This component was just what I was looking for. I already have a good number of pictures on Picasa and I'm working on a personal Joomla website. I wanted a picture gallery, but didn't want to deal with uploading pictures all over again. Plus it's very attractive.

I did not give it five stars though because it was tough to configure. You MUST read the developer's instructions on his webpage in order to get the scripts and learn to install them so that they can work (the pictures will appear...but the "eye candy" will not be there). Also my site is in a subdomain...so the given header instructions didn't work (had to go through the forums in order to get the answer). Then I didn't like the components main page...actually had to go into the .php file to change that around. And finally you HAVE to have PHP 5 enabled on your domain...or this component will not work.

I think this component has a lot of potential. If you have the patience to do what you need to do in order to get it set up and running. I thought it was worth it in the end though.