我最初在 2007 年写了这篇文章，但我正在为 2014 年更新它，因为七年来发生了很多变化。首先，Picasa 网络相册(Picasa Web Albums)不再存在。自Google+发布以来，所有照片存储(photo storage)都在Google+ Photos中进行。但是，您仍然可以在Mac 和 PC上使用(Mac and PC)Picasa将照片上传到Google+ Photos。
我是Picasa(Picasa)的忠实粉丝，因为它易于使用，而且它可以组织我的所有图片。事实是，我可以根据自己的喜好将图片存储在本地，使用相册在Picasa中以不同方式组织它们，然后将它们直接上传到Google+ Photos。我不喜欢Flickr，因为上传照片很痛苦，而且他们没有桌面程序来组织我所有的数千张照片。因此，如果您想确定管理照片的最佳程序，我会选择 Picasa！
好的，下面将介绍如何 使用Picasa设置(Picasa)Google+ Photos（然后设置Picasa本身）……STEPWISE！
步骤 1)(Step 1)) 下载(Download)Picasa(Picasa program)程序。访问http://picasa.google.com/并单击下载 Picasa 链接(Download Picasa link)。应该会弹出一个对话框，要求保存文件或运行它。(dialog box)您只需点击Run，下载后会自动开始安装。如前所述，它适用于Mac 和 Windows(Mac and Windows)，这非常好。
步骤 2)(Step 2))接下来，在启动Picasa之前，您可以将所有图片移动到“我的文档”下的“我的图片(Pictures)”文件夹中。这就是Picasa最先查找图片的地方。现在，如果您有大量图片并且移动它们需要很长时间或者您只是不想移动它们，那么请继续打开Picasa，您可以告诉它在其他文件夹中查找您的图片。
步骤 3)(Step 3)) 继续并启动Picasa。加载后，会出现一个对话框，要求扫描您的整个计算机或仅扫描我的图片、我的文档(My Docs)和桌面。我通常选择后一个选项(latter option)（我的图片(Pics)、我的文档(My Docs)、桌面(Desktop)），因为否则当扫描整个计算机时，它会拾取很多您可能不想要的垃圾图像（Office图标等）。因此，即使您的图片不在这些文件夹中，也只需选择它，稍后我将向您展示如何添加文件夹。
第 4 步）(Step 4)) 给它一些时间找到所有的图片，你会看到左侧加载的文件夹。当您单击其中一个文件夹时，所有图片都会作为缩略图加载到右侧。默认情况下，它很聪明，可以按年、月等对所有图片进行排序。
快速提示：如果 Picasa 设置的日期不正确，只需右键单击文件夹并选择编辑说明。您可以在此处更改日期，也可以根据需要添加位置。 (Quick Tip: If the date set by Picasa is incorrect, just right-click on a folder and choose Edit Description. Here you can change the date and also add a location if you like. )
步骤 5)加载完(Step 5) O)所有(nce everything)内容后，您可以单击左窗格(left pane)中的任何文件夹，它将突出显示该文件夹并显示该文件夹的图片。然后只需右键单击该文件夹，就会出现一个名为Upload to Google+ Photos的选项。当您点击它时，它会询问您的登录信息(login information)，因此如果您还没有Google 帐户(Google account)，则需要创建一个。有一个注册选项，如果您没有 Google 帐户，请单击该选项。
第 6 步）(Step 6))一旦你这样做了，它会弹出另一个对话框，(dialog box)询问专辑的标题(Title)和一些其他信息。其中大部分是不言自明的，但将Upload Setting的设置保留为(Upload Setting)Best for Sharing的默认设置。如果您想以最高分辨率创建所有图片的备份，您可以选择“原始”。(Original)
现在Google+ Photos是新的Picasa 网络相册(Picasa Web Albums)，您可以选择与您的Google+圈子分享。如果您不添加任何人，它将是一个私人相册。现在点击上传(Upload)，您已成功将您的第一个相册从Picasa上传到(Picasa)Google+ Photos。
第 7 步）要在(Step 7))Google+ 上查看您的照片，请访问以下链接： https: https://plus.google.com/photos。
自 2014 年起，存储计划发生了变化。现在，您可以获得 15GB 的免费存储空间，用于存储Google Drive、Gmail and Google+ Photos。Google+ Photos还有一个很棒的功能，(feature whereby)如果您上传的图片分辨率低于 2048×2048，您无需支付存储费用(t get)。因此，如果您选择“最(Best)适合共享”选项，理论上您可以免费上传无限量照片。
您可以购买在云端硬盘(Drive)、Gmail 和照片(Gmail and Photos)之间共享的额外存储空间，100GB 每月 2 美元起，1 TB 每月 10 美元起，以此类推。这是新的Google 存储(Google storage)计划的链接：
https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375123?hl=en
在本文中，我只专注于使用Picasa整理您的照片并将其上传到Google+ Photos，甚至没有提及该程序和Google+ Photos的所有其他很酷的功能。我会将它保存到另一篇文章中，但如果您想在上传之前编辑照片， Picasa是一款很棒的照片编辑工具。(Picasa)
总体而言，它是一款令人印象深刻的软件，对于已经拥有 Google 帐户且没有大量投资于Flickr等其他服务的任何人来说，它都是最佳选择。如果您有任何问题，请随时在评论中发表。享受！
How to Setup Picasa with Google+ Photos
I originally wrote this article back in 2007, but I’m updating it for 2014 becaυse a lot has changed in seven years. Firstly, Piсaѕa Web Albums no longer еxist. Since the release of Google+, all photо storage takes place іn Google+ Photos. You can, however, still use Pіcasa on both а Mac and PC to upload your pictures to Goоgle+ Photos.
