There cannot be such a thing as a non-destructive editing photo program that does not generate thumbnails and does not hit your RAM and processor hard. Picasa MIGHT be spreading it's duplicates and thumbnails in various folders, which might give it the appearance of being smaller, but it's likely not. I don't know the guts of Picasa, but one of your issues COULD be this - that iPhoto rolls up ALL it's files into a single library file (which makes backing up everything very, very easy - just copy the library folder to an external HDD). If Picasa creates thumbnails for easy viewing, then it is using up HDD space. Additionally, if Picasa is NOT generating thumbnails for viewing (I'm not sure if it does or doesn't) but if it's NOT, then that means as Picasa has to open up all the pics you see in the film strip in the bottom and then downscale them for your viewing, which hogs RAM and processor, hurting performance. But, if you copy a sub-segment of your picture database, and try working in iPhoto for a while, you might find you like it a lot.Īperture can store files in its database, or it can reference files.īy the way - anytime you edit a file in Picasa, it also duplicates the picture, doubling your hdd use. For that, you might want to look into Aperture or Lightroom. IPhoto isn't great at managing folders outside it's database, though. For me, this means that 80% of my adjustments are done in iPhoto, and I rarely launch PSE6. But in simple development of photos, I think iPhoto is way ahead of Picasa. If you were just looking at photo organizing, Picasa might be equal or preferable, depending on your view. Add to that the fact that iPhoto will be stitched into the other Apple products (like iMovie, iDVD, etc.). But the editing capabilities in iPhoto are, AFAIK, much better. I'd like it bigger than that.ĭon't get me wrong - I like Picasa. Can I also edit full screen, when my picture takes up the ENTIRE screen, with nothing but black in the background? When I try to edit in Picasa, I get a PC looking interface, and the picture limited to about 60-70% of my screen height. I also don't see tint, sharpness or NR sliders on Picasa. How do I increase saturation in Picasa? iPhoto allows adjusting a slide for the histogram. Would Picasa recover blown highlights at all from RAW or jpg? iPhoto isn't the best at this, but it is possible. Here's a couple: how do you darken the exposure of a photo in Picasa? Maybe I'm missing it, but I only see sliders to INCREASE the exposure. Someone asked above what can iPhoto do that Picasa can't. This is not 100% true on both platforms, but is true enough that you should keep that in the back of your mind when comparing the two platforms. So, the Mac mindset is that the app manages the files for you. The Mac assumes you use an application for activities (like photo and music) and that files are a consequence of doing those activities. Essentially, the Windows platform assumes you manage files and then you have applications to adjust those files. Adjusting mentally will help you understand the Mac better. That's because the Mac and PC have a fundamentally different approach that you'll need to consider. overall, my life has become so much easier after switching to Mac. Also, in today's world, I don't expect any software provider to go the the effort of providing free migration software - so I'm happy to put in the extra effort myself where it's justified. I am personally OK to go through and clean up a few folders and photos. From that I also think if your Picasa folder structure is multi-level deep, you may end up with a single-level iPhoto Event library. A pro and a con at the same tim: I have not lost my Originals, but I do have some Events called "Original" here abnd there. I have now started creating Albums in iPhoto.Īlso, what I was not expecting, was the fact that even the Picasa Originals folders (or sub folders) were migrated, as iPhoto Events too. ![]() ![]() I must say though, I was not using Albums in Picasa so I cannot comment on that. IPhoto kept all my Picasa 'folders' - in fact the experience was better than I was expecting (Thanks Apple!) in that the Picasa "folders" were migrated seamlessly to iPhoto "Events". I copied the Picasa library folder across to an external hard disk and then Imported the entire Folder to iPhoto using the standard menu option. Well, what a good opportunity to join the forum!.īeing a recent migrant from PC to Mac myself, I had a great experience in moving my PC Picasa library to iPhoto.
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