I’m a big fan of Picasa because it’s easy to use and its organize all my pictures. The fact is, I can have my pictures stored locally, however I like, have them organized in Picasa differently using albums and then upload them directly to Google+ Photos. I don’t like Flickr because it’s a pain to upload photos and they don’t have a desktop program to organize all my thousands of pictures. So if you’re trying to decide on the best program to manage your photos, I would go with Picasa!

  1. Log in to Picasa and create a new account.
  2. In the Accounts section, click on the + button to add a new account.
  3. Enter your name and email address and click on the Add Account button.
  4. In the Name field, enter Google+ Photos and click on the Add Account Button.
  5. In the Email Address field, enter your Picasa user name and password and click on the Add Account Button.
  6. Click on the Create Profile button to finish setting up your new Google+ Photos account!

Step 2) Open the Picasa program. On the left-hand side, click on the three lines in the top left corner of the window. This will open a new window with all your photos in it. Step 3) Click on one of your photos to select it and then click on the Edit button at the bottom of the window. This will take you to a new screen where you can change some of its details, like its caption or photo size. You can also choose to add a watermark if you want. Step 4) Click on Save to save your changes and then close Picasa.

To move your pictures to Picasa:

  1. Open Picasa
  2. In the top left corner, click on the My Pictures folder
  3. Drag all of your pictures into the My Pictures folder ..

Step 3) Launch Picasa and choose My Pictures, My Docs, and the Desktop.

Step 4) Click on one of the folders to see all the pictures and folders loaded on the left-hand side. By default, it will sort out all the pictures by year, month and so forth.

If you’re using Picasa to manage your photos, be sure to check the date on your photos. If the date is incorrect, just right-click on a folder and choose Edit Description. Here you can change the date and also add a location if you like. ..

Once everything is loaded, you can click on any of the folders in the left pane and it’ll highlight that folder and bring up the pictures for that folder. Then simply right click on the folder and there is an option called Upload to Google+ Photos. When you click that, it’ll ask you for your login information, so you need to create a Google account if you don’t already have one. There is an option to sign up, so click that if you don’t have a Google account.

Step 6) Once you do that, it’ll bring up another dialog box asking for the Title of the album and some other information. Most of it is self-explantory, but leave the setting for Upload Setting to the default of Best for Sharing. You can choose Original if you want to create a backup of all your pictures at the highest resolution.

Now that Google+ Photos is the new Picasa Web Albums, you have the option to share with your Google+ circles. If you don’t add anyone, it will be a private album. Now click Upload and you’ve successfully uploaded your first album to Google+ Photos from Picasa.

Step 8) Upload your photos to Google+, and then sign in with your account. Step 9) Click on the “Photos” tab, and then click on the “Upload photos” button.

Google has announced that they are changing their storage plans. Now, you get 15GB of free storage for Google Drive, Gmail and Google+ Photos. Google+ Photos also has an awesome feature whereby you don’t get charged for storage if the pictures you upload are less than 2048×2048 in resolution. So if you choose the Best for Sharing option, you could theoretically upload unlimited photos for free.

https://www.google.com/storage/details?id=0B3DAAAAIBAJ&hl=en

If you’re looking to get your photos organized and uploaded to Google+ Photos without even mentioning all the other cool features of the program or of Google+ Photos, then Picasa is a great tool.

The Google Photos app is a great option for anyone who already has a Google account and isn’t heavily invested in another service like Flickr. If you have any questions, feel free to post them in the comments.