Creating a Contact Sheet
Photoshop's Contact Sheet II provides you with a way to view multiple images in a contact sheet format. Traditional photographers used to create contact sheets in the darkroom by placing a group of negatives on a piece of light-sensitive photographic paper, laying a piece of glass over the top, and exposing the glass and negative paper sandwich to light. After processing, you had a contact sheet with thumbnails of your images. Now with Photoshop, you can create your contact sheet without the darkroom requirements.

Create a Contact Sheet
Create a folder, and then move in the images you want to create a contact sheet for into the folder.
Open Photoshop (it is not necessary to open a document).
Click the File menu, point to Automate , and then click Contact Sheet II .
Click the Use list arrow, and then select from the available Source Images options:
- Current Open Documents
- Folder
- File Browser
Click Choose , and then select the folder containing the images (available only if Folder is selected) for your source images.
Select the Include All Subfolders check box to add images from folders embedded into the original source folder.
Did You Know?
You can start the Contact Sheet II command from Bridge.
Select the images you want, click the Tools menu, point to Photoshop, and then click Contact Sheet II.Select from the Document options (these options determine the characteristics of the output document):
Units.
Click the list arrow, and then select a measurement system for the output paper document.
Width/Height.
Enter a width and height for the contact sheet.
Resolution.
Enter a resolution for the output document.
Mode.
Click the list arrow, and then select a color mode for the output document.
Flatten All Layers.
Select to create a contact sheet as a composite (flattened) image. Leave unchecked to place the images in a separate layer.
Select from the Thumbnail options:
Place.
Click the list arrow, and then select an option to determine whether the contact images run top-to-bottom or left-to-right.
Use Auto-Spacing.
Check to let Photoshop control the placing of the images on the page.
Columns/Rows.
Enter a value for rows and columns.
Rotate For Best Fit.
Check to let Photoshop rotate images for best placement on the page.
Select the Use Filename As Caption check box to use as the caption for the thumbnail, and then set the font type and size for the caption (recommended).
Click OK .
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