4. Resize images with IrfanView
5. Get Gallery Remote (Freeware)
6. Batch Upload with Gallery Remote
Gallery (http://gallery.menalto.com / gallery.sourceforge.net) is probably the best open source online image gallery to date. The purpose of this tutorial is to guide Gallery users through the procedure of converting and uploading mutliple pictures at once.
Gallery automatically creates resized versions of uploaded pictures: a thumbnail (small version) of about 150 pixel width and, if needed, a standardized version of about 640 pixel width. If the uploaded image is greater than the default image size (in this case 640 pixel in width) it will save 3 versions of the image: the original, the standardized and the thumbnail. If it's smaller or has exactly the default width, Gallery will only create a thumbnail and has to store only 2 versions in all. As in most cases the quality of a 640x480 image is sufficient and the webspace is limited, we'll first resize the pictures offline with an image editing tool (IrfanView) and then upload images of standardized width.
Of course the dimensions of the thumbnail and the standardized picture can be set for each album independently.
Get IrfanView from http://www.irfanview.com/.
Product description from the website:
IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.
We will use IrfanView to batch-convert (resize) our images.
You only have to resize the images if they're greater than the default image size of your Gallery installation.
1. The easiest way is to put all images in a directory.
2. Start IrfanView
3. Select File -> Batch Conversion / Rename
4. Find the directory containing the images in the dialogue and push "Add all" / "Add" to add all images / the selected image to the batch conversion process.
5. Select an output directory.
6. Select the image format of the output images (select JPG for pictures and GIF for graphics like images).
7. Set the "Options" (quality (use 90-100),...).
8. Check "Use advanced options" and "Set advanced options" (image dimensions, BIT depth and other properties). Take a look at this screenshot, these are the settings I use: irfanview_advanced_options.gif
9. Start the batch process by pushing "Start".
Get Gallery Remote from http://gallery.menalto.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpWiki&file=index&pagename=Gallery%20Remote.
For ease of use choose the version with included JVM.
Product description from the website: Gallery Remote is a client side Java application that provides users with a rich front end to Gallery. This feature is available as of v1.2.3 of Gallery. This application makes it easier to upload images to your Gallery.
We will use Gallery Remote to upload all images at once.
1. Start Gallery Remote
2. Set the "Gallery URL" of your installation, i.e. http://www.myhomepage.com/gallery/
3. Set your "Username" and "Password" and push the "Add Gallery URL" so you don't have to re-enter this static data again the next time you use Gallery Remote.
4. Select an existing Album or create a new one pushing "New Album".
5. Insert pictures into the "Pictures to upload" list by using the "Add pictures..." dialogue or via drag & drop (select some pictures in another application and drag them into the list.
6. Push "Upload Albums" and wait until Gallery Remote has completed the task.
Last modified on 26. May 2003 (Gallery 1.3.3, Gallery Remote 1.0, IrfanView 3.75)
