New features in Picasa 3.8 
Picasa 3.8 has made it easier to organize your photos without opening  your browser. Apply Picnik’s photo-editing awesomeness to your photo  and save it back to Picasa. Then make a Face Movie out of your  portraits. In this new version, you'll also find an amped up properties  panel and a new Batch upload option so you can upload your entire photo  collection. Get started by downloading Picasa at 
http://picasa.google.com
 |  | Face Movie--You might be in charge of making a  slideshow for a birthday party or wedding. Maybe you have only have two  days and all you have is a bunch of group photos. Don’t panic. With the  new Face Movie, you can quickly create a slideshow featuring that  special someone, centered around that special someone, complete with  transitions, music and captions. | 
 |  | Batch Upload -- Manage and organize your photos --  We've improved the the upload feature so that you can upload multiple  albums to Picasa Web Albums at the same time. You can also remove  albums, change upload size, visibility, or the sync state of photos that  are already online on Picasa Web Albums. | 
 |  | Edit in Picnik -- Apply Picnik magic to your photo by selecting Edit in Picnik from the Basic Effects tab. Picnik  is an easy and powerful photo-editor that allows you to edit photos  easily, share them and save them back to Picasa Web Albums, right in  your browser. | 
 |  | Properties panel -- Picasa now supports XMP along with EXIF data. Image data is  now available in the Properties panel along with places and tags. Use  the information to see exactly which camera settings you used when you  took the photo. |