Free Gallery Management - Image Hosting - Photo Sharing

A Singular Creation provides a free online venue to showcase your art and photography. There are absolutely no fees ever. You can create and manage your very own gallery with unlimited albums, or use it as a space to host your images and share your photos with unlimited uploads. View the gallery here.

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Image of number 1 Register Online
In order to participate, you must register at our community forums. Here is the link to register.
Image of number 2 Log In To Gallery
Once you have successfully registered, you can log into the gallery here.
Image of number 3 Create New Album
The first step in creating your gallery is to create albums in which to place your images. You can create as many albums as you wish.
Start by clicking the link that says: "Create / order my albums" (click for demo)
Next, create your new album by clicking "New" (click for demo)
Finally, name your new album and apply changes (click for demo)
Image of number 4 Modify Album
Once your album(s) is created, you will then be able to modify your album by changing the album title, adding a description and keywords and setting the album permissions. You can even make the album password protected if you want.
Start by clicking the link that says: "Modify my albums" (click for demo)
Now you can update your album (click for demo)
Image of number 5 Upload Images
You are now ready to start uploading your images.
Start by clicking the link that says: "UPLOAD FILE" (click for demo)
Next, browse your computer for files, or type in the url (click for demo)
Then, select the album that you want to place the image. Make sure that you select one of your "Personal albums" and not one of the public albums or it will not be included in your gallery (click for demo)
Finally, add whatever information about each image that you wish, such as: title, description, keywords, medium, size and price (click for demo)

Other Important Things To Know


Image of number 4 How To Find Your Images
There are several places to look if you want to find your images, depending if you created a personal gallery or just upload your images to the public albums. The best place to go is your control panel, because you can get to all of your images.
Log on to the forums here.
Once there, click the link up top that says "CONTROL PANEL".
That will take you to your control panel. On the left side, you will see a link that says "View My Profile" (click for demo).
On the right side of your profile page, you will see buttons called "Gallery" and "Images" (click for demo). They will only be visible if you uploaded images to the gallery. The "Gallery" button will take you to your personal gallery, if you created albums. The "Images" button will take you to the all of the images that you uploaded to the gallery. So if you only uploaded images to the public albums, they will be found there.
Image of number 1 Difference Between Your Personal Albums and The Public Albums
When creating your personal albums, you maintain total control over them. You can change the properties of your albums. You can also set the permissions. The public albums are those that we have already created. All registered users can upload images to one of the public albums. However, users can not modify the public album properties. Also, images that you place in the public albums will not appear in your personal gallery unless you place them there as well.
Image of number 1 How To Upload Your Images To One Of The Public Albums
Uploading images to one of the public albums is no different than uploading images to one of your personal albums. Follow the directions from step 1, 2 and 3 directly above. Then skip to Step 6 - Upload File, but instead of choosing your personal album, choose any of the others.
Image of number 1 How To Enter The Art Showdown
Uploading images to the art showdown album is no different than uploading images to one of the public albums or your personal albums. Follow the directions from step 1, 2 and 3 directly above. Then skip to Step 6 - Upload File, but instead of choosing a public or your personal album, choose the art showdown album.
Image of number 2 How To Upload Your Images To More Than One Album
There are two ways that you can upload and image to more than one album.

The first way is by uploading your image to each album separately. So if you want your image to be displayed in your personal gallery and one of the public albums, you would upload it and place it in your personal gallery. You would then repeat the process and place it in the other album of your choice.

The second way takes a bit less time, but is a bit more complicated. You can upload your images to your personal album and then link them to one of the other albums using keywords or keyword phrases. To learn how to do this, click the link below that says: How to use keywords effectively to link your images to other albums.
Image of number 3 How To Use Keywords Effectively To Link Your Images To Other Albums
Each one of the public albums has one keyword phrase associated with it. Type the phrase, associated with the album you want to place your image, in the keyword field (click for demo). If you do this correctly, your image will only have to be uploaded one time. It will be stored in the album that you choose, but it will be displayed in all of the albums in which you added a keyword phrase. Below is a list of the keyword phrases associated with each of the public albums.
Paintings
paintings-portrait
paintings-nature
paintings-still
paintings-floral
paintings-abstract
paintings-fantasy
paintings-impress
paintings-other

Photography
photo-nature
photo-people
photo-animal
photo-architect
photo-baw
photo-nude
photo-other

Digital
digital-abstract
digital-illustration
digital-fantasy
digital-nature
digital-portrait
digital-animal
digital-other

Drawings
drawings-portrait
drawings-cartoon
drawings-nature
drawings-other

Sculpture
sculpture-stone
sculpture-clay
sculpture-wood
sculpture-metal
sculpture-jewelry
sculpture-glass
sculpture-other
Image of number 3 How To Edit Your Images Or Change Albums
You can edit any of your images by clicking the thumbnail of the image. There you will see links under your image to be able to edit or delete (click for demo). Once you click the link to edit file information, you will then be able to edit things such as: the album the image is in, the title, description and other details about the image.

If you want to edit multiple images at once that belong in one of your personal albums, simply click the link at the top of the page that says "MY GALLERY". Once there, you will see a thumbnail view of your albums. Click the link next to one of your albums that says "EDIT FILES" (click for demo). There you will be able to view all of your images and information at one time, while being able make changes.

We hope this page helps you understand how to effectively use the community gallery. If there are any issues that you do not understand or anything you think we may have left out, please contact Joe Barrouk at singular@asingularcreation.com.

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