5. Working with PhotoLine / 5.4 Browse
5.4.3 Create HTML File
The Functions menu of the browse window (see chapter 5.4 and chapter
7.1.12) offers the function Create HTML File.

It
allows you to create an image gallery for use in the WWW. The gallery
consists of an overview with small preview images. By clicking one of the
previews the real picture will be shown.
The main dialog is separated into several subdialogs:
- Common
- Use Images selects which images to incorporate in the gallery. You can
select all files in the current directory or only those selected in the
browse window.
- Image Size is the size of the preview images. You can use one of the
predefined values or enter a new one.
- Placement controls the way the preview images are shown. Using
Overview shows them in a table. Using Left and Top the previews are
listed at the left and top edge respectively.
- Title is the title of the gallery usually displayed in the title bar of the web
browser.
- Name Of Index File can be used to control the name of the main page of
the web gallery. This is the file that has to be opened with the web
browser in order to view the gallery. If no name is entered "index.htm"
will be used.
- Destination Folder is the folder where the gallery will be saved. This has
to be a valid path, otherwise no gallery will be created. In this
destination folder PhotoLine saves the index file. Additionally the
folders "small" and "image" will be created. "small" contains the
previews and "image" the full views. When using the modes Left or Top
a HTML file controlling the navigation is created, too.
- Preview Images
- Preview Images controls the appearance of the index page.
- Background Color is its background color.
- Show Information allows to display additional information under every
preview image. All the available information should be self-explaining
with the exception of Description: this is an IPTC-value, that can be
modified in PhotoLine by using "Document/Document Information"
(see chapter 7.4.93).
- If the selected mode in Common is Overview, Overview controls
whether to show grid lines in the table and defines the thickness of those
lines. Number of Columns and Number of Lines define the size of the
table.
- Overview Caption allows to enter a headline and a footer for the index
page. Size is the corresponding text size. The size isn’t given in pixels
but is a HTML-specific value. A value of 3 is a normal text size.
- Image Creation
- The source folder can contain image files which can’t be used directly
for the web gallery. The reason can be an inappropriate file format or the
size of the files. Therefore, it is possible to recreate the files. This is
done with Image Creation.
- Size Of Full Image allows to lay down a maximum size. Images larger
than those maximum size will be scaled down.
- When the full-sized images are created, they will be converted to the
JPEG-format by default. JPEG offers all parameters needed for the
JPEG-creation. Compression controls the size of the resulting files (see
chapter 7.10.1.5). Save IPTC Data and Save EXIF Data allow to embed
the corresponding data, if they exist.
- If Copy Original Images (JPEG/GIF/PNG) is turned on, all image files
being JPEG, GIF or PNG will be simply copied to the newly created
gallery. This avoids reducing the image quality by applying an additional
compression.
- If the pictures in the gallery contain only few colors (perhaps scanned
text), it can be useful to activate Save in PNG-Format, because PNG
allows to save those images more efficient and in a higher quality. In
doubt you should simply try out which option produces better results.
- Image Title
- Image Title defines the appearance of the image subpages of the web
gallery.