Google Picasa 3

1. PCMag.com

This enthusiastic review covers Picasa 3 before the Mac version became available, but still praises its image management and editing capabilities. An earlier version of Picasa wins an Editors' Choice award for 2007.

Review: Picasa 3 (beta), Michael Muchmore, Nov. 7, 2008

2. Download.com

Editors give Picasa 3 a perfect 5-star rating on all counts: organizing, editing and sharing photos. The brief review notes several improvements and new features, including movie editing -- and finds the service simple to use. A handful of readers add comments, not all of them positive.

Review: Picasa 3, Editors of Download.com

3. Arstechnica.com

This review praises Picasa 3 for its synchronization with Google Albums, improved image editing and special features such as face recognition (to help sort photos) and basic movie editing for YouTube. A later (January 2009) article covers the release of Picasa 3 for Mac users.

Review: Test Drive: Picasa 3 Gets Off-, Online Photo Sharing Right, David Chartier, Sept. 3, 2008

4. About.com

About.com's guide to graphics software gives Picasa 3 a near-perfect rating, highlighting its many advantages (including its price) but noting that its image-management system isn't robust enough for huge photo collections. (Note: ConsumerSearch is owned by About.com, but the two don't share an editorial affiliation.)

Review: Picasa Digital Photo Software from Google, Sue Chastain

5. ConsumerReports.org

This rather dated report compares an earlier version of Google Picasa with two other free photo-editing programs, five software titles available for purchase, and the software that came with digital cameras available at the time. Picasa is ranked in relation to all these programs based on ratings for five different features plus five factors: editing, ease of use, sharing, printing and versatility.

Review: Photo Software Review, Editors of Consumer Reports, July 2007