Thumbnail software

[mark hansen]

I am getting ready to dump about 20 gigs of pictures to CDs for back ups and get them off the hard drive. it would be great if I could a 4.75 X 4.75 piece of photo paper (roughly the size of a CD) with thumbnail pictures of most of the pictures on the CD this will allow us to see what is on the CD.

I don't suppose there is software out there that can to that easier than using photo shop and resizing pictures and lining them up? I guess it could be photo shop plug in too...

Anybody have any ideas? Has anybody done this before?

Mark

[Chuck Engels]

You can print multiple pictures to a single sheet in Photoshop Elements, just like a demo sheet or whatever it is called.
This would be best in the Photoshop Elements forum so I am going to move it there.
Hopefully someone can clearly explain the steps to do what you are asking, I know it can be done but can't explain it in detail at the moment.

[RJ Johnston]

In Photoshop CS2, and probably other versions, it's called Contact Sheet II. File > Automate > Contact Sheet II.

The dialog that pops up is easy enough to understand.

[Cinde]

Shutterbug has a tut : "This cover will literally show you what’s inside on the disc–by creating a mini Contact Sheet of thumbnail sized prints of all your photos on that CD or DVD. You can do it with Adobe Photoshop 5.5, 6, and 7 as well as Elements."

http://shutterbug.com/techniques/digital_darkroom/0403edp_archiving/

I use Roxio Label Creator (bundled with Roxio Easy Media Creator Suite 9) which has an option to auto create thumbnails. The suite came pre-installed on my computer and the Label Creator is the only thing from the suite that I currently use.

[mark hansen]

That's GREAT!!!,,, thanks for this information. I use Photo shop 7 and didn't know I could do this. Its even better because I didn't have to spend any money. I like it because it adjustable

Thanks for the tip!!!

[Peru]

You can even do it in word by doing an Alt-Print Screen of the thumnail view of a window of a folder of images (make sure it is square). Paste into Word. Right click, format picture, size, and then choose 4.75" by 4.75". I have a piece of plexiglass cut to the exact size of a cd case insert. I use it as a template and cut with an Xacto knife. (I really have to learn to use Photoshop Elements My wife is the Photoshop user.)

[Cinde]

A few weeks ago in the post "PSD Thumbnails, not seeing" Ron pointed me to a free thumbnail viewer called Irfanview http://muvipix.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1711#p13315

I was working with it tonight and found that not only does it let me view the psd thumbnails, it will also print a contact sheet.

For printing purposes 4.75"= 356 pixels.

I am SOOOO happy!!! Maybe this will help you also.

[Steve Grisetti]

And has no one mentioned the Contact Sheet option in the Photoshop Elements Organizer?

Just select all the photos you want to include and go to File/Print. The option screen will give you the option to Select Type of Print from the dropdown menu.