Install a plug-in to make contact sheets in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
Contact sheets allow you to proof a group of images before you order professional prints or print out favorites. A Contact Sheet plug-in is required to create contact sheets in Adobe Photoshop CS5 because Adobe moved this technology to Adobe Bridge which contains Adobe's updated contact sheet features. If you do not own a copy of Adobe Bridge -- you must install and use the plug-in to create your contact sheets in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
Instructions
1. Download and install the Contact Sheet plug-in from Adobe's "Photoshop CS5 Optional Plugins" page. A utility such as WinZip should unzip this ZIP file contents. Your system must have Adobe Photoshop CS5 software installed for this installation to be successful.
2. Launch Adobe Photoshop CS5, select "File" and "Automate," then choose "Contact Sheet II." When the Contact Sheet II dialog box appears define the source of the contact sheet's images. Your choices include "Current Open Documents" and "Folder." If you choose "Folder," click "Browse" to select the folder that contains the images that need to appear on a contact sheet.
3. Specify the settings for a contact sheet in the Document area and define the contact sheet's dimensions as well as its color mode. Select "Flatten All Layers" to create a contact sheet that consists of a single layer.
4. Establish the contact sheet's layout in the Thumbnails area. Choose a contact sheet arrangement in the Place section and set the number of columns and rows required for all of your images to appear on one contact sheet. Enable "Use Auto-Spacing" if you want Photoshop CS5 to automatically space the images for you. Then, choose "Rotate For Best" to maximize the space on the contact sheet.
5. Click "Use Filename As Caption" so that each contact sheet image features its corresponding file name. Click "OK" to create the contact sheet.
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