Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers - Martin Evening [259]
Web Photo Gallery alternative
If you want to know what happened to the Web Photo Gallery, it has been removed from the default installation, but can still be installed into Photoshop CS5 (but not Bridge). To do this you will first need access to Photoshop CS3 or an older version of Photoshop in order to locate the ‘WebContactSheetII.plugin’, which you'll find in the Photoshop application/Plugins/ Automate folder. You will also need to access the ‘Web Photo Gallery’ folder that's in the Photoshop application/Presets folder. Once you have done this, copy these to the corresponding Photoshop CS5 folders. Now, the important thing to realize here is that Photoshop CS5 can only read these files if it is running in 32-bit mode, so you will either have to switch the program to 32-bit mode (Mac) or run the 32-bit version (PC). On the Mac you need to select the Photoshop CS5 application program file at the system level, choose File Get Info and check the ‘Open in 32-bit mode’ box. Now restart Photoshop. Once you have done this, you will find that the Web Photo Gallery appears listed in the File Automazte submenu. This will then give you access to all the extra ‘old style’ gallery templates, which include useful gallery styles such as the Feedback template, where visitors can send you an email that includes their chosen selection of images plus any feedback comments.
The image order can be adjusted by manually dragging the thumbnails in the Content panel. It is not essential that you resize all the photos first to the exact viewing size, as the Web Gallery options allow you to precisely scale the gallery images and thumbnails to the correct size while they are being processed.
There are 22 template styles to choose from, a few of which are shown in Figure 11.55, Figure 11.56, Figure 11.57, Figure 11.58 and Figure 11.59. Some of these templates use a simple HTML table design, while others utilize frames and basic JavaScript. All these gallery styles can be customized to varying extents by adjusting the panel settings shown in Figure 11.60, Figure 11.61, Figure 11.62 and Figure 11.63. Once you have selected a gallery style and adjusted the settings, you can then click on the Preview in Browser button (circled in Figure 11.54) to see an updated preview in the Output Preview panel. This offers a quick overview of the gallery layout using the photos that you are about to process and does so without leaving Bridge. Alternatively, you can use the Preview in Browser button to generate a temporary website on-the-fly, which can be previewed in an actual browser program. Now, the thing to be aware of here is that whichever method you choose, the Output Preview can only generate a gallery preview from the first 20 photos that have been selected in the Content panel. The reason for this is because the Web Gallery has to rebuild from the original source files each time you make the slightest change to a gallery layout (even if its just a simple change to the banner description). For this reason, the Web Gallery previews are restricted to no more than 20 photos (which is still better than the previous 10 limit).
Figure 11.54 This shows an example of a Web Gallery output preview in Bridge.
Figure 11.60 The Site Info panel can be used to add extra information such as a title and caption for the gallery pages and contact info. For example, you could type in your name in the ‘Your Name’ section. If you then enter your email address below, this becomes an active link that is associated with the ‘Your Name’ field. Visitors to the pages can simply click on this to open a new email window (addressed to you) in their mail program. All this is dependent though on whether you have the ‘Show Title Bar’ option checked. If this is disabled, no