-Seeing Double-
Does Picasa Do Duplicates?
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Caveat: Photos are not stored IN Picasa. They are stored on your hard drive. Picasa only catalogs them and shows you thumbnails of your original photos. Photo edits done in Picasa stay in Picasa. Edits are not visible in Windows until Saved or Exported.
Check Tools> Experimental> Show
Duplicate Files |
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Where and What |
What it does |
HD |
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Icons |
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Change |
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Import |
Camera to Computer transfer excludes duplicates when box is checked |
Yes |
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Export |
Ability to resize edited photo and creates resized duplicate in a new folder (Note Export Location) |
Yes |
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File (Menu) |
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Save |
Changes edited copy to an original and saves original in a new (hidden) folder (Picasa Originals) |
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Save As |
Creates duplicate with new name |
Yes |
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Save a Copy |
Creates duplicate in same folder same name - 1 |
Yes |
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Export to Folder |
Same as Export but can name new folder |
Yes |
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Albums (Right Click) |
These are not duplicates of photos but pointers (virtual) |
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Locate on disk |
Finds the originating photo on disk (folder location in Windows full path) |
no |
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Locate in Picasa |
Finds the originating photo in Picasa |
no |
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Locate ► |
(when edited photo has been saved) |
no |
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Original on disk |
Finds unedited photo in an Originals Folder on the disk (Windows may be hidden) |
no |
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File on disk |
Finds the edited photo on disk (Windows shows full path) |
no |
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Remove from Album |
Removes pointer to photo from album only |
no |
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Delete from Disk |
Deletes photo from album and disk |
Yes |
Caveat: Do not delete immediately a duplicate. Test to be sure whether they are actually two copies of the same photo or some Picasa figment. Test by renaming one to see if other is renamed also. Or Save a copy to make a third one. Then delete 1st or 2nd. Or check locations to see if they are the same. Or Locate both on disk to see if the same.