NAME

       album - Make a web photo album

SYNOPSIS

       album [album options]

DESCRIPTION

       album is an HTML photo album generator that supports themes. It takes a directory of
       images and creates all the thumbnails and HTML that you need. It's fast, easy to use, and
       very powerful.

       Place your photos in a new directory somewhere inside your web pages.  Then run "album"
       from a command-line prompt with the directory path as an argument, and that's it.

       To use themes, make sure the "Themes" directory is inside your web path, and then use the
       -theme option.

OPTIONS

       There are three types of options.  Boolean options, string/num options and array options.
       Boolean options can be turned off by prepending -no_:

       % album -no_image_pages

       String and number values are specified after a string option:

       % album -type gif % album -columns 5

       Array options can be specified two ways, with one argument at a time:

       % album -exif hi -exif there

       Or multiple arguments using the '--' form:

       % album --exif hi there --

       You can remove specific array options with -no_<option>:

       % album -no_exif hi

       Or clear all the array options with -clear_<option>:

       % album -clear_exif

       Boolean options:

       % album -q, -d, -D, -dtheme, -Dtheme, -virgin_check, -save_conf, -configure, -crf,
       -list_options, -image_pages, -thumbs, -dir_thumbs, -just_medium, -slideshow, -embed,
       -clean, -image_headers, -album_captions, -folder_count, -caption_edit, -file_sizes,
       -fix_urls, -known_images, -all, -hashes, -reverse_sort, -case_sort, -image_loop, -burn,
       -crop, -force, -force_html, -sample, -animated_gifs, -use_tcap

       String/number options:

       % album -thumb_post, -medium, -captions, -top, -sort, -body, -charset, -force_charset,
       -index, -default_index, -html, -type, -medium_type, -CROP, -dir, -sharpen, -plugin_post,
       -theme, -theme_url, -convert, -identify, -jhead, -ffmpeg, -conf_file, -dev_null, -windows,
       -cygwin, -tcap, -tcap_out, -cmdproxy, -header, -footer, -credit, -no_album, -hide_album,
       -not_img

       Array options:

       % album --lang_path, --exif, --exif_album, --exif_image, --add, --scale_opts,
       --medium_scale_opts, --thumb_scale_opts, --data_path, --plugin_path, --theme_path

   OPTION DESCRIPTIONS
       -h  Show usage

       -more
           To show more options.

       -usage=level
           Show usage as deep as you like.

       -lang=lang
           Specify language(s)

       -list_langs
           List out full language information

       -make_lang=lang
           Print out a new language file

       -list_html_trans
           List HTML translations for each language Useful for creating multi-lingual images for
           themes Output is in HTML and utf-8, change charset as needed

       --lang_path=strings
           Add a path to search for language files [Default @DATA_PATH/lang]

       -q  Be quiet [Default OFF]

       -d  Set debug mode [Default OFF]

       -D  Heavy debug mode [Default OFF]

       -dtheme
           Theme debug mode [Default OFF]

       -Dtheme
           Theme heavy debug mode [Default OFF]

       -conf=file
           Read a .conf file

       -virgin_check
           Do the virgin check to see if you've run album before [Default ON]

       -save_conf
           Save album.conf files in photo album [Default ON]

       -configure
           Setup initial album site configuration [Default OFF]

       -version
           Display program version info

       -mv Move imgs across albums: see 'album -plugin_info utils/mv'

       -create_plugin
           Create plugin: see 'album -plugin_info utils/create_plugin'

   Album Options:
       -crf
           Album hash output in computer readable format [Default OFF]

       -list_options
           Show default options and values for a given album [Default OFF]

       -image_pages
           Create a page for each image [Default ON]

       -thumbs
           Images have thumbnails [Default ON]

       -dir_thumbs
           Directories have thumbnail (if supported by theme) [Default ON]

       -thumb_post=string
           Additional postfix for thumbnails.

       -medium=geom
           Generate medium size images

       -just_medium
           Don't link to full-size images [Default OFF]

       -slideshow
           Slideshow capabilities (only with some themes) [Default OFF]

       -embed
           Use image pages for non-picture image pages [Default ON]

       -columns
           Number of image columns [Default 4]

       -clean
           Remove unused thumbnails [Default OFF]

       -captions=string
           Specify captions filename [Default captions.txt]

       -image_headers
           Show header.txt on image pages (default theme only) [Default OFF]

       -album_captions
           Also show captions on album page [Default ON]

       -folder_count
           Show folder/image counts for each album [Default ON]

       -caption_edit
           Add comment tags so that caption_edit.cgi will work [Default OFF]

       --exif=fmt
           Append exif info to captions.  Use %key 0n fmt string Example:  -exif "<br>Camera:
           %Camera model%" If any %keys% are not found by jhead, nothing is appended.

