Extreme Thumbnail Generator online documentation
Introduction
Web photo galleries
Generate a web photo gallery
Publish a photo gallery on the Web via FTP
Send a photo gallery via email
Images
How to add images to the gallery
How to sort images in the gallery
How to rename images
How to resize images
How to rotate images
How to add special effects to the images
How to add text to images
How to add logo to images
How to add shadow effect to images
How to link images in the gallery to other pages
How to add EXIF information to the image description
How to import image descriptions
Image format settings
Supported image formats
Thumbnails
How to change the thumbnail image size
How to add a border to the thumbnail images
How to add shadow effect to thumbnail images
How to set custom thumbnail size and link address
EXIF info in the thumbnails title
How to link thumbnails directly to images
Thumbnail resize methods
Thumbnail image file name
Thumbnail image format
Thumbnails pages
Thumbnails per page
Thumbnails pages file name
Link back from thumbnails pages
Image pages
Image pages file name
Image page title settings
Advanced topics
Re-generating the gallery
Setting font for text elements
Sub-folders in the gallery folder
Web photo gallery meta data
Built-in FTP gallery publishing module
Link back properties
Multi-line text editor
Special tags
Auto-rename images in the gallery
How to add a Lightbox effect to the gallery
How to add slide show
Gallery template
Built-in gallery template editor
Batch image processing
Craete thumbnails
Image processing
Program settings
General settings
Advanced settings
FTP settings
FTP profiles
Registration
License
Support
Product updates
Other products

Generate a web photo gallery

Here is a simple, step-by-step tutorial on web photo gallery generation in Extreme Thumbnail Generator.

Step 1: Add images

To generate a web photo gallery you have to add the images first. You can add individual images using the Add individual images button or you can add all images from the selected folder using the Add all images from folder button. After the images are added you can give each image a unique description (short and/or long), rotate them, add special effects. Click Next button to proceed to step 2.

Add images to the web photo gallery

Step 2: Select a template

Extreme Thumbnail Generator offers you many gallery templates to choose from. You just have to click on the template name in the Gallery templates list and the small preview of the gallery will appear next to the list.

Also on this step you can change the default Gallery title and select the folder on your hard disk, where all gallery files will be saved after the gallery is generated.

Click Next button to proceed to step 3.

Select a web photo gallery template

Step 3: Options

On this step you can customize the gallery appearance in many different ways. You can change the size of the thumbnail images, and add a shadow effect to them; add header and/or footer text to the gallery pages, choose what text to display under the full-size image; add a link back from the gallery and many, many more.

But for your first gallery it is recommended to leave all the default settings as they are. So you can just click Next button to proceed to step 4.

Customize your web photo gallery

Step 4: Generate and view the gallery

Now you can click the Generate button and watch your gallery being generated. And when it is ready, click the View button to open the new gallery in your default Internet browser.

Generate a web photo gallery

Now you can go back to any previous step to add or remove images, to choose another gallery template or to modify the gallery options if you are not satisfied with your gallery. Then return to this step again and click Generate button to apply all changes you've made to the gallery.

And when you are finally happy with your gallery, you can publish it on the Web via FTP or create a ZIP archive with all gallery files to send it via email.


See also

Publish the gallery on the Web via FTP, Send the gallery via email