Getting
started
This tutorial shows the first few
steps to create an HTML image gallery with Arles.

Create an image gallery
1. Organize your images
Click the Browse button in the main window
toolbar to open the integrated Arles Image Explorer,
a fully integrated image management application. You
can view images by selecting the Full screen button
on the toolbar. Make sure the checkboxes for all images
that you want to add to your gallery are checked. Sorting
can be done by dragging and dropping the images with
your mouse. To rotate images, select them with your
mouse and click the Rotate button on the toolbar.
2. Select folder with images
In the main window select the Source folder where
the images are stored for which you want to create a
gallery
(eg
C:\Images\Holiday). Changing the folder in the Arles
Image Explorer will automatically update the source folder.
3. Select target folder
The gallery
created by
Arles exists of several HTML and image files. The Target
folder is where all these files will be saved.
4. Generate gallery
Click the All button on the toolbar to generate the gallery.
5. Show gallery
Click the Show button on the toolbar to show the generated
gallery in your browser.
Customize your gallery
To customize the layout
of your gallery, just try any option and click the
All and Show buttons again. To get
help, press F1 or click the Help button in any window.
For example, to change increase the size of the thumbnails
to 120x120:
1. In the main window select
the Thumbnails tab.
2. Set the Width and Height to 120.
3. Recreate your gallery by clicking the All button.
4. Click the Show button to view the gallery.
Publish the gallery to your web server
If you are satisfied with the results,
upload the gallery to your web server using the FTP Publish
tool build in Arles.
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