Contact Sheet Creation: Super Fast!

With regards to my previous post:
Wow!
I just created/saved a contact sheet to PDF using Draft mode.
Lightspeed!
Sweet! Im starting to like this application.... : )
Took about 20 seconds to do what would have taken 15 minutes in non draft mode.
Excellent.
I retract my original complaint.
And the quality looks very good.

I just ran through a dry-run of a set of sheets for a project my SO and I are working on. Being able to print to PDF and send her the document via email is really, really sweet.
By the time I actually take the files in to my service we should have most of the question marks sorted.

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Contact Sheet Creation: Super slow!

Im making a contact sheet that's 16 pgs long.
It's taking a half an hour to save it as a PDF.
Unacceptable!
Is this as good as it gets?

Ok, Im using a dual processor G5, OSX, over a super fast network.
Shots are RAW from a Canon 5D. 12.3 megapixel.
Contact sheet is 9 up on a page.
Im telling LR to sharpen the page image when it creates the page.
And Im saving the page to a PDF in the print dialog menu.
My PDF was actually 24 pages.
Took forEVER!
Makes me have serious dobts about using this app in a professional capacity.
The fact that LR doesnt natively have a function to save out to a contact sheet is retarded.
(As opposed to only printing it out. What good is a contact sheet if you cant save it?)

Adobe Bridge CS5, error when creating contact sheet "There is insufficient disk space..."

I am running Bridge CS5 for the first time and I receive this error when attempting to create a contact sheet. "There is insufficient disk space to complete this operation." The image files I am using are web optimized and very small. The error even occurs when attempting one small image. I have gone back to using Bridge CS4 and it works just fine. Any help?
Thanks!

I think I narrowed this down to having a network volume mounted with a share name of "Users". The strange thing is even you if unmount the volume you will still have problems. However, if you avoid mounting the volume entirely (from boot) it will be OK.
The solution, it appears, is to rename the sharepoint to something other than "Users". This worked for us. I'm not sure if it matters whether the server is Windows or Mac OS. In our case the sharepoint was an AFP volume on Mac OS.
We had other errors related to Bridge such as "unable to create folder" and the path in the message appeared to be /Users/currentUser/..... which made no sense at all. However, if Bridge was internally trying to use /Volumes/Users (the mounted sharepoint), it would not only not find "currentUser", but it would not have permissions to create that folder either.
So, another possible solution could be to grant file creation rights on the network volume "Users". Another not-so-great idea.
Hope that helps someone else!

Adobe Bridge and respectable contact sheet

Hi!
How is it that such a set of tools CC does not have a program to easily create a contact sheet of the photos or an entire directory tree with k-art?
I'm working on OS X, probably because at the Bridge program since its creation looked like "prosthesis" for Widnows Explorer. (Sorry, I'm sure I do not want to offend anyone).
CC version is completely left requiring a separate installation so. module with the mysterious name "Adobe Output Module". http://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/kb/install-output-module-bridge-cc.html
but In OS X 10.8.5 has not stopped working!?
On the PC for more than ten years is a fantastic app. Thumbs Plus (unfortunately not for OS X), but it looks like Adobe Bridge that had no patterns.
Do contact sheets from mix material or image are no longer necessary tool in professional graphics work?
I do not understand. I will be grateful for suggestions because I think something missed.
Best Regards!

Thank you for your response.
No, AOM in Bridge does not work.
Finding how to create contac sheets by CC took me some time. I discovered the "trick" of AOM.!? The result disappointed me, It's does not work on my system.
I'm supposed to CC but I wander in this task as a child in the fog. Adobe Help for this simple task of working with graphics seems quite murky.
I would like to learn how to use Adobe to create contact sheet because I do not understand.
Best Regards!

Contact Sheet with no extensions

I am producing a graduation edition with hundreds of senior photos. All the photos are cropped the same size, grayscaled and named alphabetically. I would like to produce a contact sheet because it puts the names underneath the photo but it also includes the file extension. Using this method is much faster than placing individual photos on the page and re-typing names. I am using PhotoShop CS3. Is there a way to make this work?

Unziping the CSX-1_3.zip file produces two first-level folders: csx and csx-1_3. In the csx folder look for a README.txt file that gives manual installation instructions. This might work for you instead of running the InstallCSX script. (I installed my csx last year and have forgotten if I used the script or manual installation.)
The manual install procedure also is in the CSX.pdf documentation file in the csx directory plus more info on files in the package.

