0 Picasa

Picasa is a free digital photo organizer and editor which has improved considerably since its first release. Although I expect better organization and search capabilities from a Google product, Picasa is excellent for beginners and casual digital shooters who want to find all their pictures, sort them into albums, do quick edits, and share with friends and family.

• Nice interface design
• Simple yet effective editing tools
• Great Photo Viewer to use in Windows Explorer
• Share photos by email, on your blog or in Picasa Web Albums
• Support for face recognition and image geotagging

Picasa scans your computer for pictures and organizes them into albums based on folders and dates.

Automatic import from USB cameras, scanners, memory card readers, and CD drives. Supports RAW files.

Monitor selected folders for new pictures (including network drives).

Organize with virtual folders called Albums. Add keywords & search by keyword, caption, and album information.

Remove red-eye, crop, rotate, one-click enhance, auto and manual tuning, add text, and retouch . All edits can be reversed.

One-click effects: sharpen, B&W, sepia, warm, tint, film grain, soft focus, glow, saturation, etc.

Export photos as Web pages, movies, collages, and posters; Create Gift CDs for sharing.

Email pictures or share online with Google Web Albums, Blogger, YouTube, and Google Earth.

Order prints through online photo labs, or print photo layouts and contact sheets yourself.