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5. Working with PhotoLine / 5.4 Browse

### 5.4.3 Create HTML File

The Functions menu of the browse window (see chapter 5.4 and chapter 7.1.11) offers the function Create HTML File.

It allows you to create an image gallery for use in the WWW. The gallery consists of an overview with small preview images. By clicking one of the previews the real picture will be shown.

The main dialog is separated into several subdialogs:

- Common
Use Images selects which images to incorporate in the gallery. You can select all images in the current directory or only those selected in the browse window.
Image Size is the size of the preview images. You can use one of the predefined values or enter a new one.
Placement controls the way the preview images are shown. Using Overview shows them in a table. Using Left and Top the previews are listed at the left and top edge respectively.
Title is the title of the gallery usually displayed in the title bar of the web browser.
Name Of Index File can be used to control the name of the main page of the web gallery. This is the file that has to be opened with the web browser in order to view the gallery. If no name is entered "index.htm" will be used.
Destination Folder is the folder where the gallery will be saved. This has to be a valid path, otherwise no gallery will be created. In this destination folder PhotoLine saves the index file. Additionally the folders "small" and "image" will be created. "small" contains the previews and "image" the full views. When using the modes Left or Top a HTML file controlling the navigation is created, too.
- Preview Images
Preview Images controls the appearance of the index page.
Background Color is its background color.
Show Information allows to display additional information under every preview image. All the available information should be self-explaining with the exception of Description: this is an IPTC-value, that can be modified in PhotoLine by using "Document/Document Information" (see chapter 7.4.80).
If the selected mode in Common is Overview, Overview controls whether to show grid lines in the table and defines the thickness of those lines. Number of Columns and Number of Lines define the size of the table.
Overview Caption allows to enter a headline and a footer for the index page. Size is the corresponding text size. The size isn’t given in pixels but is a HTML-specific value. A value of 3 is a normal text size.
- Image Creation
The source folder can contain image files which can’t be used directly for the web gallery. The reason can be an inappropriate file format or the size of the files. Therefore it is possible to recreate the files. This is done with Image Creation.
Size Of Full Image allows to lay down a maximum size. Images larger than those maximum size will be scaled down.
When the full-sized images are created, they will be converted to the JPEG-format by default. JPEG offers all parameters needed for the JPEG-creation. Compression controls the size of the resulting files (see chapter 7.10.1.5). Save IPTC Data and Save EXIF Data allow to embed the corresponding data, if they exist.
If Copy Original Images (JPEG/GIF/PNG/SWF) is turned on, all image files being JPEG, GIF, PNF or SWF will be simply copied to the newly created gallery. This avoids reducing the image quality by applying an additional compression.
If the pictures in the gallery contain only few colors (perhaps scanned text), it can be useful to activate Save in PNG-Format, because PNG allows to save those images more efficient and in a higher quality. In doubt you should simply try out which option produces better results.
If the gallery mainly contains vector graphics, Save in SWF-Format could be used. SWF allows to save vector graphics without conversion to bitmap.
- Image Title
Image Title defines the appearance of the image subpages of the web gallery.