I recently re-discovered the Save for Web and Devices feature for Adobe. This used to be part of Photoshop but has migrated to Bridge for the CS4 edition.
The interface was a breeze, just go to Output tab, pick Web Gallery tab and add Site Info (explanation text, copyright and contact info), pick your Color Palette, Appearance, and even upload the finished product through a native FTP interface. What could be easier?
The Flash templates are sharp, and as easy to make as browsing to a photo folder.
But there are issues with using this for an instant gallery. Where are the options for captions? That’s a basic feature.
Worse, the site wouldn’t work on the server, only the desktop. I tried troubleshooting – changing the permissions on the directory – to no avail.
Has anyone else had these problem?
The CS3 photo gallery features doesn’t appear to have this problem, works fine online. But its gallery templates are ugly.
So I will be sticking with jquery options for photo display – until CS5?
I’m having the same problem. It’s working locally but I’m getting a permissions issue when I put the gallery on the server. anyone know of a solution? I’m not finding too much on the Web about this.
I’m relieved others are having the same problem. But not so relieved I can’t find an answer either. Well…thought it was just me. So that’s one mystery solved.
Same problem. I use P Elements bridge. When I try to put the gallery online it says:
Forbidden
You don’t have permission to access /testwebsite/index.html on this server.
Anyone?
I too am having this problem with galleries made in adobe bridge cs4, they look great, are easy to create, work smooth locally, but once live on the web, permission is restricted. Someone has to have encountered this and come up with a solution…right??
anyone?
Problem solved. I changed file permissions after uploading files with cyberduck.
Did they do an update for the “captions” issue?
You have done it once again! Great writing!