

JAlbum can also be instructed to only keep references - "links" to the files or folders you add. If you decide on renaming or moving images between folders, Use jAlbum! The control files will then also be updated so you don't lose your captions. Together they make up the "recipe" for the album. These files are "meta.properties", "comments.properties", "albumfiles.txt" and the ".jalbum" folders they are found within. Image, and folder specific settings like captions, titles and image ordering are however not stored within the project file, but in separate control files for the image directory and its subdirectories. It is usually stored in the "Image directory" too.
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The settings you've chosen, like skin and style, are stored in a project file called "jalbum-settings.jap".
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To make an album jAlbum also needs to know how to present it. This is the standard setting and recommended for most users. In this example the album is written to a folder called "album" under the "Image directory".

Opening the album settings window will display the location for the "Image directory" and "Output directory" for your current project. When you upload an album to a web server jAlbum simply copies the contents of the "Output directory" to the server.

The "Output directory" is where jAlbum creates the web album files on your hard disk when you make the album (the "cake"). A link is a pointer to a file or folder, somewhere else on your hard disk (like shortcuts on Windows and aliases on Mac). It can contain real image files, folders or links. The "Image directory" (or project directory) is where on your hard disk jAlbum looks for your images (the "ingredients"). There are two notions you benefit from understanding, the "Image directory" and "Output directory". The "Image directory" and "Output directory" Keep this model in the back of your head when working with jAlbum and you will be better off. An album can be remade at any time given that you have access to the images and the project's control files (ingredients and recipe). The project and its control files is your recipe and the final album is your cake. The process of making an album is like baking a cake. Here is how jAlbum interacts with the images and folders on your hard disk. Testĭid you know that jAlbum can be your image file manager as well as a presentation tool for images? jAlbum has an improved way of handling files that is both more intuitive and powerful. For images that are to be viewed with a web browser their colour space should be set to sRGB, other colour spaces may result in colour shifts.
