Download Google Picasa 3.9 build 135.80

Google has released the first update for last week’s version 3.9 of Picasa. Picasa, which is available for Windows and Mac OS X, makes it easy to manage, edit and put photos online. The program offers options for straightening the horizon, adjusting the contrast and making a crop, among other things. There is also face recognition, which makes it possible, for example, to quickly show all photos that contain a specific person.

New in version 3.9 is, among other things, the possibility to share photos on Google’s social network Google+, where people can also be named directly in the photos. Furthermore, various new edits can be applied to images and it is possible to edit two images simultaneously, side by side. Below are all the changes made in version 3.9 so far:

Changes in Google Picasa 3.9 build 135.80:

• Fixed various crashes.
• Fixed name tags and contacts issues.

Changes in Google Picasa 3.9 build 135.78:

• Added ability to upload to Google+: share with circles, post pictures to your stream, and upload images at original size.
• Social Tagging: name tag people in your Google+ circles and notify them via G+.
• New photo editing effects, including:
  • Infrared
  • Lomo-ish
  • holga-ish
  • HDR-ish
  • Cinemascope
  • Orton-ish
  • Sixties
  • Invert Colors
  • heat map
  • night vision
  • Cross Process
  • posterize
  • Duo-Tone
  • boost
  • soften
  • Vignette/Matte
  • Pixelate/Focal Pixelate
  • Focal Zoom
  • Pencil Sketch
  • Neon
  • comic book
  • border
  • Rounded Edges
  • Drop Shadow
  • Museum Matte
  • Polaroid
• Side by side editing: compare two pictures side-by-side, or compare different edits on the same picture.
• Updated RAW support for pictures from newer cameras.
• Support for WebP files.
• On the Tools > Experimental menu, we’ve added support for migrating your database to another local drive.
• Improvements to Face Movie maker: number of photos included, chronological ordering.
• Sync now uploads unshared albums privately.
• Improved restoring of virtual albums when you uninstall and reinstall, or move to a new computer. Album data is written to the picasa.ini file now, along with all of your other edits.
• OAuth support: use 2-factor accounts without getting an application-specific password.

The following downloads are available:
Google Picasa 3.9 build 135.80 for Windows
Google Picasa 3.9 for Mac OS X