To select the file types you want to see in Picasa:
- Click Tools > Options (Windows) or Picasa > Preferences (Mac).
- Click File Types.
- Tick the file types for Picasa to detect and display.
- Click OK.
File types supported
Photos- .jpeg
- .tif
- .tiff
- .bmp
- .gif (not animated)
- .psd (Photoshop)
- .png
- .tga
For playback in Picasa
- .mpg
- .mod
- .mmv
- .tod
- .wmv
- .asf
- .avi
- .divx
- .mov
- .m4v
- .3gp
- .3g2
- .mp4
- .m2t
- .m2ts
- .mts
- .mkv
For Movie Maker:
- .avi
- .asf
- .wmv
- .mpg
- .m2t
- .mmv
- .m2ts
Audio (for slideshows and Movie Maker):
- .wma
- .mp3
If a video file doesn't play in Windows Media Player or QuickTime, it won't play in Picasa.
Picasa supports RAW formats from these manufacturers:
- Adobe (.DNG)
- Canon (.CRW, .CR2)
- Casio (.RAW)
- Fuji (.RAF)
- Hasselblad (.3FR)
- Kodak (.DCR, .KDC)
- Leica (.DNG, .RAW)
- Minolta (.MRW)
- Nikon (.NEF, .NRW)
- Olympus (.ORF)
- Panasonic (.RAW, .RW2)
- Pentax (.PEF)
- Ricoh (.DNG)
- Samsung (.DNG)
- Sigma (.X3F)
- Sony (.ARW, .SRF, .SR2)