SlideShowPro Director is a server-side media management and publishing system. The application is installed on your own web server (see requirements), or subscribed to with us. Using Director you can upload, sort, and organize photos and videos, then display web-optimized versions of your uploaded content on your web site using Director's slideshow publishing for desktops and mobile devices. You can also load Director content in any of our SlideShowPro player products and through a public API for additional presentation options.
Director runs in your web browser. This allows you to delete, edit, or add to your Director library any time and from any place. You can also share your installation with other users by setting up additional accounts with varying levels of administrative / editorial control.
Whenever photos are requested from Director by one of our players (or through the API), Director publishes first generation copies of your uploaded content, then caches the creations for faster delivery. This gives your slideshow and photo galleries first generation, beautiful, sharp photos every time without you having to lift a finger. With Director operating behind the scenes, you can concentrate on building/styling your slideshow — not creating photos. Director gives you the freedom to change your layout, design, or create additional slideshows of varying sizes, and it will dutifully meet all your content needs.
After embedding a slideshow on your site, updating its content couldn't be easier. Simply edit the Director album or gallery it's loading and your changes will automatically filter down to any outside slideshows. You can upload new content through a web browser or with free export plugins for Lightroom and Aperture.
Those are the basics of how SlideShowPro Director works. Next we'll cover how your content is organized with Albums.