Creating a Contact Sheet

 

What is a contact sheet? 

A contact sheet is similar to a negative but in positive colors. It contains thumbnail images of all the photos and file names from a shoot. Contact Sheets are a very useful way to look at and share your work. They are the best way to show the thought process behind an image and the steps the photographer took to get to the final composition.


  1.  Do either of the following:

  • (In Photoshop) Choose File > Automate > Contact Sheet II.
  • (Bridge) Select a folder of images or specific image files. From the Bridge menu, choose Tools > Photoshop > Contact Sheet II. Unless you select specific images, the contact sheet will include all the images currently displayed in Adobe Bridge. You can select different images after the Contact Sheet II dialog box opens.

    2. In the Contact Sheet II dialog box, specify the images to include by choosing an option from the Use menu.

    3. In the Document area, specify the dimensions 8x10 for the contact sheet. 
Select Flatten All Layers to create a contact sheet with all images and text on a single layer. 

(Optional) Deselect Flatten All Layers to create a contact sheet in which each image is on a separate layer and each caption is on a separate text layer.

4. In the Thumbnails area, specify layout options for the thumbnail previews. 

  • For Place, choose whether to arrange thumbnails across first (from left to right, then top to bottom)
  • Enter the number of columns and rows that you want per contact sheet. (4 Columns 6 Row)
  • Select Use Auto-Spacing to let Photoshop automatically space the thumbnails in the contact sheet. If you deselect Use Auto-Spacing, you can specify the vertical and horizontal space around the thumbnails.
  • (Do Not ) Select Rotate For Best Fit to rotate the images, regardless of their orientation, so they fit efficiently on a contact sheet. 
5. Select Use Filename As Caption to label the thumbnails using their source image filenames. Use the menu to specify a caption font and font size.

6. Click OK.
7. Save as .jpeg or PDF
8. Unselect Preserve Photoshop layers 

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