       --exif_album=fmt
           -exif for just album pages

       --exif_image=fmt
           -exif for just image pages

       -file_sizes
           Show image file sizes [Default OFF]

       -fix_urls
           Encode unsafe chars as 0x in URLs [Default ON]

       -known_images
           Only include known image types [Default ON]

       -top=string
           URL for 'Back' link on top page [Default ../]

       -all
           Do not hide files/directories starting with '.' [Default OFF]

       --add=dir
           Add a new directory to the album it's been placed in

       -depth
           Depth to descend directories (default infinite [-1]) [Default -1]

       -follow_symlinks
           Dereference symbolic links [Default 1]

       -hashes
           Show hash marks while generating thumbnails [Default ON]

       -name_length
           Limit length of image/dir names [Default 40]

       -sort=string
           Sort type, captions, name, date, EXIF date ('exif') [Default captions]

       -reverse_sort
           Sort in reverse [Default OFF]

       -case_sort
           Use case sensitive sorting when sorting names [Default OFF]

       -body=string
           Specify <body> tags for non-theme output [Default <body>]

       -charset=str
           Charset for non-theme and some theme output This is also set by using language files
           (with -lang)

       -force_charset=str
           Force charset (not overridden by languages)

       -image_loop
           Do first and last image pages loop around? [Default ON]

       -burn
           Setup an album to burn to CD Implies '-index index.html' and '-no_theme_url' [Default
           OFF]

       -index=file
           Select the default 'index.html' to use.  For file://, try '-index index.html' to add
           'index.html' to index links.

       -default_index=file
           The file the webserver accesses when when no file is specified. [Default index.html]

       -html=post
           Default postfix for HTML files [Default .html]

   Thumbnail Options:
       -geometry=<X>x<Y>
           Size of thumbnail [Default 133x133]

       -type=string
           Thumbnail type (gif, jpg, tiff,...) [Default jpg]

       -medium_type=string
           Medium type (default is same type as full image)

       -crop
           Crop the image to fit thumbnail size otherwise aspect will be maintained [Default OFF]

       -CROP=string
           Force cropping to be top, bottom, left or right

       -dir=string
           Thumbnail directory [Default tn]

       -force
           Force overwrite of existing thumbnails and HTML otherwise they are only written when
           changed [Default OFF]

       -force_html
           Force rewrite of HTML [Default OFF]

       -sample
           Use 'convert -sample' for thumbnails (faster, low quality) [Default OFF]

       -sharpen=<radius>x<sigma>
           Sharpen after scaling

       -animated_gifs
           Take first frame of animated gifs (only some systems) [Default OFF]

       --scale_opts=strings
           Options for convert (use '--' for mult)

       --medium_scale_opts=strings
           List of medium convert options

       --thumb_scale_opts=strings
           List of thumbnail convert options

   Plugin and Theme Options:
       --data_path=strings
           Path for themes, plugins, language files, etc...
            [Default /etc/album /usr/share/album /home/dave/.album]

       -plugin=plugin
           Load a plugin

       -plugin_usage=plugin
           Show usage for a plugin

       -plugin_info=plugin
           Print info for a specific plugins

       --plugin_path=strings
           Add a path to search for plugins.        [Default @DATA_PATH/plugins]

       -plugin_post=string
           Default postfix for plugins [Default .alp]

       -list_plugins
           Print info for all known plugins

       -list_plugins_crf
           Print info for all plugins in computer readable format

       -list_hooks
           Show all known plugin hooks (for developers)

       -hook_info=hook
           Show hook info for a specific hook (for developers)

       -theme=dir
           Specify a theme directory

       -theme_url=url
           In case you want to refer to the theme by absolute URL

       --theme_path=dir
           Directories that contain themes
            [Default /data/proj/album/Themes /data/proj/album/Themes]

       -list_themes
           Show available themes

   Paths:
       -convert=string
           Path to convert (ImageMagick) [Default convert]

       -identify=string
           Path to identify (ImageMagick) [Default identify]

       -jhead=string
           Path to jhead (extracts exif info) [Default jhead]

       -ffmpeg=string
           Path to ffmpeg (extracting movie frames) [Default ffmpeg]

       -conf_file=string
           Conf filename for album configurations [Default album.conf]

       -conf_version
           Configuration file version

       -dev_null=string
           Throwaway temp file [Default /dev/null]

       -windows=string
           Are we (unfortunately) running windows?

       -cygwin=string
           Are we using the Cygwin environment?

       -use_tcap
           Use tcap? (win98) [Default OFF]

       -tcap=string
           Path to tcap (win98) [Default tcap]

       -tcap_out=string
           tcap output file (win98) [Default atrash.tmp]

       -cmdproxy=string
           Path to cmdproxy (tcap helper for long lines) [Default cmdproxy]

       -header=string
           Path to header file [Default header.txt]

       -footer=string
           Path to footer file [Default footer.txt]

       -credit=string
           Credit line to add to the bottom of every album

       -no_album=string
           Ignore dir/file if dir/file.no_album exists [Default .no_album]

       -hide_album=string
           Ignore and don't display these files [Default .hide_album]

       -not_img=string
           Don't treat these files as images [Default .not_img]

ENVIRONMENT

       HOME  Home directory for finding user-specific configuration files (.albumrc)

       DOT   Instead of looking for .albumrc, album also looks for $DOT/album.conf (I'm not a big
             fan of .dotfiles cluttering my home directory).

       tcap  Set/overwritten by the Win98 version of album for tcap arguments.

FILES

       /etc/album/album.conf
       /etc/album.conf
             Site-specific configuration

       $HOME/.albumrc
       $HOME/.album.conf
       $DOT/album.conf
             User-specific configuration

       <album>/album.conf
             Album-specific configuration.

             Will be modified with any new command-line options!

       <album>/header.txt
       <album>/footer.txt
       <album>/captions.txt
       <album>/.no_album
       <album>/<image>.no_album
       <album>/.hide_album
       <album>/<image>.hide_album
       <album>/<image>.not_img
             Specifies album information

SEE ALSO

       ImageMagick(1), jhead(1), ffmpeg(1)

AUTHOR

       David Ljung Madison <http://MarginalHacks.com/>