jAlbum's Multi Maker allows you to make- and optionally upload multiple albums from the list of the displayed recent projects, in one go while you continue using jAlbum as normal. You can alternatively drag and drop a text file with a list of paths to the project files to be made. There is also an option to force remake the albums. As each album is being made a progress report is displayed.
Projects marked as hot can be monitored for changes in the background. Once a change is detected, jAlbum will remake and optionally upload that project. You need to click the "Monitor hot" button to activate this monitoring. Once active, all jAlbum windows can be closed. The monitoring will run in the background, indicated by a frog icon in the status bar / tray bar or your computer. You can continue working with jAlbum as usual even if "hot monitoring" is running in the background.