I’m a huge fan of Picasa because of its ease of use and the way it organizes all my pictures. The fact is that I can have my pictures stored locally however I like, have them organized in Picasa differently using albums and then upload them directly to Google+ Photos. I don’t like Flickr because it’s a pain to upload photos and they don’t have a desktop program to organize all my thousands of pictures. So if you’re trying to decide on the best program to manage your photos, I would go with Picasa!
Ok, so here’s how you would go about setting up Google+ Photos with Picasa (and in turn setting up Picasa itself)…STEPWISE!
Step 1) Download the Picasa program. Go to http://picasa.google.com/ and click the Download Picasa link. A dialog box should pop up asking to save the file or run it. You can just click Run, so that after it downloads, it’ll automatically start the installation. As mentioned before, it’s available for both Mac and Windows, which is really nice.
Step 2) Next, before you start Picasa, you can move all your pictures to the My Pictures folder under My Documents. That’s where Picasa looks first for your pictures. Now if you have a ton of pictures and it’ll take too long to move them or you just don’t want to, then just go ahead and open Picasa and you can tell it to look in other folders for your pictures.
Step 3) Go ahead and launch Picasa. Once it loads, a dialog comes up asking to either scan your whole computer or just My Pictures, My Docs, and the desktop. I usually choose the latter option (My Pics, My Docs, Desktop) because otherwise when the whole computer is scanned, it will pick up a lot of junk images that you probably don’t want (Office icons, etc). So even if your pics are not in those folders, just choose it anyway and I’ll show you how to add the folders later.
Step 4) Give it some time to find all the pictures and you’ll see the folders load on the left-hand side. When you click on one of the folders, all the pictures load up on the right side as thumbnails. By default, it’s smart enough to sort out all the pictures by year, month and so forth.
Quick Tip: If the date set by Picasa is incorrect, just right-click on a folder and choose Edit Description. Here you can change the date and also add a location if you like.
Step 5) Once everything is loaded, you can click on any of the folders in the left pane and it’ll highlight that folder and bring up the pictures for that folder. Then simply right click on the folder and there is an option called Upload to Google+ Photos. When you click that, it’ll ask you for your login information, so you need to create a Google account if you don’t already have one. There is an option to sign up, so click that if you don’t have a Google account.
Step 6) Once you do that, it’ll bring up another dialog box asking for the Title of the album and some other information. Most of it is self-explantory, but leave the setting for Upload Setting to the default of Best for Sharing. You can choose Original if you want to create a backup of all your pictures at the highest resolution.
Now that Google+ Photos is the new Picasa Web Albums, you have the option to share with your Google+ circles. If you don’t add anyone, it will be a private album. Now click Upload and you’ve successfully uploaded your first album to Google+ Photos from Picasa.
Step 7) To view your photos on Google+, go the following link: https://plus.google.com/photos.
As of 2014, the storage plans have changed. Now you get 15GB of free storage for Google Drive, Gmail and Google+ Photos. Google+ Photos also has an awesome feature whereby you don’t get charged for storage if the pictures you upload are less than 2048×2048 in resolution. So if you choose the Best for Sharing option, you could theoretically upload unlimited photos for free.
You can buy extra storage that is shared across Drive, Gmail and Photos starting at $2 a month for 100GB, $10 a month for 1 TB, and so on. Here is a link on the new Google storage plans:
https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375123?hl=en
For this article, I just focused on using Picasa to get your photos organized and uploaded to Google+ Photos without even mentioning all the other cool features of the program and of Google+ Photos. I’ll save that for another post, but Picasa is a great photo editing tool if you like to edit your photos before uploading.
Overall, it’s an impressive piece of software and is the best option for anyone who already has a Google account and isn’t heavily invested in another service like Flickr. If you have any questions, feel free to post them in the comments. Enjoy!
