User Guide

Using the HTML Album Generator plug-in
You can use the HTML Album Generator plug-to generate thumbnails of images
and HTML Web pages for online photo albums.
To start the HTML Album Generator plug-in:
1. Select one or more images in ACDSee.
2. Click Activities | Create | HTML.
Creating an album
The following is an overview of how to create an HTML album.
To create an album:
1. In the Format field, click the drop-down arrow and select a file exten-
sion. This file extension is used when saving the created thumbnails. The
HTML Album Generator saves to any image format that ACDSee can
save.
2. In the Thumbnail Image area, click the Size spin box arrows to adjust
the size of the thumbnails.
3. In the Page Settings area, click the Columns/Rows spin box arrows
to adjust the number of columns and rows to display the thumbnails.
4. Click Page Colors and do the following:
i. Click the appropriate Color button to open the Web Color
Palette.
ii. Select a color and click OK.
iii. Repeat Steps i through ii until all desired color properties have
been set.
iv. Click OK when finished.
5. In the Title field, type a title to display inside the photo album. The drop-
down arrow contains a history of previously used titles.
6. Adjust the remaining settings as desired. For more information on these
settings, see "Adjusting settings" in the following section.
7. Click OK.
Adjusting settings
The following is a brief description of the HTML Album Generator settings.
Thumbnail image
Format Specifies the image format for saving thumbnails. It is
recommended that you use JPG for photographs and GIF
or PNG for artwork.
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