Place gallery outside the_content()

Update: I was able to remove the gallery from the_content by adding this to my functions.php file:

remove_filter( 'the_content', 'easy_image_gallery_append_to_content' );

However – I’ve added this to my template loop and it is not showing up on the page. How can I get this to work?

<div class="portfolio-gallery">if(function_exists( 'easy_image_gallery' ) ) { echo easy_image_gallery();}</div>

Update: I was putting the template tag in the wrong spot. Fixed that and it works now.

`<div class=”portfolio-gallery”>
<?php if(function_exists( ‘easy_image_gallery’ ) ) { echo easy_image_gallery();} ?>
</div>`

There’s the code I used to place it in it’s own section in the template.