Image Gallery Tools

Instant Gallery Maker (formerly Express Thumbnail Creator) is a powerful, yet easy to use tool, which lets you create image galleries ready to be published on the Web. The program features a wizard-style interface, which makes it manageable and easy to use for virtually anybody, including those, who have no idea of HTML and image processing. Creating a web site is as easy as pressing a few buttons and letting Instant Gallery Maker do the rest of the job. If you are not satisfied with your new image gallery appearance, you can easily customize every single detail. The program comes packed with a number of website templates and you can easily create your own and save them for future use. Instant Gallery Maker recognizes all popular image formats and uses advanced algorithms for resizing images and creating thumbnails. If you have some knowledge of HTML, you can customize absolutely everything, including page layouts and style sheets or add links to outside pages and more.

Create high-quality image thumbnails and web pages. PhotoThumb is a powerful and easy-to-use thumbnail creator and image viewer for Windows. It includes many useful features, like overlay text, FTP uploading, CSS-support, slideshow, batch renaming, file encryption, a familiar Explorer-like interface and even lossless rotation of JPEG images. The thumbnail generation process offers a variety of customizing option including HTMl options like footer, header, links as well as text overlay, drop shadows and more. Since PhotoThumb can also transfer images from camera or memory card, it is a handy tool for image collectors and digital camera owners. Nice, clean interface.

Extreme Thumbnail Generator allows you to create thumbnail galleries in various styles from your digital image collection. It offers an easy-to-use 4 step wizard to select the images and customize the gallery appearance. There are several templates to choose from, and you can further customize the size of the thumbnails, page headers/footers, or even modify the HTML code directly. The program can automatically add a text or logo overlay to your published images (without modifying the original), resize them and more. Additional features include support for meta tags, built-in template editor and more.

Fortop Album Creator enables you to create impressive Flash photo albums that can be share as web pages or compiled into a standalone executable (.exe). It offers an assortment of very professional gallery templates with transition and sound effects, as well as optional background music. The galleries support zooming, EXIF display, keyword search and sub-galleries. You can also add image titles and personal comments, and even create a personal diary with your photos and extended comment areas. Other features include EXIF rotation, audio extraction from video files (for background music), customizable HTML templates for online publishing and more.

Use Arles Image Web Page Creator to quickly and easily create image collections on the web. Arles creates high quality thumbnails, modifies images and automatically creates HTML pages. You can fine tune images and HTML pages using one the many available options or use templates for full control over the pages. Arles supports 20+ image file formats and includes the Arles Image Explorer for easy image management. All image data is automatically stored in a database allowing you to sort, select and provide titles for all images on your computer. Text annotations, watermarks, image logos and image borders (incl. 3D, button and drop shadow style borders) can be added to all your images in a single click.

ThumbNailer allows you to create thumbnail images and HTML image galleries for use on the web or CDs. It offers many advanced features that allow you to customize the output (including templates), as well as features like text overlays, image fades, macro expressions, output naming styles and a lot more. If you are a beginner, the program also includes several wizards to get you started . In addition to thumbnail and gallery creation, you can use Thumbnailer to resize images, convert between graphic formats, change image color depth, create contact sheets and more. The program offers a wide range of features, and even though it is fairly easy to use, it is not a "1-2-3 Here`s my pretty gallery" kind of tool, but more targeted at advanced users that require greater flexibility and high levels of customization.

AlbumCreator lets you create online albums from your digital photos using unique and highly professional Flash and HTML theme templates. You can customize the existing templates, create your own or download additional ones. The program also includes editing tools to enhance your photos, remove red eye, adjust colors, apply watermarks and more. It supports EXIF data, so you add EXIF information as image comment or image title. Album Creator Pro includes a simple FTP client that lets you upload the finished album to your web site. You can choose between several Flash themes and a variety of HTML templates, each of them unique and sophisticated. Additional features include lossless rotation and direct import of photos from your digital camera.

Gena Web Gallery Creator enables you to create attractive web image galleries with thumbnail images, linking to the full size version of your digital images. It allows you to customize the page layout and output templates as well as thumbnail size and various other aspects. The WYSIWYG interface displays a real-time display of your gallery layout and you can drag and drop images into place to change the order of the display. Gena Web Gallery Creator offers several image effects that can be applied including rounded corners, drop shadows, sepia, black and white and others. You can also choose from simple pages or framed navigation as well as navigation buttons and preview all effects in the gallery editor. Additional features include rollover thumbnails with adjustable effects, integrated FTP upload, QuickBuild and more. Great image effects, good flexibility and very easy to use. The program will suit beginners and advanced users alike.

