Create a contact sheet – Adobe Photoshop CS3 User Manual

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Click Save.

In the Save dialog box, enter a name for the PDF presentation, select a destination for the saved file, and then click Save.

In the Save Adobe PDF dialog box, choose an Adobe PDF preset or specify save options for the PDF document.

Note: You cannot preserve Photoshop editing capabilities for PDF presentations. PDF presentations are saved as generic
PDF files (they do not include Photoshop-specific PDF features such as layers) and are rasterized when you reopen them
in Photoshop.

Click Save PDF. Photoshop closes the Save Adobe PDF dialog box and creates the PDF presentation.

“Save a file in Photoshop PDF format” on page 444

Create a contact sheet

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

A contact sheet

Do one of the following:

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(Photoshop) Choose File > Automate > Contact Sheet II.

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(Bridge) Select a folder of images or specific image files. From the Bridge menu, choose Tools > Photoshop >
Contact Sheet II. Unless you select specific images, the contact sheet will include all the images currently displayed
in Adobe Bridge. You can select a different image folder or select other currently open images after the Contact
Sheet II dialog box opens.

Note: Click to select an image in Bridge. Shift-click to select a series of images. Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Mac OS) to select noncontiguous images.

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:

Current Open Documents

Uses any image that is currently open in Photoshop.

Folder

Lets you click Browse (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS) to specify the folder containing the images you want

to use. Select Include All Subfolders to include images inside any subfolders.