Rounding Up the Top 10 jQuery Lightbox Scripts

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Everyone loves lightbox javascript effects, since the original Lightbox script there has been countless clones generated for all the popular Javascript libraries. This collection rounds up the top ten Lightbox scripts for jQuery in particular, so remember to keep it bookmarked for your next design project!

jQuery Lightbox Plugin

Supported Media: Images

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5 Fantastic Free Tools to Showcase Your Portfolio

admin    Photos     flash, free, opensource, photo gallery, Plugin, tool

但凡看到有关图片秀的工具，都会多看两眼，虽然这样的工具真的很多。打算尝试一下SimpleViewer的方法，给自己的BLOG填上些图片什么的。

Original article from mashable.com.

Whether you’re an artist, designer, or photographer, your web portfolio is your calling card and your showroom. While the work should speak for itself, presentation is important. Modern style and clean functionality can be a great selling point.

If you’re looking for an alternative to hand-coding or DreamWeaving your ultimate gallery, check out these five great tools that should make maintenance a bit easier, and give you a stylistic leg-up on the competition.

1. SimpleViewer

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GrowShow: a time lapse imaging tool

admin    Tools     online service, photo gallery, tool

Original article from makeuseof.com.

挑选一些孩子从出生到现在的成长照片，上传到这个网站，网站会自动按照时间顺序排列照片，制作成slideshow，并配上背景音乐自动播放。你就可以再慢慢品味一番孩子的成长了！

Everybody has tons of pictures for their kids starting right from their birth. GrowShow is a time lapse imaging tool that lets you organize those pictures into a chronological order without any extra effort. Simply upload the pictures to GrowShow and they will automatically be sequenced.

GrowShow also automatically calculates the date of the image from the metadata and calculates your child’s age based on the date of birth. You can also choose the music and customize the settings for your GrowShow. Once you create your GrowShow, you can order it in print (for some extra cost) along with various types of frames such as square, standard or special time-lapsing frame that displays the growth of your child through pictures. read more

jQuery lightbox，完美实现浮层图片秀

admin    Plugin     howto, photo gallery, Plugin, 图片播放

这款jQuery插件是由Leandro Vieira Pinho开发，能完美实现浮层图片的幻灯播放功能，就象上图演示的那样。

官方下载（v0.5）：http://leandrovieira.com

该插件效果好，而且使用起来非常简单。

首先，将以下代码复制到头文件中——

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.lightbox-0.5.js">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/jquery.lightbox-0.5.css" media="screen" />

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
	// 可以按自己需要，选择以下一种方式
	$('a[@rel*=lightbox]').lightBox(); // 举例1）对于所有链接属性ref="lightbox"的图片，执行该插件功能

	// 或者...
	$('#gallery a').lightBox(); // 举例2）对于所有属于对象gallery的图片，执行该插件功能

	// 或者...
	$('a.lightbox').lightBox(); // 举例3）对于所有链接类型class="lightbox"的图片，执行该插件功能

	// 或者...
	$('a').lightBox(); // 4）对于所有链接，执行该插件功能
	// ... 还可以有很多种方式，基于以上范例你可以自己去定义。
});
</script>

之后，我们就可以在需要执行的地方写一句链接语句就可以了。
以上面的3）为例，我们可以在文章编辑器里或其它需要演示图片的地方写下如下代码——

<a class="lightbox" href="image1.jpg"><img src="thumb_image1.jpg" alt="" width="72" height="72" />

注意，在链接描述里，不要漏了 class="lightbox"。

自己试一下吧，真的很简单！

How to create a pure CSS polaroid photo gallery

admin    CSS, Photos     css3, howto, photo gallery

Magical things can be done by combining various CSS properties, especially when some of the new CSS3 tricks are thrown into the mix. Let’s take a look at building a cool looking stack of Polaroid photos with pure CSS styling.

Check out the demo to see what we’ll be building. Remember, because we’ll be using a couple of CSS3 properties, users with IE won’t see the complete effect, but fully supporting browsers such as Firefox and Safari will be treated to the whole experience. We’ll use basic CSS to style up the photos into a Polaroid style images, then inject some additional styling with shadows and rotation, then use the z-index property to alter the stacking order of all the objects.

Click here to read more details.