Easy Web Gallery Builder enables you to create online image or video galleries from your digital photos and/or video files. It automatically generates high quality thumbnails from your photos and also extracts scene thumbnails from video files, which are then linked to the original images or a resized version. In case of video files you can choose to embed a video player. The program offers many options to customize the output, you can set image titles, text and background colors, navigation links, page titles and more. More advanced users will also appreciate the option to add custom page headers/footer as well as meta tags to the pages. Other features include optional watermarks (text or image), support for projects, image drop shadows, slideshows and more.

Able Photo Slide Show is a photo slideshow viewer, that allows you to view your images with transition effects and background music, in a full-screen slideshow. You can either view images in any folder, by using the Explorer right-click menu, or create and save your custom slideshows from images in different locations. Able Photo Slide Show can also export your slideshow as standalone EXE file, screensaver or HTML web gallery, allowing you to easily share it with friends and family.

AlbumWeb is a wizard-style tool to create HTML photo galleries. You can use the photo galleries for local viewing or upload them to your web site, using the built in FTP uploader. The program can create very nice albums in a few mouse-clicks, with no further knowledge or HTML editing needed. All you need to do is to select your images, the album style and (optionally) add some comments to your image displays. AlbumWeb comes with 3 operator modes, Beginner, Normal and Expert - each of them displays more or less options, based on your level of experience. The program comes with several themes include, that will allow you to instantly create a professional looking image gallery complete with captions, dropshadows and more. For more advanced users, it offers the option to modify the templates or to create your own themes. The program comes with a very nice, modern interface.

S10 WebAlbums provides a simple way to create an attractive online image gallery that can be uploaded to your web server. You can add the images, re-order them via drag and drop, choose a color scheme, add descriptions and also perform some minor photo editing tasks (rotating, cropping, adjusting brightness, correcting tilt, fixing red eyes) before using the built-in FTP tool to upload the gallery to your web space. S10 WebAlbums offers a gallery theme that can be customized with colors and layout options (navigation on top or on the side). The program is designed for novice users, that want to create an attractive online gallery without the need for complicated configurations or HTML knowledge. S10 WebAlbums includes the same red-eye removal tool that is also sold separately (S10 RedEyes).

DigiPhoto Gallery enables you to publish your digital photos on the web. It automatically creates the HTML pages containing the high quality thumbnail images, linking to the full size image file. The gallery output pages are plain and simple, with optional drop shadows and customizable colors. You can specify the number of images to appear on a page and it will automatically add links for the page navigation. The program also incxludes built-in FTP upload and free gallery storage. DigiPhoto Gallery is easy to use and generates basic gallery pages with quality thumbnails and attractive drop shadows.

ImageDupeless is a tool to find similar or duplicate images in large collections. The image comparison is based on the actual contents of images, not on their sizes, formats, resolutions, etc. This allows you to detect multiple duplicates even if they are reduced versions of the original and differ in size and resolution. The interface displays a thumbnail of all duplicates that are found and you can enlarge them for a side-by-side comparison. ImageDupeless stores your photo collection as a gallery and allows quick comparison with newly added files without rescanning all of the images. Additional features include export to text, adjustable sensitivity level and more.

MD2 Thumbnailer enables you to create web image galleries with just a few mouse clicks. It includes several template styles and lets you select special effects like mouseover effects, drop shadows, color adjustments, text layovers and more. The program supports all popular image formats and can also rotate your images based on EXIF information (if available). It offers three different 3 re-sampling methods and 4 smart resize methods, as well as cropping and customizable templates and navigation schemes. MD2 Thumbnailer also includes a small FTP module to upload your gallery to the web, as well as a simple EXIF file viewer.

Biromsoft WebAlbum is a album generator for your photos. Using it, you can create nice looking HTML photo albums in a matter of minutes. There are several theme designs to choose from and you can also customize the appearance to your preference. The finished project can be saved as album file, so you can add photos or change the design at a later time without having to start over gain. Also included comes an FTP client to upload the photo album pages to your web server. The program is easy to use and offers an attractive, step-by-step interface.

MagicJpgHtmlPager is a tool to create JPG image galleries for the web (or local). You can select from over 80 layout templates, or created and add your own. The program creates all the necessary thumbnail images and code. It features it's own command library, which provides you with total control over the layout of your pages. You can preview the templates from a built in browser. Furthermore the program offers compression, sorting, auto filenames and several other advanced features. MagicJpgHtmlPager is one of the most flexible tools in it's class and great for power users.

