Create+a+Contact+Sheet

=Contact Sheet=

Contact sheet are very useful tool to show the contents of a folder. Contact sheets let you easily preview and catalog groups of images by displaying a series of thumbnails on a single page. In Photoshop you can do that from the top menu: **File > Automate > Contact Sheet** A new window will open and you can choose which folder, add any subfolder contents; how many images per page; flatten the layers or not; add captions to the images and more.
 * ===** Key to Contact Sheet is to have all of your images in ONE folder. **===
 * ** Make sure to rename the files in the folder, because this process uses the names of the files as the caption. **



**Step One** Place all your images for your contact sheet(s) in a **single folder** on you hard drive. **Rename** all of your files so that they are the item of the Scavenger Hunt!
==**Remember that you have to save all of your files as jpeg **. __**All of the files you are going to use must be in one folder!** __==

** Step Two ** In Photoshop choose File > Automate > Contact sheet II.

 *  In the Contact Sheet II dialog box, specify the images to use by choosing one of the following from the Use menu in the Source Images area Folder Lets you click Browse. To specify the folder containing the images you want to use. Select Include All Sub-folders to include images inside any sub folders . It is a little easier if all of your photos you want to use are in one folder!
 * Step Three ** In the Source Images section, select Use Folder and click the Choose button to select the folder with your images.


 * Step Four **The document section sets the size of the print with your multiple proof images. The default setting is 8 inches x 10 inches. Resolution 150. I think it defaults to 300.

**Step Five** The thumbnails section allows you to set the number of proofs per page and the layout. **Enter the number of columns and rows that you want per contact sheet **.

**Step Seven** Once you are satisfied with your settings, click the OK button and your contact sheet is created. You will need to save the file after it has been created!
 * Step Six **The lower section enables you to display the image file-name next to each image.
 * **You will need to decide how many rows and colums you will need. If you have 10 images use a 4 x 3 or 3x4. 15 images use 5x3 or 3x 5. Make sure they will all fit.**
 * **You might want to take the check off sub folders so that you are only using the folder selected.**
 * **Remember to save the contact sheet!!**