[breakmyfootoff]

Putting a period in front of the folder name does indeed hide it from the phone. Any pics in the folder will not show up in the gallery nor will they show in the pics menu when you are selecting a wallpaper. They will still show up in astro file manager unless you go into the astro options and unselect the option to show hidden folders. There is also an app called "hide it" that will password protect certain files.