Picasa vs Lightroom: Which Is the Beginner's Choice?

After comparing and testing Picasa with Lightroom on the same editing and management tasks, I may say that Picasa is just perfect for users with zero experience in editing. It has a very simple interface and nice basic instruments. You are able to crop or fix red eyes in photos, add text or use filters. The software is also very good at sorting out and managing photo collections that you have in your PC.

In contrast, the tools for photo editing in Lightroom are more developed. Each photographer in the world uses it for post processing. The Lightroom’s tools assist me, therefore, in effecting the correction of the colors and making the details sharper to enhance the quality of the final image. It takes a lot of time to learn the program at first, but upon learning the ropes, it goes very quickly.

I recommend users who just make some color correction of photos from vacations to download Picasa if they want to create thematic albums like "Alice’s Birthday" or "Last Year’s Trips."

Unfortunately, Picasa is no longer exist, as it has been replaced with Google Photos but still you can use if you have installed it previously. It was so easy to sort out my photos with Picasa, although all the features that I would desire were not available.

What makes me recommend this app is that the albums and slideshows with my pictures can be shared – didn’t see such a feature in similar programs before. I think it was just an awesome tool for a person who wants to organize and enhance their family or travel photo collection.

Lightroom is unmatched when it comes to organizing photos into different groups. Besides, it allows users to find particular pictures very quickly thanks to such features as folders, albums, flags, and ratings.

The most impressive function for me was customization of editing settings and the possibility to save them as Lightroom presets. Next, you can apply a suitable preset to several images to make them coherent.

Another advantage is batch photo editing. So, I can improve several shots in one go. Plus, the program doesn’t affect my source pictures during editing due to the non-destructive approach. You can access and enhance your images on different devices.

Having compared Adobe Lightroom vs Picasa, I would like to sum up that Lightroom is quite a suitable application for organizing and processing a great number of photographs at the same time. It’s really an industry standard for all related to images.

If your job is even slightly related to photographs and their colors correction, then Lightroom needs to be on your laptop and phone (the mobile app is free and gorgeous). The software includes top-of-the-range color correction and general airbrushing tools for advanced tasks. Moreover, it’s definitely the best photo organizing software if you have over 1000+ photos on your laptop.