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Sample project

Projects pane>Bundled project

One of two sample projects to get you going with jAlbum.

Sample tool

JAlbum>Menus>Tools>External tools>Sample tool An example of beanShell script executed from the jAlbum tools directory.

Save as default

Save as default

Makes the last added setting the default setting for new projects.

Save as skin default

Save as skin default

Save the skin's current settings as the default, instead of using the skin's defaults

Save backup of project (settings)

jAlbum>Preferences>General>Save backup of project

Saves a backup copy of project settings file.

Save copy as

JAlbum>Explore>Contextual menus>On thumbnails>Save copy as

Save a copy of the object outside of the current project

Save project on make album

jAlbum>Preferences>General>Save project on make album

Automatically save the project settings after performing a 'Make" operation.

Save Project Settings

Save Project Settings

Saves or updates the saved project settings.

Save Project Settings as

Save Project Settings as

Saves the project settings under a new name.

Scaling method

jAlbum>Settings>Images>General>Scaling method

The processes used to scale down images.

Search

JAlbum>Menus>Help>Search CTRL + SPACE

JAlbum>Preferences>Search

Jalbum>Settings>Search

Search jAlbum's controls and/or files by their metadata.

Select All

Select all

JAlbum>Jalbum's user interface>Search and help

JAlbum>Explore>Contextual menus>Between thumbnails>Select all

JAlbum>Preferences>Search

Select all visible objects; content of text fields etc.

Selecting files

jAlbum>Explore>Selecting files

Methods of selecting multiple files

Server mode

JAlbum>Menus>Tools>External tools>Server mode

Makes jAlbum monitor changes under the image directory and trigger automatic album updates.

Server mode with upload

JAlbum>Menus>Tools>External tools>Server mode with upload

As above but also uploads the album to your website. For proper operation, the output directory must NOT be under the image directory.

Set area tags

Set area tags... Used to identify faces or areas within an image.

Set crop focus

JAlbum>Explore>Contextual menus>On thumbnails>Set crop focus

Adjust the portion of the image to be used for its thumbnail/theme image.

Set application for 'Open with'

jAlbum>Explore mode>Contextual menu>On thumbnails>Open with application

Set the external application to be used to open objects outside of jAlbum.

Settings

JAlbum>Menus>Settings

JAlbum>Settings

Allows the user to select a particular setting from choices available or to enter their own data in the appropriate places.

Settings File

A file that contains all of the settings used to for a particular project, the default name is jalbum-settings.jap but any name can be used if “Save Project Settings As…” is used from the File Menu.

jAlbum>Menus>File>Save Project Settings

Settings page

JAlbum>Website>Settings

The page where you can customise your interaction with jAlbum.net

Share...

JAlbum>Menus>Tools>Share

JAlbum>Sharing server

Starts jAlbum's built-in server.

Sharpen

jAlbum>Settings>Images>General>Sharpen

Amount of sharpening applied to scaled down images.

Show area tags

JAlbum>Explore>Contextual menus>On thumbnails>Show area tags

Auto-detect faces or manually identify people, or other objects in an image.

Show open HTML editor button

Preferences>General>Show open HTML editor button

Setting to have the HTML editor button displayed, or not, when editing a text field like Title or Comments

Show in file system

JAlbum>Explore>Contextual menus>On thumbnails>Show in file system

Show selected object in your OS's file system.

Show supported file types

JAlbum>Menus>Tools>External tools>Show supported file types Opens a window with a list of supported image file types, for example TIFF and PDF.

To extend supported file types see system, under JAlbum control files

Show tip of the day

jAlbum>Preferences>General>Show tip of the day

Get tips on how to use jAlbum.

Show warning dialogs

jAlbum>Preferences>General>Show warning dialogs

Warn before file deletion and other dangerous things.

Sign In/Out

Sign into or out of the application to access more features.

jAlbum>Welcome>Sign in

Size

JAlbum>Explore>File attributes>Size

Size (megabytes) of the object

Skin

A selection of files that operate together with jAlbum to generate an album. The skin controls the design of the actual album. Skins can be downloaded and installed or written by the user from scratch.

Download and use more skins

Skin developer

JAlbum>Menus>Tools>External tools>Skin developer

Set of skin development tools.

Skin directory

JAlbum>Menu>Tools>Open directories>Skin directory SHIFT + CMD/CNTRL + S

The directory that contains the currently loaded skin.

Skin information

Details about the skin such as author, version, features etc.

jAlbum>Welcome>Skin & Style>Skin info

Skin Manuals

Skin manuals

Links to manuals, as added by skin developers

Skin Selector

The method of loading a skin into jAlbum for making an album

jAlbum>Welcome>Skin & Style>Changing skins

Skin Settings

jAlbum>Welcome>Skin & Style>Skin settings

JAlbum>Explore>Projects pane>Contextual Menu>Skin Settings

Each skin has its own settings that affect the look and feel of the generated album as well as specific functions, such as slide shows, album navigation, external links etc.

Slide Images

Images that are, usually, scaled down versions of an original image. The size of the image is defined in Image settings.

jAlbum>Settings>Images>Images bounds

Spell check

JAlbum>Explore>Spell check

Preferences>Album>Highlight misspelled word

Spelling errors are highlighted by an underscored red wavy line.

Straighten

jAlbum>Edit>Image editing (toolbar)>2.5 Straighten

Straighten the image.

Structure

jAlbum>Settings>Advanced>Structure

Change the structure of the generated album

Style

jAlbum/Welcome#Style\JAlbum>Welcome>Style

Using browser tools to change a skin's style

Different themes for a skin.

Superimpose play icon onto video thumbnails

jAlbum>Settings>Images>General>Superimpose play icon onto video thumbnails

Adds a 'play' icon onto video thumbnails.

Supported video formats

jAlbum>Preferences>Advanced>Supported video formats

File types that can be converted to mp4.

Supporting jAlbum

JAlbum>Menus>Help>Supporting jAlbum

Want to make a donation to jAlbum?

Synchronise output directory

jAlbum>Preferences>Projects>Synchronise output directory

Deleting a file or folder in the project also deletes it from the album.

System console

JAlbum>Menus>Tools>System console F7

JAlbum>System console

Opens the System console