# User manual

This is the main reference for JAlbum. If you haven't yet created an album, look at the Quick start first, cause using JAlbum is pretty straight forward.

## The user interface

The user interface is based on a window with a fields and buttons divided into tabs for each section. Follow the links below to get detailed information.

| The Main section This is the central section of JAlbum. Here you can select image directory, output directory, common album settings and control album generation.
| The Edit section This section allows you to select and arrange images visually by using drag and drop. You can edit comments, rotate images and run slide shows off your local hard disk.
| The Publish section Publish your album to a server in a snap with this integrated FTP/SFTP client. This section also provides a wizard to help you sign up with a web hosting account if you don't already have one.
| The Advanced section Need more detailed control or adjust the language and look of JAlbum? This section is divided into four sections. "Main", "Naming", "User variables" and "Preferences"
| The Skin section (optional) Album appearance can be highly customized through use of skins (HTML template files, style sheets, customized icons etc). Some skins have their own control panel which show here
| The menus The pull down menus are described here

## Miscellaneous

| Console mode JAlbum runs in console mode too (shell window). This allows for easy automation repeating album generation tasks through batch files etc.
| Image filters JAlbum supports pluggable image filters to enhance images during album generation, adding watermarking, logos etc.
| JAlbum Tools JAlbum Tools are extensions to the functionality of JAlbum. They can be launched from the Tools menu or from the command line