Web galleries of 600-1000 images

I am finding the web gallery solutions offered in Aperture quite limiting. The whole reason I would use the gallery would be to to force the client to do an edit. in version 2 things seemed to work better.
- In version 3 mobileme galleries are now limited to 500 images. I have on occasion split up shoots into tow of these galleries, not quite the professional solution I was hoping for. Version 2 mobile me galleries were not limited to 500 images. When I moved to ver3 and it tried to sync to the existing galleries of over 500 images, it play havoc with everything.
-webpages produced and then published on mobile me, take.... a ... long... time. I currently have had one gallery of 1832 images running for about a day now. Again not very practical for professional application. Needless to say the process hijacks Aperture,so not much else gets done, if it crashes which it sometimes does, we have to start the process all over again.
-the only other option includes outputting low rez and then using something else for the web gallery. But I like the one button solution Aperture offers, making Mobileme justifiably earn it's keep. I don't have the web gallery options in photoshop anymore since they were moved to Lightroom, if I have to lightroom anyway to make web galleries, I might as well stay there.
I hope the Aperture team can take a look at this one area. Otherwise, i am extremely happy with the performance of Aperture 3

Another plug for Photoshelter from me!
We are running 4 separate accounts, yes 4! Our clients loved the experience and workflow so much that 2 of them now have their own dedicated site that we manage for them, all of their imagery is located in the one place, makes life very easy for them. We have one account that is our studios, ie for everyone one else and my own basic account, mainly for sharing pics from my children's sporting teams.
http://library.digital-image.com.au/
http://melbournewater.photoshelter.com/
http://goodmanfielder.photoshelter.com/
http://tony-gay.photoshelter.com/
As for a gallery/lightbox with that many images, no way! I would suggest breaking the shoot up in to time of the day, location, subject, product type, portrait vs group, anything to make it more manageable for the client. Some of your keywording and descriptors would help with this process.
Tony

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Web galleries--thumbs and large images not showing after uploading to server

I have created 2 web galleries--one html and one Flash. I saved them to my local drive and they work perfectly. Then I uploaded to our server (I checked to see that all folders/files made it, and they did) and then when I access the index.html file, neither the thumbnails or the full-size images show. In case it helps to see, here are the two URLs
FLASH
http://www.photosafaris.com/SlideshowLogs/PalouseSlideshowFlash/index.html
HTML
http://www.photosafaris.com/SlideshowLogs/PalouseSlideshowHTML/index.html
Anyone have suggestions/ideas?
Thanks,
RV

Sean--that did the trick for HTML galleries...thanks! I am working on a IIS server, so I presume your fix and the server are related to the problem I was exeperiencing.
In a Feb 4, 09 reply you posted to someone else, you referenced a link (see below) about making similar file mods to make Flash work, but I couldn't access the link. Any chance you could repost these mods so I can use Flash galleries on a IIS server as well.
Did you try my suggestions in the Flash thread?
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b76546/3
Much appreicated,
Rick

How can I use bridge to create web galleries with more than 10 images?

I am new to building web galleris for my website. When i try to load more than 10 images in a gallery , Bridge cuts off all images beyond 10. I am confident that I can do this if i can find the right settings

I am not at my PS computer right now, but I think the Preview only shows 10 images (for speed) but they will all be there in the final output.

Making large html web galleries (400-1400 images)

Please post a link to methods on how to do this if I have missed an earlier answer.
I have been building large html web galleries to provide to clients on disks along with the original images. When I do this for galleries of around 400 to 1400 images and up, the web gallery is made but there can be images that are missed and listed as 'not in the library' even though they are present and intact.
I have found a clumsy workaround. After choosing the group of images in the library and selecting the web template in the web module, I open each thumbnail index page and let the thumbnails load and then move to the next index page and let it load, etc. After finishing all the index pages I export the web page. Often I still get error messages but in fact all the images are loaded into the web page and it can be opened with a browser with no problems or missing images.
This is a time consuming method to accomplish something that should be easily automated and automatic. It seems that LR gets ahead of itself in making a page before it has actually loaded the image file...therefore an image is missed.
Has anyone found a better way to do this for large groups of images or do we have to wait for an update to correct this glitch.
Thanks in advance.

