Web Gallery Step by Step Set Up With Screenshots for Photoshop 7

1. Create a folder on your hard drive or desk top and name it with your last name, first initial and "folios" ... (Example: BarrJfolios). Create two more folders with your last name and "folio" and a number ... (Example: barrfolio1 and barrfolio 2) and tuck them inside the first folder. These will be the destination folders for your two web galleries.

2. Captions for the photos are optional, but highly recommended. From the Photoshop "File" menu choose File Info>caption and type or paste the caption for each photo.

3. Put all photos you want in your gallery in another folder. Images in a gallery will display in alpha-numerical order and the filename will appear below each image. Re-name files, if necessary, so they will sort in the right order. The large preview images will be 450 pixels on the longest side, so you should start with image files that are close to that size.

4. In Photoshop, from the "File" menu choose Automate>web gallery and use these settings for Photoshop 7 ... a few of the options will be different in earlier versions.

Site:

Style: Simple

E-mail address is optional. A clickable link appears on last line at top of page, if chosen.

Extension: .htm

Choose... Navigate to the folder of images you want to use for your gallery.

Destination... Navigate to a sub-folder you made in Step 1. Your portfolio will go there.

Banner:

Put your name on the top line. Add your business name or a few words of additional info, if you wish. On the preview pages the filename will also appear on the top line, so there isn't much room.

DELETE auto-entered date!

Font: Helvetica, Font Size 4

Preview Images:

Check Resize Images and choose Large (450 pixels), Constrain Both and save as High Quality images, 8 or 9.

Border size 0 pixels

Check Caption for the preview pages if you have captions embedded in File Info in your photos. If you do not have embedded captions, check Filename and UNcheck Caption.
Check Copyright.

Font: Arial, Font Size 2

Thumbnails:

Size: Custom, 164 pixels

Columns: 3

Rows: 5

Border Size: 2 pixels

Titles Use: Check Filename; Caption is optional;
Check Copyright.

Font: Arial, Font Size 2

Custom Colors:

Click on each rectangle, in turn and type into the box in the "Color Picker" as follows:

Background: 666666

Text: ffffff

Link: ffffff

Banner: 663333

Active Link: ff0000

Visited Link: E3E3E3

Click here to return to main Portfolio Setup page.

Completed web galleries may be sent via ftp. Send e-mail to webmaster for delivery information.