So let's begin crunching down these 300 images using Adobe
Photoshop from start to finish. When I say 'crunching', to some
300 images may seem like allot, but it's not. I have done jobs
for clients that have 100,000 plus images. When you have that
many images to produce there are other programs I use that are
designed for this. We’ll cover that another day.
To this point we have ensured that our images are web ready,
cropping, retouching, watermarking, etc. So let's get at it. I
will assume that we are all using Adobe Photoshop version 6 or
greater.
First we will go to the 'file' menu and select 'Automate" shown
here
http://weprintcolors.com/screens/screen_dw_create_photo_menu.htm
. Now you are ready to create the theme of your photo album by
filling in the required textfields. Remember to be as brief and
descriptive as possible, as this information gets published on
all html pages generated by Photoshop. This is where Photoshop
is seems to offer more that Dreamweaver. You will notice the
first pull down menu ‘styles’. There are many different
horizontal and vertical styles available. The second menu allows
you to enter an email address that you may want to be available
to your visitors. However, I advise against it. Remember that
thing called SPAM.
Then next pull down menu allows you to specify .htm or .html
extensions. Now we’ll click the ‘browse’ button and locate your
image source folder. Click the ‘destination’ folder. This folder
should be located somewhere in you website folder. If you don’t
have one, make one. ‘Options’ is, again an area that Adobe seems
far more thorough that Dreamweaver. The ‘options’ menu let’s you
specify every aspect of your photo album…size of small
thumbnails, size of large thumbnails, add custom colors to
better tie into your corporate scheme. Remember to complete the
‘site name’, ‘photographer’, textfields tactfully; this is what
tells the search engine what your subject matter deals with.
Are you ready now? Go ahead click OK. Like magic your photo
album manufacturing itself. This is a great tool that can be
used commercially or just for fun. Create commercial product
pages for your clients or create an online photo album for
family and friends in minutes.
Robert
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