AutoGraphicsHTML uses a simple wizard interface which allows you to quickly publish images or entire folders with images to the web as thumbnail (or full image) galleries. You can pick from the many templates for the layout, so there is no need to design any HTML pages. However if you prefer, you can modify or replace the supplied templates. AutoGraphicsHTML lets you specify headers and footers for each page as well as individual captions for all images. The output is fully customizable. The program is very easy to use, includes an additional upload feature and requires no HTML knowledge.

Picture2Web is a 32-bit application that creates a picture gallery for all your jpeg images in a specified directory. The program is simple enough for the novice or beginner to use and requires only a single click to create a professional-looking gallery in seconds, yet provides total flexibility for the more demanding webmaster, catering for insertion of any extra code including META tags and Javascript. Also included is a built-in banner rotation engine which allows you to have unlimited banners in unlimited banners banks for random display in any part of the document. Other features include the ability to change colors, background images, thumbnail layout and creation of index page

ReaGallery enables you to create and publish online photo albums based on a variety of ready-to-use templates. All you have to do is select the images to be included, choose a template style and create the gallery. You can publish your album to the web via FTP, send it by email or have the software burn it on a CD for you. ReaGallery also includes editing options that allow you to add watermarks or borders, correct color, crop, resize and add effects to your images. You can manage multiple sites and galleries, each can have it`s own template style. ReaGallery includes about a dozen templates, and if you are an advanced user and want to create your own templates you can purchase a Pro version.

Web Gallery Mate is a template-based tool for creating online photo galleries. It supports multiple galleries with additional sub-galleries (channels) that can be managed from a single interface. It includes a couple templates to choose from and you can also design your own. The resulting image galleries come with a slideshow option, and complete navigation, including a home page that lets the user choose from different available channels. Web Gallery Mate allows you to include image information and comments and you can customize many aspects of the thumbnail output. Additional features include built-in FTP upload, intelligent photo resizing, preview before publishing and more.

Web It! enables you to create simple HTML gallery pages from your photos that can be uploaded to your web site. The program offers HTML output with a basic table layout that can be customized to some extend (colors, image dimensions etc.) and you can also insert custom HTML code for the header and footer section of the pages. There are several options that allow you to configure the gallery page links, navigation bar images, page names and other details.

Album Express is a tool for creating professional-looking online picture albums for home, friends and the Web. Its wizard-like interface and built-in templates make it easy to present your photos in style. You can produce a slideshow, create an index, catalog your pictures or build a fully searchable image database. Album Express also includes a built in FTP client to upload the album to your web space, a thumbnail maker and more. The program is very easy to use and uses a step-by step interface.

MyWebGallery enables you to create several different styles of web galleries, including an image slideshow, thumbnail tables, automatic image scrollers and traditional framed galleries. You can defined the gallery colors, include thumbnail captions and include a personal title header. The application interface includes a thumbnail browser to select images and add captions, as well as an integrated browser preview.

ExpressAlbum is a photo management and display software that allows you to create photo albums for all of your digital images in a snap. It comes with an attractive interface and is easy to use. With one press of a button ExpressAlbum will create thumbnails, a web page album displaying all of your photos as well as an index page to link each set of photos together. All of your photo collections can then be easily viewed by clicking on the index page. The resulting image gallery can be used for local display or uploaded to your website. ExpressAlbum offers several different styles to choose from and also allows you to create your own album styles, if you are familiar with HTML. Additional features and options include adjustment of the displayed image size, number of images per row, photo collection names as well as dates and descriptions.

AutoSiteGallery can automatically create high-quality thumbnails, generate the HTML pages for thumbnails and full-size images and convert the images to JPEG format if needed. You can customize most options to have the thumbnails and HTML pages designed to your preference or use the default values and have a photo album created with just a few mouse clicks. If you are familiar with HTML, you may further edit the page template to customize the HTML pages in any way you like. To help organize and annotate the album, the program shows the thumbnails of all photos.

Shozam Web Gallery Generator (Lite Edition) enables you to quickly create online photo galleries from a variety of ready-to-use design templates. All you need to do is select the images to be included, choose a design and generate the gallery. The Lite Edition includes 20 nice-looking design templates, but is very limited in features as it does not allow any customization of the output. It is best suite for novice, non-technical users.

WWW Photo Album enables you to create an online image gallery that can be uploaded to your sever or hosted directly on your PC, with the use of the built-in web server. The gallery features are very basic and limited to thumbnail pages that link to the full size image file (without navigation options). The program comes bundled with a web server that allows you to publish your gallery directly from your PC (via IP address), and offers password restriction to limit access to your pictures on a per user/album basis. Overall, a very basic gallery tool with a few templates, but no further customization, except for advanced users that can write their own templates and add them to the inventory.