The latest version of Picasa (3.8) has made a big improvement in sorting. You can manually sort pictures in Picasa just by dragging them around and, now, if you upload those pictures to the web using the ‘Synchronize’ feature, they will keep your manual sort order.
Sorting Pictures in Picasa
For any given Picasa folder or album, you have 3 choices for automatic sorting: Name, Date, or Size. Just right-click on the folder or album icon and choose Sort Folder/Album by … When you click Name, they will be automatically sorted alphabetically by their filename. When you choose Date, they will be sorted from earliest to latest according to the date/time recorded when the picture was taken.
If you don’t like either of those sorts, you can drag the pictures into the order you desire. As long as you view them using Picasa, they will stay in that order because Picasa is remembering your custom sort order. This sort order is not understood by any other program. If you look at the same folder of pictures using Windows Explorer, for example, they will be in Windows Explorer’s specified sort order – usually by filename.
Sorting Pictures in Picasa Web Albums
Picasa Web Albums also gives you options for sorting. If you’re logged in to your Picasa Web Albums, open whatever album you want to work with simply by cllcking on it, then choose Edit and Organize & Reorder.
Once in the Organize and Reorder screen, you will have the options to sort by name, date, or to drag pictures around to the order you want.
Sorting in Picasa and Synchronizing to Picasa Web Albums
If you have used the ‘Sync to Web’ feature, you know that any folder or album in Picasa can be duplicated automatically in your web albums. But, up until version 3.8, your custom sort order would not follow. Now, you can also sync the sort order if you make sure that option is selected.
- Tools
- Options
- Web Albums
- Sync Photo Order – make sure this option is selected.
Now, when you choose to sync a folder or album to the web, you can drag photos around to a custom order in Picasa and you will see the order change in the corresponding web album automatically. Sometimes this happens instantly, sometimes not – be patient
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