Yes, I do use the desktop application, fun and easy to use for an amateur... I've been very busy placing all the irreplaceable shots, very old ones etc into albums and sending them off to Google + ... so no harm done and I'll just wait and see what transpires... by the way where are you based... I'm in Australia, I do a great many travel and history blogs which is where the Picasa ease of use comes in handy...
Thanks again, you've set my mind at rest. Robyn On 6 April 2016 at 19:40, Mark Otway <[email protected]> wrote: > > So it depends what you’re talking about. If you’re talking about Picasa > the desktop application (where you edit your photos) then it will continue > working. My wife also uses Picasa to view/edit images, and with the > Wordpress plugin uploads images directly to her site. All of this is > basically offline stuff. > > It doesn’t sound like you actually use Picasaweb - the online version of > Picasa - directly, so perhaps you won’t be impacted at all. > > On 6 Apr 2016, at 08:17, Robyn Mortimer <[email protected]> wrote: > > I appreciate your reply Mark, though I'm a dummy when it comes to talking > API'S and over written etc... I primarily used Picasa to take photos from > my camera or scans from my printer, and then to edit and crop and present > on blogs to my hearts content... if I can continue to do this I'll be like > you, I'll stay with the one I know... at 77 years of age I'm too old to > learn new tricks... > > thank you for your help, > > Robyn > > On 6 April 2016 at 17:08, Mark Otway <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Flickr provide 1TB of photo storage free, so that’s an option. There’s a >> few other services too. I guess it depends what you actually use Picasa >> for. >> >> Personally, I’m leaving my stuff in Google Photos - I can’t be bothered >> to move to an alternative service when there seems little point to do so. >> The current upload/download APIs will continue to work, even if you can’t >> modify photos in Picasa online (but I never did that anyway). >> >> I’ll continue to use the Picasa Desktop app until something better comes >> along (I haven’t used its sync facility for around a year now, ever since I >> wrote my own background sync app - >> https://github.com/Webreaper/PicasawebSync). All my tags are embedded in >> the actual JPG files, so if I modify them locally and upload they’ll be >> persisted when my photos are uploaded. >> >> It’s unclear from Google’s documentation if the revised API will allow a >> photo to be re-uploaded (i.e., over-written), but if not, I’ll just change >> my Sync app to delete and then upload a new copy. >> >> At some point, I’m presuming that Google will announce a new set of >> official APIs for Google Photos, at which point I’ll update my app to use >> them. >> >> On 5 Apr 2016, at 22:43, Robyn Mortimer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thank you Mark, any suggestions re a destination for rescued data? >> >> Robyn >> >> On 6 April 2016 at 07:13, Mark Otway <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This is a free service. Based on previous Google shutdowns, >>> communication will be limited, so If you have concerns, extract your data >>> and put it somewhere else. >>> >>> On Tue, 5 Apr 2016, 20:28 Robyn Mortimer, <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I do hope these particular questions will be not only answered but >>>> passed on to people like me who while we are not professional photographers >>>> still rely on knowing what we can now but may not be able to do soon with >>>> all our photos... and perhaps we can be advised where next we turn to >>>> save, process and create future photographs. >>>> >>>> Robyn Mortimer. >>>> >>>> On 6 April 2016 at 04:20, Robin van Sloten <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> According to the new v3.0 draft >>>>> <https://developers.google.com/picasa-web/docs/3.0/releasenotes> >>>>> >>>>> Mutation support removed >>>>>> Aside from uploads, mutation support will be removed from the API. >>>>>> The following functionality will no longer be supported: >>>>>> >>>>>> - Creating an album >>>>>> - Modifying the properties of an album >>>>>> - Deleting an album >>>>>> - Updating a photo >>>>>> - Providing your own video thumbnail >>>>>> - Deleting a photo >>>>>> >>>>>> So this means I will only be able to upload photos but can no longer >>>>> alter any albums or existing photos after May 1? >>>>> Will there be any other API to make these alterations like a Google >>>>> Photos API? 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