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Make that slideshow to go!
Create a portable Flash slideshow that you can embed in your blog
or any other web page, like MySpace. Simply go to an album,
click the "Embed
Slideshow" link, and copy and paste the HTML shown into your website.
The slideshow has built-in playback controls (just rollover to reveal),
and it gives you the ability to turn captions on or off and pick from
multiple sizes. Learn
more
Bigger photo uploads
We've doubled the size of the images you can upload - from 10MB to 20MB per image.
As always, you can still use Picasa Web Albums to reduce
the file size of the photos you're uploading to Picasa Web Albums.
Picasa Web Albums data API
Now developers can create applications that build on content in Picasa Web Albums. This API lets your applications display, modify
and query Picasa Web Albums data. Learn
more and see example projects
Share photo albums in your instant messages
You can now share photo albums in your chats with the Google
Talk Gadget.
Paste a URL from Picasa Web Albums into your chat, and you can scroll
through a slideshow of the album right in your conversation.
Search community photos
Discover and explore public photos posted by others
in the Picasa Web Albums community. You can look up captions, tags,
album titles, album locations, and album descriptions. Search also
works across only My Photos or My Favorites if you're signed in.
More free storage
We've upped the free storage quota to 1GB. That's
enough room to post and share around 4,000 standard resolution photos.
Need more storage space? Upgrade
Link to this album or photo
It's now easier to link to an album or photo from an email, IM, or
web page. Just copy and paste the url and/or HTML code we show you. Plus,
pick from four photos sizes for your web page.
View Blogger photos
All photos uploaded through Blogger now appear in My Photos. The
titles of these Blogger web albums match the titles of their respective
blog posts. Now the photos you use in both services can be managed
from one place. Learn
more.
Anyone can upload videos using Picasa Web Albums
Finally, a way to share those digital camera movies with friends. Learn more
Order prints and photo products
If one of our print providers sells it, you can order it.
Now available in 38 additional languages
Picasa Web Albums now works in the following languages: English (UK), English (US), Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. If you are running an older version of Picasa in one of these languages, you will automatically be upgraded to the latest version of the software with the new "Web Album" button.
Anyone can now try Picasa Web Albums
Now when your friends ask how they can get Picasa Web Albums for themselves, just let them know that all they need
is a free Google
Account.
Email notifications
Find out when friends leave comments on your
photos or if one of your favorites has uploaded
new photos. Learn
more
Link to your friends
Let everyone know about a friend’s or a favorite gallery
by adding it to your "Linked galleries" on your public gallery
page. Learn
more
Use your Mac to upload photos
Now there's a free download that comes with two ways for Mac users
to upload
photos to Picasa Web Albums -- from directly within iPhoto
or using drag-and-drop from a standalone application. Learn
more
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