To protect images, you need a flash poto album.
•If you need animations and a slide show, use Adobe Lightroom or the freeware tool from Airtight (Simple Viewer, PostCardViewer, AutoViewer)
•To just click image by image use the SWF Generator Slide Show
•For Foto Albums with multiple designs and professional effects use A4Desk Flash Foto Gallery Builder
The most flexible option is to create a slide show, save it as a video and use the video protection.
See also
Other Photo Albums
Include Photo Album in Project
How to edit an XML file