As with any Picasa related subject: Does anyone have a viable alternative desktop software that allows tagging of photos, some mild editing and allowing photos to be kept in folders that are the albums.
When they announced that the desktop software was going away, I immediately downloaded the final version and archived it away. More than likely I will use it until Windows no longer supports it... unless someone "makes a better Picasa".
This is all so depressing. Picasa desktop was great. They killed it. Picasa Web albums were great. They killed it.
Why are they making everything worse?
The market is splitting more and more into consumers who take too many photos to organize it themselves and pros who need robust workflow management solutions.
Don't get me wrong, I loved Picasa, and was very sad when they stopped supporting.
I particularly miss some features, such as creating a time-lapse of all photos of a certain person with the face aligned, which was awesome to show how friends and kids change.
and since my new desktop is linux I've been looking for alternatives. "DarkTable" seems promising but I haven't really got the hand of the UI.
That linked video is by Robert Hutton, he makes really good tutorials for Darktable so that might help you.
Anyway, for non-realistic stuff you can add G'MIC for more filter-options and you are pretty much set for life[1].
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzVXK4eAM5E
[1] http://gmic.eu/
I can't stress enough how good Robert Hutton's tutorial videos are though! They often contain little nuggets of behavior that I missed when first learning a new tool. For example, until I watched his videos I didn't know double-clicking on any curve resets it. Knowing those kind of little things adds up over time.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmvlUro_Up1NBX7VK8UUu...
Desktop in 2019? good luck. Adobe or Apple.