Comments on: The Free World: Picassa Coming to GNU/Linux. http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/the-free-world-picassa-coming-to-gnulinux/ Linux Tips - Information for Using Linux Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:32:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Free Software Blog » Picassa for GNU/Linux http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/the-free-world-picassa-coming-to-gnulinux/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Free Software Blog » Picassa for GNU/Linux Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:06:41 +0000 http://www.newlinuxuser.com/?p=193#comment-413 [...] Found this news via NewLinuxUser and it is nice to see that Google is thinking of porting Picassa the famous image editing program for GNU/Linux users. Google is working along with CodeWeavers to produce a GNU/Linux version of Picassa and CodeWeavers are responsible for the Cross over office application. It is nice to see one of my favourite apps in windows to be ported to Linux. [...] [...] Found this news via NewLinuxUser and it is nice to see that Google is thinking of porting Picassa the famous image editing program for GNU/Linux users. Google is working along with CodeWeavers to produce a GNU/Linux version of Picassa and CodeWeavers are responsible for the Cross over office application. It is nice to see one of my favourite apps in windows to be ported to Linux. [...]

]]> By: Jon http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/the-free-world-picassa-coming-to-gnulinux/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Jon Tue, 21 Feb 2006 03:26:41 +0000 http://www.newlinuxuser.com/?p=193#comment-410 Kelly Penguin Girl uses Picasa madly these days and has discovered that it is indeed 'non destructive' and, as Blog Jones points out, annoying as all get out. I'm a totaly newb with the thing, so I don't notice all the shortcomings of it. I just fired it up once, watched it find all my pictures, and spend an hour drooling over the pretty interface. I still enjoy using it the odd time I'm on a Windows box and am looking forward to using it on my Linux box. I can see how Picasa could be a little annoying to power users. Kelly Penguin Girl uses Picasa madly these days and has discovered that it is indeed ‘non destructive’ and, as Blog Jones points out, annoying as all get out.

I’m a totaly newb with the thing, so I don’t notice all the shortcomings of it. I just fired it up once, watched it find all my pictures, and spend an hour drooling over the pretty interface. I still enjoy using it the odd time I’m on a Windows box and am looking forward to using it on my Linux box.

I can see how Picasa could be a little annoying to power users.

]]> By: Foo http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/the-free-world-picassa-coming-to-gnulinux/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Foo Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:34:21 +0000 http://www.newlinuxuser.com/?p=193#comment-408 If I remember correctly, some Picasa edits are actually destructive and do not first make a backup... such as rotating images. If I remember correctly, some Picasa edits are actually destructive and do not first make a backup… such as rotating images.

]]> By: Blog Jones http://www.everyjoe.com/newlinuxuser/the-free-world-picassa-coming-to-gnulinux/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Blog Jones Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:55:43 +0000 http://www.newlinuxuser.com/?p=193#comment-407 Picasa has this bizzare setup where instead of editing the image itself, it edits a copy of it someplace else. According to <a href="http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13537" rel="nofollow">the Picasa documentation</a>, "Picasa was designed to be non-destructive to your original pictures. This is why edits and changes made to pictures in Picasa do not change the original picture files." If you want to save the changes you make to your photos in Picasa, the most reliable method I know is to select the image you've edited and click the "Export" button in the lower right corner of the screen. That will let you save a copy of the image with the edits. It's irritating as all get out. I wish there was an option to have it make changes to the original picture files. Picasa has this bizzare setup where instead of editing the image itself, it edits a copy of it someplace else. According to the Picasa documentation, “Picasa was designed to be non-destructive to your original pictures. This is why edits and changes made to pictures in Picasa do not change the original picture files.”

If you want to save the changes you make to your photos in Picasa, the most reliable method I know is to select the image you’ve edited and click the “Export” button in the lower right corner of the screen. That will let you save a copy of the image with the edits.

It’s irritating as all get out. I wish there was an option to have it make changes to the original picture files.

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