Any good programs like Picasa for Mac?

[grey021]

I;'m reading over a few of the posts here, but I'm sorry I used iPhoto and I thought it was great. i luved the little feature like the "make book prints" and the quick edits. i didn't like how it "managed" my photos. I use PS and Bridge more now than anything else; but then i was introduced to Picasa. very good for doing a few of the things i already do IN PS but with 1 or 2 clicks. Sepia, BW, fades, Light filling, and all done quickly and seamlessly. I can post to either Picasa Web or my website with little effort. I used to recommend iPhoto to anyone who never really needed to learn PS, but still wanted to have cool outputs. Picasa is just better at doing what iPhoto started with simplifying. i just wish Google didn't coupe out and figure that the mac community didn't want to use something else other than iPhoto.
I think Picasa would give iPhoto some great competition. unlike what Gimp tried to do with PS.
Hey give it time there will be something better than picasa.

[chevy]

GraphicConverter is a good complement of iPhoto.

[Lt Major Burns]

if you want to install x11 and run it that way, you can have Picassa for mac(-ish)

http://picasa.google.com/linux/

[greentaters]

HELP!!!! I am a mac idiot being it I was raised on PC. I am a new convert. I renamed all the folders in my iphoto library and now I cannot view any pictures in iPhoto. What do I do? Is there anyway to undo what I did or do I have to download a whole new program to be able to view my photos? I love iphoto by the way.

[chevy]

Renaming all folders was not a good idea as you found out.

You can re-import your files by drag-dropping these into iPhoto. You may also be able to recover the whole system by selecting a new folder as you iPhoto folder (and set your renamed folder as the new folder).

[chevy]

Originally Posted by dktrickey

Cyberprop,

Awhile ago, MacAddict magazine dumped 250,000 pictures into iPhoto 6 (the latest). It didn't work so well. Glitchy!!

So, I would think twice before dropping all 150,000 pix into iPhoto. 10,000? 20,000? Probably fine. Not 150,000.

What about running Picassa in Parallels? You'd have to buy Parallels and have a copy of Windows. Just a thought. I've never run Picassa so I don't know how it would handle 150,000 pix.

Doug

Just due to the corresponding amount of HD capacity, this does not fit with iPhoto approach of having all files in one location.

[Sunnz]

Originally Posted by Lt Major Burns

if you want to install x11 and run it that way, you can have Picassa for mac(-ish)

http://picasa.google.com/linux/

Maybe a bit late now... but isn't there a Mac version of Picasa?

http://www.google.com/mac.html

[Lt Major Burns]

no, that's just a web uploader. Picasa for linux is the full photo managemant software.