Picasa web is now redirecting to Google+

Now that Picasa is close to dead it's time to move to google+ photos. If you have tons of questions how to do this correctly you may struggle - as I did. So I summed up all you need to know about moving to google+ photos in this post, I hope this helps.
http://www.trip.me/blog/moving-photos-picasa-google-plus/

I have come across a problem with Picasa and I have been unable to get any response about it from the company.

In a nutshell, when I upload pix files to a web album using Picasa 3.9, it checks the ARTIST section of the EXIF file and if it is blank, it inserts PICASA as the artist.

PICASA COULD NEVER BE THE ARTIST.

Now picasa appears in 2 sections of the exif (ARTIST & SOFTWARE)file with no mention of the real owner, me!

The have a very nice way of applying © copyright info to the graphic but as far as I can tell, they fail to enter that information into the exif section for copyright.

Why don't they offer the user to option of editing that data.

Why are they puting their their name on my pictures. Do they have some plan that is creepy?

Anyone with similar experience? All help welcome.

I can't believe they've messed up so badly with google+. I use to be able to upload photos and send the link to my friends. That won't work now unless they create their own google + id. Are there any other option out there? What about Skydisk?

I cannot access my Picasa Web Albums, have always done this through my Hotmail account but have forgotten my password now I cant get it restored because Google says my Hotmail account is not recognised. Have tried using the URL that is advised to by pass google and restore the old picasa site but this does not work either and just reverts to Google. I have loads of pictures that I cannot now access and am hopping mad.

I switched back from Google+ to Picas Web Albums which works as usual. But as an added bonus, my You Tube channel is locked until I re-up with Google+. Won't do that because it screws up all the folks that I have sent links for access to Picasa Web Albums.
Nice folks, these Google folks.

Not a fan. Feels like I'm being railroaded into using G+ to share. Privacy options are lacking and/or are not immediately obvious. Copy and pasting an album link into e-mail for sharing private pictures is for peasants. It's 2013, Google! Where are my sharing and privacy features? Oh, and the whole reason I loaded my pics into Picasa in the first place was because I was hoping to invite others to contribute photos to my album. I guess that's no longer an option without Picasaweb. :-(

Not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but one frustration I've been having since the redirect is that the google+ web uploader is resizing photos to 2048px if they exceed this size to begin with. I can upload bigger images using the picasa application, but not via the google+ website. I'm a subscriber to extra google drive space, but it seems indifferent to this. No matter what i do, uploading from the google+ website results in smaller images.

even if you want to use G+, there are features missing such as being able to email a photo to picasa and thus to G+

you can set up the email address using picasa settings

Fortunately, I don't have G+, so no redirection for me. But this looks to be the end of Picasa. What is the best alternative to Picasa with export plugin to Lightroom and not being a social network?

The new Google+ interface for Picasa web would not allow me to create direct URL link to my individual pictures.

Buried in its menu buttons there is an option to unlink google+ and picasaweb. I forgot the steps though. Once activated, you still keep your Google+ account but your albums will not show in your androids which is no big deal for me.

i'm not signed up for Google Plus and I still get to Picasa Web Albums when I click on Photos on the Google toolbar thing. So not change for me.

Lots of complaining here.

This changes nothing. Same upload tools, same viewer, same everything for the most part.

If you don't like it, don't use it. There are approximately 3 billion photo sharing sites online. Pick one you like better.

(Also, the Picasa API still works, which is all I really care about.)

Google+ need that people begin to share things: You must entertain others.

It looks to me like you continue to get the old, original Picasa site if you do not have a Google+ account... at least that seems to be the situation in my case. Hopefully it will stay that way, as I have no interest in signing up for Google+

as far as i can tell, it's only if you're a person; if you're an entity, they don't take you there... i actually tried to migrate an organization's gallery i maintain over to google+ because of unlimited storage, but could not do it (although storage has increased from 1 to 5 gb). when given the option to migrate my personal gallery, i jumped at the prospect (although that was shortly before the increase, otherwise i would've stayed put).