PHOTOSHOP CS4 QuickSteps- P15

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PHOTOSHOP CS4 QuickSteps- P1511 NOTE If you’re upgrading from a previous version of Photoshop, the Contact Sheet Script12 To the disappointment of previous users of Photoshop, 2 is no longer on the File menu—contact sheets are now created in Adobe Bridge. many of the neat Scripts are being phased out by Adobe Systems, such as Picture Package printing. However, To create a contact sheet of some or all files in a hard disk folder: the script itself is still supported by CS4; if you don’t care 1. Launch Bridge. to work in Bridge, you can download and install scripts 2. Press CTRL/CMD+K (Edit | Preferences in all Adobe programs), then click Startup13 available from Adobe.com. Scripts on the list and put a check in the Adobe Bridge CS4 box. By default, Adobe has not enabled scripts, scripts drive contact sheets and other former Photoshop Script choices, and scripts can slow down Bridge performance. You may need to close and restart Bridge after clicking OK. 3. If Output isn’t on the Application bar, click the workspaces down arrow and choose Output. The Output panel is displayed. Use the scroll bar as needed to display all the options described in the following steps. 4. Navigate the Folders panel for the collection of images you want produced as a PDF contact sheet. Once the folder is opened, you can select only the images you want from the Content panel by CTRL/CMD+clicking their thumbnails; they’ll display in the Preview panel, and once they’re there, you can drag on thumbnails to arrange them. 5. In the Output panel (see Figure 12-7), click the PDF icon, and then choose your printer’s page size and orientation from the Document area. 6. Choose in the Layout area a layout that suits your needs. For example, if your contact sheet has eight images, in landscape orientation, choosing two rows of four columns will display nice large thumbnails; thumbnails don’t necessarily have to be thumbnail-sized! 7. Click Refresh Preview to see how your PDF file is coming along in the Output Preview panel. Do this often throughout the following steps. 8. In the Overlays area, choose a font, a color for the font, and whether you want the file extension printed below each thumbnail or not. If you uncheck both Filename and Extension, nothing will print. 9. You can make a slideshow out of a PDF document, whose recipient can enjoy auto- turning pages with Transition effects and durations for the show. Set up your Hollywood epic using the Playback options. 10. Protect your work from an unintended recipient copying your ph ...