4 Select an option for generating thumbnails, and click OK.

Preview icons appear on the desktop and in file lists (when the view is set to Large Icons).

Creating multiple-image layouts (Photoshop)

You can export multiple images automatically as contact sheets and picture packages using Automate commands.

Creating contact sheets

By displaying a series of thumbnail previews on a single page, contact sheets let you easily preview and catalog groups of images.You can automatically create and place thumbnails on a page using the Contact Sheet II command.

To create a contact sheet:

1Choose File > Automate > Contact Sheet II.

2Under Source Folder, click Choose (Mac OS) or Browse (Windows) to specify the folder containing the images you want to use. Select Include All Subfolders to include images inside any subfolders.

3Under Document, specify the dimensions, resolution, and color mode for the contact sheet. Select Flatten All Layers to create a contact sheet with all images and text on a single layer. Deselect Flatten All Layers to create a contact sheet where each image is on a separate layer and each caption is on a separate text layer.

4Under Thumbnails, specify layout options for the thumbnail previews, and click OK.

•For Place, choose whether to arrange thumbnails across first (from left to right, then top to bottom) or down first (from top to bottom, then left to right).

•Enter the number of columns and rows that you want per contact sheet. The maximum dimensions for each thumbnail are displayed to the right, along with a visual preview of the specified layout.

•Select Use Filename As Caption to label the thumbnails using their source image filenames. Use the menu to specify a caption font.

Creating picture packages

With the Picture Package command, you can place multiple copies of a source image on a single page, similar to the photo packages traditionally sold by portrait studios. You can choose from a variety of size and placement options to customize your package layout.

Example of a picture package layout

To create a picture package from a single image:

1Choose File > Automate > Picture Package.

2Specify the Source: Frontmost Document to use the currently active image, File to browse to a saved image, or Folder to browse to a folder containing multiple image files. (Select Include All Subfolders to include images inside any subfolders.)

3Under Document, select page size, layout, resolution, and color mode for the picture package. (A thumbnail of the selected layout is displayed on the right side of the dialog box.)

Select Flatten All Layers to create a picture package with all images and text on a single layer. Deselect Flatten All Layers to create a picture package where each image is on a separate layer and each caption is on a separate text layer.

4Under Label, select the source for label text from the Content menu (or choose None). Specify font, font attributes, and position for the labels.

5Click OK.

Customizing picture package layouts

You can customize existing layouts or create new layouts using a text-editing application. The layout options in the Picture Package dialog box are determined by text files that are stored in the Layouts folder (inside the Presets folder).

For example, the following text describes a layout with two 5 x 7 images:

I 8 10

(2) 5x7

0.5 0 7 5

0.5 5 7 5

First line Defines the unit of measurement and the document size.

Second line Contains the name of the layout as it appears in the Picture Package dialog box.

Subsequent lines Define the position and dimensions of each image in the layout.

To customize a new picture package layout:

1In a text-editing application, create a new file, or open an existing file in the Layouts folder (inside the Presets folder).

2In the first line of the file, enter the following elements (separated by a space):

•A letter for the unit of measurement: i or I (for inches), p or P (for pixels), c or C (for centimeters). All numbers in the file use the specified unit.

•The width of the document.

•The height of the document.

Note: The width and height of the document should not exceed the printable area of the paper. For example, if you plan to print on 11 x 17 paper, specify 10 x 16 as the document size.

3 In the second line of the file, enter the name of the layout as you want it to appear in the Picture Package dialog box. You can enter up to 75 characters.