So basically, the script should accomodate multiple albums for the gallery such as:

When you select the source folder, it should recurse the subfolders at least one level.
It should grab the subfolder names and use them as the album name in the output "gallery" folder.
It should keep the files in their respected folder structure.

If my source folder is:
C:/sourcefolder

and it has two subfolders:
C:/sourcefolder/subone
C:/sourcefolder/subtwo

The output for each should be the same structure:
C:/outputprojectfolder/gallery/subone/large
C:/outputprojectfolder/gallery/subone/thumb
C:/outputprojectfolder/gallery/subtwo/large
C:/outputprojectfolder/gallery/subtwo/thumb

The xml file would also need to have these options tweaked.

Hasn't anybody else ran into this or am I just using the script incorrectly?  I don't know javascript at all and know very little vbscript but I know it's possible and should only take a few lines of code.


Thoughts?

TT

Last edited by OcalaWebmaster (2008-02-08 19:38:50)

OcalaWebmaster wrote:

Come on, doesnt slideshowpro support look at these forums?  I'd like to have at least a comment or to be pointed in the right direction before i look for the solution on another forum like tek-tips?  After all, it's just script.  These are good observations in my opinion and should be considered by the folks that actually put the script together. Please at least respond and let me know if I'm being stupid or if the script can handle recursing directories and using them in the output properly.  The script is well made, but it could use these extra features I speak of. 


Sincerely,
TT

I'd like to help you, but I didn't understand the question.  It seems like you're asking for a Photoshop script (based on the title of the thread), but don't see how this relates to SSP.  Are you saying you already have images sorted how you want them, and want a script that creates albums out of them?  If not, sorry, but perhaps it might help to explain from a different angle.

Geoff

Geoff, thanks for your reply.  I'm asking about ssp's own photoshop script that is a free downloadable extra. I guess I could have made the subject a little clearer and actually wanted to change it but it doesn't look like that's an editable field on the forum.  Anyway, don't get me wrong, it's definately a great script, well created, but it needs to take in account for multiple albums in professional opinon.  I have 1200 photos that are already organized into folders or "albums".

The source folder is:
C:/sourcefolder

and it has multiple subfolders or "albums" such as:
C:/sourcefolder/albumone
C:/sourcefolder/albumtwo

I actually have about 20 different albums in the source folder.  It would be nice if the ssp photoshop script would go through all the subfolders (recurse the subdirectories) to aleviate having to do each one seperatly or one at a time. It would also be nice if the output generated to a more proper folder structure for the multiple albums but it doesn't quite do it.

The output for each should be the same structure as the source you pulled from:
C:/outputprojectfolder/gallery/albumone/large
C:/outputprojectfolder/gallery/albumone/thumb
C:/outputprojectfolder/gallery/albumtwo/large
C:/outputprojectfolder/gallery/albumtwo/thumb

I'm not trying be an a**, and I understand it's a "feature request", I just see an opportunity to make something better, not just for me, but for every single person that uses the script.  I know a little VBScript, not much, but I do know that javascript can recurse subdirectories with ease, and I know it can pull the source directory structure and reuse it in a var.  This would be most advantageous for SSP and it's clients.  In my opinion, it is a worthy "feature-request".

Thanks for your time and patience!

Sincerely,
TT

Last edited by OcalaWebmaster (2008-02-12 14:07:55)

Well that's the thing, I have 30 albums for one slideshow. I don't want to run the script 30 times, rename 30 directories, re-edit 1200 lines of xml to accomodate the folder name changes and incorporate the 30 different xml files into one. 

I want to run it once on one gallery folder and have it recurse the available albums, output the images appropriately and the xml appropriately.  It's a lot of work when you have 30+ albums for one slideshow.  It would just make it easier and seems to be the right thing for the script to be able to handle.

This script is good but I see a whole lot more potential in it to make it do what it should be doing for a slideshow with a lot of albums.  If I find someone to help me, I'll make sure to post it here.

Thanks.

TT

Yeah, I thought so as well but this request has been completely ignored ...  it's to the point where I started looking for other slideshows and never implemented this one even know I purchased it. $25 isn't a big loss.  If I want to change the photos, resize them or whatever, the script just isn't fully functional to make those changes without all the manual steps the script should be able to do.

Scripts are supposed to take all the work off of the user, not just half of the work.

I even went to the guy that created the script but apparently he won't touch it since he sold it to SSP folks.  All other java forums have produced no interested parties and the ones that were weren't the intelligent programmers and couldn't comprehend what the script does or why we use it ...

It seems like a pretty simple thing and also something that would be a common request. It also seems like a very logical request...

Let me know if you come up with any solutions.