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Phyll

Phyll Report 30 Aug 2016 14:02

I had my photos on Picasa. When I needed a new motherboard my SIL backed them up on an external hard drive and kindly (not) did away with picasa.

Is there another site I could load some photos to for free as now I can't crop or mess around with my photos.

Thanks for any info regarding this.

Phyll

Researching:
Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 30 Aug 2016 14:17

The easiest substitute for Picassa is IrfanView (free).

http://www.irfanview.com/

With the free plugins it is a more powerful program than Picassa but very easy to use. Frequently updated.

It will work fine with cloud storage such as DropBox, GoogleDrive, OneDrive etc

If you want a cloud based photo service then Flikr is the way to go. It can be synchronised with yr phone, camera etc. Free & pro versions. TheVerge is also very good.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

Phyll

Phyll Report 30 Aug 2016 14:58

Thanks Rollo, will have a look.
Phyll

Researching:
Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 30 Aug 2016 17:39

Rollo, is it any good for putting text on photos and messing around with photos, substituting heads etc?

I used to use Picasa to make cards for friends and I miss it.

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 30 Aug 2016 18:45

I have transferred my photos from Picasa to google photos,but am not happy with the quality of some of them.
I believe it should have been done by March this year to preserve the quality,but the Picasa site is on my Windows PC and I use my iPad now most of the time and mainly use my PC for syncing and printing etc.and I missed the deadline.
I may try the substitute you suggest Rollo,on my PC and see if they improve.

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 30 Aug 2016 18:56

adding text with Irfanview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yFjH-uQmR8

if you want PhotoShop power for free go here

http://www.getpaint.net/download.html

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 30 Aug 2016 19:41

Thanks, Rollo.

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset