I am your posts are the highlight of the day, I have learned so much from studying the ways of Sr. System Engineers, no matter how diffusional they may be.

Bye for now.

Jun 21, 2015 10:20 AM in response to Yer_Man

have you ever heard of a thing called add on ..?? what if i dont need those templates..

and yes size matters when you have a 126 gb hard disk and iphoto s. u. c. k. s 500 mb out of it??

now say whats better??

Jun 21, 2015 10:25 AM in response to Yer_Man

why are you bringing photoshop in between the comparision of iphoto and picasa??

photoshop is far better tham iphoto..

you dont bring it between here

Yer_Man

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Jun 21, 2015 11:20 AM in response to Devagya.007

So why did you buy a computer with less storage available than you actually need? Most folks who compare apps will compare them on their feature set against the price. I've simply never heard anybody claim an app is *better* because it uses less storage. My bicycle is lighter than a Ferrari, must be better. You need to work on your grasp of sarcasm and irony.

Jun 24, 2015 5:05 AM in response to Yer_Man

now why dont you buy a truck when you need a bike..??

i worked on mine grasp of sarcasm and irony....🙂

Yer_Man

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Jun 24, 2015 7:27 AM in response to Devagya.007

Good for you. Keep trying.

Klaus1

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Jun 24, 2015 9:53 AM in response to zBernie2

there are many features which make Picasa superior to iPhoto. Just look at my original post.

I'm currently using Photoshop Lightroom and have been for a couple of years now. I can tell you without a doubt it is far superior to iPhoto or Aperture. Both of which are no longer available from Apple, and for good reason.

You are entirely free, and nobody here cares one little bit, to choose whatever applications, from Apple or anyone else, that you want to use.

I repeat for emphasis: nobody here cares about your opinions, least of all those based on ignorance.

Picassa vs iPhoto