Get a random photo from all albums in a folder?

bartman01

Is there any way to get a random picture from all albums in a folder? I have a folder with all family events in it, and each event is a separate album. I would like to display a couple of random photos from any of the albums in that folder but the only information I can find on pulling a random image is by individual album.

Thanks.

denisegoldberg

bartman01 wrote: »

Is there any way to get a random picture from all albums in a folder? I have a folder with all family events in it, and each event is a separate album. I would like to display a couple of random photos from any of the albums in that folder but the only information I can find on pulling a random image is by individual album.

The only way I'm aware of to generate a random photo is by using the code in the thread Random photo from gallery. That will pull a random photo from a single gallery.

If you want to pull a random photo using more than one gallery as source you should be able to create a smart gallery that includes photos from multiple galleries, then use the random photo code against the smart gallery.

--- Denise

bartman01

denisegoldberg wrote: »

If you want to pull a random photo using more than one gallery as source you should be able to create a smart gallery that includes photos from multiple galleries, then use the random photo code against the smart gallery.

Thanks. A little extra work to maintain the smart gallery as I add new albums but that should work.

bartman01

Quickly ran in to an issue using smart galleries, there is a limit of 5 rules and you can only select one gallery at a time. No way to make a smart gallery that only includes those files using the gallery based rules.

zbreeze

You could add a keyword to each picture you want to include in the folder and use a smart gallery -- but then you run into the limit of the maximum pictures in a smart gallery (1000).