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Create a web photo gallery with Adobe Output Module
Using the Adobe Output Module script,
you can create web photo galleries in Adobe Bridge. A web photo
gallery is a website that features a home page with thumbnail images
and gallery pages with full-size images. Each page contains links
that allow visitors to navigate the site. For example, when a visitor
clicks a thumbnail image on the home page, the associated full-size
image is loaded into a gallery page. You use the Adobe Output Module
script in Adobe Bridge to automatically generate a web photo gallery
from a set of images.
Adobe Output Module provides a variety
of templates for your gallery, which you can select using the Output
panel. Each template has one or more style options, which you can
select and customize to suit your needs.
Important: Though
gallery previews display a maximum of 10 files, your complete gallery
will appear when you save or upload it.
- Select the files or the collection or folder that
contains the images you want to include in the web gallery.
- Choose Window > Workspace > Output.
 If the Output workspace is not listed,
select Adobe Output Module in Startup Scripts preferences. Adobe Bridge displays the Output panel at the right
side of the window and the Folders panel at the left. The Content
panel with your selected photos appears at the bottom of the window,
and the Preview panel appears in the middle.
- At the top of the Output panel, select Web Gallery.
- Choose a gallery from the Template menu, and select a
size for the thumbnails from the Style menu.
- With your photos selected in the Content panel, click
Refresh Preview to view the gallery in the Output Preview panel.
- Customize the gallery by specifying options in the Site
Info, Color Palette, and Appearance areas of the Output panel. For
example, provide a title, description, and contact information;
choose a color for the background; and specify text size.
Note: You can specify titles, captions, and descriptions
that appear on every page of a gallery in the Site Info options.
You can choose to display filenames, cell numbers, or all metadata
for individual images in the Appearance options of some templates. Otherwise,
the templates do not display unique captions with individual images.
- If you use a Lightroom Flash Gallery template, choose
a theme from the Style menu. Then, customize it using the Site Info,
Color Palette, and Appearance options. The styles correspond to
the Flash galleries that are available in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom®
software.
- Preview your web photo gallery at any time in Adobe Bridge
by clicking Refresh Preview. Click Preview In Browser to preview
the gallery in your default web browser.
- (Optional) Change the images in the gallery by navigating
to them in the Folders or Favorites panel, and then selecting them
in the Content panel. You can also use the Preview panel to preview
the images and refine your selection. Drag thumbnails in the Content
panel to rearrange the order of the images in the gallery.
When you’re finished customizing your web photo gallery,
use the FTP capabilities in the Output panel to automatically upload
your gallery to a web server. Or, save the gallery to your hard
drive.
- To upload your gallery via FTP, open the Create Gallery
area of the Output panel and select Upload. Enter an FTP Server
address, User Name, Password, and Folder destination. Then click
Upload.
Note: The FTP Server and Folder boxes specify the location
on the web server for placing the web gallery that you’re uploading.
When typing the server path, use slashes for designating directories.
Check with your web hosting provider to verify the path for accessing
your public folder on the web server.
- To save your gallery on your hard drive, select Save
To Disk in the Create Gallery area of the Output. Specify the location
for the gallery, and then click Save.
When you save the gallery locally, Adobe Output Module
places the following HTML and JPEG files in the destination folder:
A home page for your gallery, named index.htm or index.html.
Open this file in any web browser to preview your gallery.
JPEG images inside an images subfolder.
HTML pages inside a content subfolder.
JPEG thumbnail images inside a thumb subfolder.
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