All my folders are password protected.  Diffrent passwords.  What I would like to do is create a collection, that could contain photos from all different folders.  And having one permissions system for all in the collection.

Right now persmissions within a colection are managed by the original location of the photos.  I think I should be able to have a collection then reset the permissions or password for all photos accessed through that collection. 

That way I could share a collection of different clients work, without providing multiple (folder accessing) passwords to have to view them.

I second this suggestion. I'm specifically visiting the forums to see if there is a workaround to this issue.

I upload client photos and provide a password. It'd be valuable feature to allow us to create a collection from these password protected galleries and have them inherit the permissions of the collection, not their host gallery. It seems inefficient to both the user and Zenfolio's servers to upload the photo again.

Is there another way to accomplish this goal without uploading a separate instance of the image?

Here's an example: http://thinkincolorphotography.com/p588971701