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Picasa iPhoto Clone v0.1.3 Beta Pre-release

Picasa iPhoto Clone v0.1.3 is now a public Beta release. Its headline addition is a complete collage workspace that turns a selection from your photo library into a finished, shareable JPEG without leaving the application.

Collage editor with a photo grid

New: Collage workspace

A collage can begin in either of two natural ways: select at least two photos in the library and choose Create Collage… from the photo actions menu, or use the collage button in the photo information bar to start a new canvas. The editor opens as a dedicated workspace, keeping the photo library and the work-in-progress collage easy to move between.

The editor starts with a clean Grid layout, then gives you fast creative control. Choose either Grid or Mosaic arrangement; select Square (1:1), 4:3, 3:2, or widescreen 16:9 proportions; set the canvas to white, black, or light grey; and tune the spacing between photos. Rounded photo corners are optional and their radius is adjustable. Use Shuffle whenever you want a fresh arrangement.

Photos can also be reordered directly on the canvas: drag one photo over another to swap their positions with a smooth visual preview. Need more images after you start? Click Add Photos…, move through the library and folders, select the photos you want, and add them to the same project. Selections are preserved while navigating folders, so building a collage from more than one location is straightforward.

When it is ready, choose Create / Export Collage… and save a JPEG. Export reads the original photos where available, respects their library orientation, and uses the selected layout, background, spacing, and corner styling for the finished image.

Collage editor showing styling controls

Also new since v0.1.2

  • Automatic folder watching: enable monitoring per library folder in Settings. New or changed photos are detected and refreshed automatically; other file-system changes trigger a safe folder refresh, including reconciliation of deleted photos.
  • Better folder navigation: open a photo location from the grid and the app selects and scrolls to its imported folder in the sidebar. The Library section can be collapsed for a cleaner sidebar.
  • More useful photo actions: folder and album photos consistently offer Open in Folder, alongside the existing file-opening actions. The Add to Album action is simpler and clearer.
  • Library insight: Settings now shows the current thumbnail count with the other library totals.
  • Stronger DNG recovery: thumbnail and viewer decoding now have safer recovery paths for damaged or incompatible embedded DNG previews.

Included downloads

  • Cargo release build — zip archive
  • Linux AppImage — portable Linux application
  • Linux Flatpak — Flatpak package

This remains Beta software. Please report issues with collage creation or export, watched-folder updates, DNG handling, or library navigation.

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