Roadrash,
Thank you for all your help. I'll end up using this on my photo portfolio site, but my client is not as tech savoy as me and we've decided to dump using the HS in-window viewer. I wish it was simpler for an an above average consumer to add images and galleries, but its just not. We will still be using the JS effect on clicked images, but not horizontal scroll bar.
I'm sure I'll hit you up later this year when I'm re-developing my site or at least use what we've gone though to sort out my site.
Thanks again
RRG