PHOTOSHOP CS4 QuickSteps- P15: QuickSteps books are recipe books for computer users. They answer the question “How do I.?” by providing quick sets of steps to accomplish the most common tasks in a particular program. The sets of steps are the central focus of the book. QuickSteps sidebars show you how to quickly do many small functions or tasks that support the primary functions. Notes, Tips, and Cautions augment the steps, yet they are presented in such a manner as to not interrupt the fl ow of the steps | 13 11 NOTE To the disappointment of previous users of Photoshop many of the neat Scripts are being phased out by Adobe Systems such as Picture Package printing. However the script itself is still supported by CS4 if you don t care to work in Bridge you can download and install scripts available from . ------------------------------------------------------ Figure 12-7 Create a contact sheet or several directly within Adobe Bridge. If you re upgrading from a previous version of Photoshop the Contact Sheet Script is no longer on the File menu contact sheets are now created in Adobe Bridge. To create a contact sheet of some or all files in a hard disk folder 1. Launch Bridge. 2. Press CTRL CMD K Edit Preferences in all Adobe programs then click Startup 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 .
