If you have joined Google+ then your default interface will be Google+ Photos, but you can manually go to the Picasa Web Albums interface at note: when I say you ‘have joined’ or ‘haven’t joined’ … I mean that you’re logged in with a Google account that ‘has joined’ or ‘hasn’t joined’ Google+.Nothing has changed except the button in Picasa 3.9 is now green and reads ‘Share’ rather than ‘Upload’ as it was in PIcasa 3.8 – see screenshots above. If you haven’t joined Google+ then you will only have the Picasa Web Albums interface available to you.When you’re using Picasa Web Albums, you have all the PWA features like slide-shows which are not yet implemented in Google+. Both Picasa Web Albums and Google+ Photos have joint custody of your uploaded pictures. Think of it like separate parents with joint custody.
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There are two interfaces to view that one set of photos: Picasa Web Albums and Google+ Photos DO NOT delete pictures from one and expect them to still be there in the other – your online pictures only exist once, if you delete them using either interface, they’re gone. Your photos are being uploaded to one physical location.There’s just too much, and it’s changing too quickly. When I sat down to write this article, I was hoping I could make sense of it all and give you a nice, neat explanation of how it all works right now. Picasa 3.9 with Google+ account –> Upload and Share on Google+ (click for larger image)
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Picasa 3.9 without joining Google+ –> ‘Upload to Web Album’ Picasa 3.8 –> Upload to Picasa Web Albums This transitional period is messy, and it’s changing daily. Google is trying to transition from Picasa Web Albums to Google+ Photos, leaving Picasa Web Albums in tact for those who choose not to join Google+. Pictures are the number one things that people want to share using social networking sites. Picasa Web Albums is still there, but with Google entering the social networks game with Google+, the Web Albums are caught in the middle.