NoPages 18 User's Manual

Output

Make slide images: If selected, images are scaled to the selected image bounds and are placed in the slides subdirectory of the output directory. jAlbum filters, such as watermarks, are applied to the images.
Make thumbnails: If selected, thumbnails are created and placed in the thumbnails subdirectory of the output directory. jAlbum filters, such as watermarks, are applied to the images.
Fixed-shape: If selected, thumbnails are cropped to the dimensions of the jAlbum thumbnail image bounds.
Constrain aspect ratio: If selected, thumbnails retain the aspect ratio of the original images, but are cropped if necessary to remain above the minimum value selected and below the maximum value selected. This can be used to generate thumbnails for panoramic images and exceptionally tall, skinny images with less extreme aspect ratios than the originals, while still allowing more normal images to produce thumbnails in their original aspect ratios.
Min aspect ratio: The minimum aspect ratio for constrained thumbnails.
Max aspect ratio: The maximum aspect ratio for constrained thumbnails.
Copy originals: If selected, the original images are copied from their source locations to the output directory.
If none of these options is selected, the output consists solely of a directory skeleton that replicates the folder structure of the project.
Exclude unsupported objects: If selected, any unsupported objects in the image directory are excluded from all processing. This refers to PDF's, audio files, web pages, and so on - in short, anything that isn't an image or a video.
Write file metadata to xmp: If selected, the metadata embedded in an image file will be written to the xmp metadata fields. If, for example, your images have comments in the IPTC Caption field, and you have chosen IPTC Caption as the Comment source under Album » Settings » Advanced » Metadata, this option will write those comments to the xmp.dc:description[1] field of the image file. Unlike most changes, this actually applies to the image file that is sitting in the project's image directory, i.e., the input to the album process. If you also choose to have the skin produce slide images and/or to copy the originals to the output, and you have selected Include xmp metadata in generated images under Album » Settings » Advanced » Metadata, the output images will also contain this newly-written xmp metadata.

Thumbnail Watermark

Text: A watermark can be applied to the thumbnails (the jAlbum core settings provide this capability for slide images - see Album » Settings » Effects » Text). Enter the desired text here. The watermark text is parsed by the jAlbum engine, so jAlbum variables may be used. However, the filter doesn't recognize the newer "curly brace" style of variable. So, for example, the watermark text could be entered as This is $label, which would produce a watermark with the name of the image file without its file extension.
Font: Any font installed on the user's PC may be selected. Because the watermark is applied to the image during album creation, the font is not dependent upon the fonts installed on the site visitor's computer.
Size: The size of the watermark, in pixels.
Style: The style of the watermark (plain, bold, italic, or both bold and italic).
Location: The watermark may be placed left, center, or right, and top, center, or bottom.
Strength: The opacity of the watermark. A higher value produces a darker, more visible watermark.
Angle: The angle of the watermark. Zero degrees is horizontal, 90 degrees is vertical from top to bottom, 45 degrees is diagonal from upper left to lower right, -45 degrees is diagonal from lower left to upper right, and -90 degrees is vertical from bottom to top.

About

NoPages: The version number currently installed.
NoPages Release Notes: A link to the release notes.
NoPages User's Manual: A link to this user's manual.
NoPages Support Forum: A link to the jAlbum forum section for NoPages support.
NoPages License: A link to the NoPages licensing terms.
jAlbum Skin Page: A link to the jAlbum website page for this skin.

Info: HiDPI Thumbnails and Images

jAlbum provides an option to produce HiDPI thumbnails and/or HiDPI images, but there is, in fact, no such thing. A JPG is simply a JPG, with certain physical dimensions, expressed in pixels. What jAlbum does is double the image bounds you have chosen, but then tell the skin that the image is half the dimensions it actually is. If you choose image bounds of 800x600, for example, jAlbum produces an image that's 1600x1200 pixels, but it then reports its imageWidth and imageHeight variables as 800 and 600 pixels respectively. Most skins then show that 1600x1200 pixel image in an 800x600 pixel space, which produces a better display on a high-resolution display like a Retina display.

The NoPages skin, however, doesn't produce any web pages, so it never asks the jAlbum core how large the images are. Therefore, these settings are pointless in NoPages. If you want images that are twice the dimensions, simply double the thumbnail and/or image bounds in the main jAlbum settings.

NoPages License

You may use the software to create albums for personal or commercial sites. You may distribute copies of the software to others, but for any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this software. Selling the software is expressly prohibited. You may modify the software for your own use.

The copyright holder reserves the right to waive or to withdraw any of these terms on a case-by-case basis.

For personal use, the jAlbum application requires a Standard license. For commercial use, a Pro license is required. Visit the jAlbum site for further information.