Try setting off the gallery export overnight and really leaving it time to finish. I suspect the progress bar isn't totally accurate and things happen before and after it has apparently completed. See if this works.
John

Web galleries put images under a bin directory

The web galleries put the images (both thumb and large) in a path like content/bin/images/... For hosts that use Microsoft Internet Information Server, the bin part of this path breaks the link to images, so they don't display. WHY IN G's NAME do you use bin? bin is for executables, in both unix and Windows, surely.
Because I use a host that uses IIS, I can't use Lightroom-generated web galleries.

Open the folder default_html.lrwengine (it's inside the lightroom app folder) (you should make a backup copy just in case)
Open the file galleryInfo.lrweb
after the line ["photoSizes.thumb.width"] = 130,
Add
["photoSizes.large.directory"] = "large",
["photoSizes.thumb.directory"] = "thumb",
In grid.html change the line <img src="$others/bin/images/thumb/<%= image.exportFilename %>.jpg" id="ID<%= image.imageID %>_thumb" alt="" class="thumb" />
to <img src="$others/thumb/<%= image.exportFilename %>.jpg" id="ID<%= image.imageID %>_thumb" alt="" class="thumb" />
and in detail.html change <img src="bin/images/large/<%= image.exportFilename %>.jpg"
to
<img src="large/<%= image.exportFilename %>.jpg"
That should get you going.
As to why it uses bin? no idea..

Blank images in web galleries

Since I upgraded to Mac OS X 10.4.9, when I create a web gallery, I typically end up with 3 or 4 out of 200 images which are all white or partially white. If I export a version using the same settings, it works fine. Has anyone else experienced this? I really like using web galleries to show proofs to clients, but this makes the process a bit tedious.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Mac Pro 3.0 GHz Duo Core Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I am still experiencing this problem when exporting images as jpegs on version 1.5.3. It's now showing portions of some images blanked out in white and sometimes blanked out in black.
I use Aperture to create proofing galleries for my client and what should be simple has become a tedious process because I have to scan every photo in a gallery to look for corrupted exports.
Please point me in the direction of a solution.
Thanks!
Mac Pro 3.0 GHz Duo Core Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Web Galleries and overall image migration

Hey all,
I've got a question regarding the MobileMe web galleries. I'm pretty sure that you can create them in three places; Aperture, iPhoto and iWeb. So my question is kind of relating to two methods of creating and collaborating web galleries.
Say that you've created a web gallery in iPhoto in a pinch but use Aperture primarily. Now you're on Aperture and want to continue to update that gallery. Is there a way to migrate that gallery from iPhoto to Aperture. Or, and this is my situation more specifically, say you're on vacation and create an Aperture based web gallery on your Macbook. Now you're back home and want to continue using and updating that web gallery but are now on the Mac Pro. Can that gallery be migrated from the Aperture database on the Macbook over to the database on the Mac Pro?
To that point, how about image alterations and settings. I've captured some 1200 photos while on vacation, tooled around with them on my Macbook while away making color adjustments, adding vignettes and general improvements. Is there any way to then migrate those albums and/or settings over to the other database in the other system? Seems a shame to have to do all that leg work all over again. Perhaps it's just a matter of grabbing album folders from the database package and bringing them into the other database package?

"Migrating" your photos, albums, adjustments, etc. is a piece of cake. Just export the project/s using file export project from your laptop and use file import project on your desktop. Move or share the .approj file from your laptop to desktop in the way you are most comfortable with.
More info here:
[Aperture on multiple computers|http://photo.rwboyer.com/2008/09/managing-aperture-2-on-multiple-comp uters>
As for web galleries - can't answer that one with detail because I find them uselessly frustratingly unexplainably notoriously unreliable and I hate that you have no control over color profile for downloadable images. So I don't use them now after playing with them for a bit.
RB

Web galleries: how to export the image list only?

Hi there.
I use Lightroom 5 for managing my web galleries, but I have my own software to run them. My workflow is this:
I use "Publish to folder" to generate the needed JPEG images, and I use another software to sync them to my server
I use the "Web Gallery" feature only to define the list and the order of photos in each gallery
I use the "Export..." feature in Web Gallery to get the .XML file with the list of photos - this file can be directly read by my software
The problem is that "Export..." also generates the images for the gallery, and after the XML has been generated I have to stop this task manually - it's an annoyance. Furthermore, it would be nice if I could export all my galleries in a single step, with multiple files generated, one per gallery.
I don't need anything else other than the image file name: the metadata are extracted from JPEGs. All file formats would be ok (XML, TXT, JSON, whatever).
Thanks.

