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?

The show has fun video clips on its YouTube channel, and show is also on Twitter, Flickr, and Facebook, too.

But the showpiece is its website, icepilots.com.

Here, a fancy jquery/Flash home page leads to some fantastic interactive goodies such as:

• Fleet: 3-D models of the planes that you can rotate and zoom in on.
• Episodes: all have trailers – but you can’t watch numbers 2-13 yet, so be patient!
• Extras: loud plane-engine ringtones. Awesomeness.
• Storymap: text, photos, video and GPS tracking the planes in transit.