Hi Matt,
Quote:Will the program ever be able to integrate with Active Directory?
It already does. See
How To: Integrate Gallery Server Pro with Active DirectoryQuote:Will there be a download full album button?
This is frequently requested, and is on track for the 2.3 release (second half of 2009).
Your permissions scenario is definitely doable. I just recreated all five albums and users on my test bed to verify. It requires four roles: one for each user, plus one role that generically provides access to Album3. Then you create 3 users, assign each user to their role, and also add each user to the "View Album3" role.
However, only a user in the System Administrator role can create users and roles, so it is not yet possible to let your users be mini-administrators over their album. I am looking into this feature for the future, though.
If you have a small number of users, you can install a web application for each one and then give them complete control over their gallery.
Roger Martin
Lead Developer for Gallery Server Pro