Lr doesn't support the workflow you describe. So, best option is to do a Google serarch for third party web galleries/plugins to see if any of them do.
In menatime, you could submit a feature request at http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/products/photoshop_family_photoshop_lightro om

Adding images to LR Created Web Galleries

Quick question - When you want to add photos to your online web galleries that were created in Lightroom, do you re-create the whole gallery with the new photos and then replace the folder with your hosting service or can you just add photos?
Thanks!

Has anyone built an image gallery in Lightroom and had a problem with the rollover image working in IE6? When I roll over the image it does not show the highlighted box like it should. When I view it in IE7 or on my Mac it works fine.
Any ideas on what I need to fix?
Thanks for your help.
Norm

Video about Web Galleries on TV

Perhaps some of you have already seen this, but Apple recently put up a new video about .Mac Web Galleries on TV. Click on this image:
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Assuming Apple's server speeds are up to the job, this effectively means personal worldwide digital TV broadcasting without the hassles of a podcast feed.

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Web galleries: how to get back to Homepage quickly?

I have several Aperture web galleries on my .Mac homepage. I like the look but the huge downside is that when someone gets to the last page, e.g. number 15, to get back to my homepage they have to either go back in their browser 15 times or re-enter my homepage address. Is there a way for them to get back to my homepage (which is my site menu) in one click?
I am also thinking of making my own website with iWeb. Would I have the same problem with it?
John

here are a couple threads that i think will help with your question ...
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3298419#3298419
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3091989&
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Web Galleries. Can be avoid "download"?

For us, professionals, web galleries in AP2 could be a help, but I don´t give images, I sell them, so I would like to know if it can be avoided the option "download" when a web gallery is created.
Regards.
Guillermo

You just un-check the option "allow downloading of:". Aperture will just generate very small JPEG versions of your images and upload them to your .mac account. These small JPEGs will not contain any metadata and be limited to approx. 800 pixels. However, these small JPEGs can still be downloaded by anyone visiting your web album.
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Karsten

How to customize flash-based web galleries?

Has anyone here figured out how to customize the CS4 Bridge flash-based web galleries? Specifically, I'd like to be able to add the "description" line from the metadata to an image, without having to add ALL the metadata (as a couple of the galleries allow).
Seems like such a simple thing. Can't imagine why Adobe didn't add it. It is standard in the older HTML gallery templates.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Barring that, does anyone know of a second-party flash photo gallery that allows for information this information to be displayed?

Flash is not supported on the iPad - and as Adobe have announced that they are stopping development on all mobile versions of it, it probably never will be.
Browser apps such as Skyfire, iSwifter, Puffin and Photon 'work' on some sites, but judging by their reviews not all sites. Also some websites, especially news sites, have their own apps in the App Store.
If you do a search on this forum you will find hundreds of other threads on the subject.

Thumbnail Filenames in Web Galleries and Filmstrip

Without file names under Web & Filmstrip thumbnails, it's extremely time-consuming to search 500 images for any given file. Bridge and PS web galleries have gotten this right, so why not Lightroom?

It may be because the slides can be be placed together in a collection and sorted in the grid. When the images are in the right order you can then move to the web gallery.
Sid
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IPhoto and compression of uploads to iWeb albums and Web Galleries?

It appears it's been established that iPhoto automatically sizes uploads to Web Galleries and iWeb albums to 800x600 no matter the resolution of the original picture.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5118968#5118968
You can clumsily work around this in Web Gallery by uploading directly through the gallery upload button or via email, as discussed here.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5168599#5168599
What I'm wondering is whether there's a way to do something similar in an iWeb album? My experience is that even if I do specify the option in the photo inspector to allow Original (Full Quality) downloads from the album, the files are still heavily compressed somewhere along the line, with 2.2MB originals coming back at 650KB or so.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Message was edited by: MickMacPaddyWhack

Hi.
I don't have iPhoto 08 yet, but had a similar concern in iPhoto 6. I let iWweb do it's thing and then overwrote the images that it produced.
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It's a bit of a hassle, but I got the quality that I wanted...also, not sure if that'll work in 08...

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