Contact sheets in Bridge CS5

I can't find how to make a contact sheet from Bridge 5. I did find something that creates a pdf but it's no where near as good and fast as the way to do it in Bridge 3. I used to be able to select 'make contact sheet' through the Tools menu - photoshop

I use Win 7 64 BIT
I make pdf output in Bridge CS5 but not work.
I downloaded optional filters and I tried in to read me files path but it doesn't work.
Now I find a new path and put in the "bridge Startup Scripts" file there. They working perfectly.
The path is the bottom:
... /Program Files(x86)/Common Files/Adobe/Bridge CS5 Exkensions/Adobe Output Module/Resources/Scripts
Copy all files and folders "PSCS5OptionalPlugins_Win_en_US/Bridge Sturtup Scripts" paste in to this folder at the path
... /Program Files(x86)/Common Files/Adobe/Bridge CS5 Exkensions/Adobe Output Module/Resources/Scripts
enjoy ....

Change Script Contact Sheet II - Alterar Script Contact Sheet II

English:
Hello.
I have a problem in making the contact sheet II, I need you when the contact sheet II finishes to make a page he take action to save and close the file, I have this problem because I work with lots of contact sheet, as it is possible that the service would be faster.
If someone can help me please send an email to: [email protected], or answer right here
sorry for English, I am Brazilian
Thankful For Attention.
Brazil:
Olá.
Estou com um problema em fazer o contact sheet II, preciso que quando o contact sheet II termine de fazer uma pagina ele execute uma ação para que salve e feche o arquivo, tenho esse problema pelo fato que trabalho com grande quantidade de contact sheet, como isso seja possivel faria com que o serviço fosce mais rapido.
Caso alguem possa me ajudar pode mandar um email para: [email protected] , ou responder aqui mesmo
Grato Pela Atenção...

You have three options:
1 - c.pfaffenbichler's    idea of saving all open files after running CSII
2 - Use Contact Sheet X. It has a lot of options for saving sheets: ps-scripts - Browse /ContactSheetX/v2.1 at SourceForge.net
     CSX, for the most part, has a lot more features than CSII. Also, I wrote both so I speak from experience.
3 - Modify CSII to save the sheets. There is legacy code from CSX in CSII for saving files. It should work if you make the following changes:
     a. change the line
          self.saveSheet = false;
     to
          self.saveSheet = true;
     b. change   self.outputFolder to the folder where you want the sheet to be saved.
     c. in the method ContactSheetII.prototype.saveDocument comment out or delete this line:
         Error.rutimeError(9500, ZStrings.UnknownInternalError);
     This function will also require other mods (e.g. getSaveOpts is not defined and should be replaced with code to create save options
     for whatever file type you want to save your sheets as).
If you're not a scripter, options 1 or 2 are probably your best choices.

Contact Sheet II Caption Incorrectly Sized

I've used the Contact Sheet plugin in PS for years to generate contact sheets and never had any problems. However, starting just last week the captions (the image filenames in my case) are generated far too small. No matter what I make the font size in the settings the captions stay tiny. Has anyone else encountered this?

Hi Gianni,
I haven't had that problem I'm afraid. I installed the CS X2.1 and set up the templates (I set the output resolution to 402 for my printing company) and ran it and it worked perfectly for me. The default resolution is 72 - have you changed that for your own value?
Whilst I was waiting for a fix for this issue I set up a template in the Print module in Lightroom and I find it is much faster and easier to generate contact sheets that way. Let me know if you want any info

Why did Adobe get rid of making nice neat PDF contact sheets directly in Bridge??

I know there is an output module, but it is not really any help! It still uses photoshop to create multiple seperate PSD files and takes forever! It is VERY important at my job to make contact sheets, we need them to go through hundreds of pictures. Why can't you just bring back making it straight in Bridge? It was so much faster and convenient. I cannot afford to wait while Photoshop generates 50 pages of 8 thumbnails for me as it ties up my computer, not to mention the steps to convert those files into one nice pdf. It is incredibly frustrating! Just makes no sense Adobe would do this??

I know there is an output module, but it is not really any help! It still uses photoshop to create multiple seperate PSD files and takes forever!
Not sure I understand your problem but I guess you have Bridge CC and now you don't have the option to use the Adobe Output Module? The output module you are talking about is the old contact sheet script that indeed produces loose sheets (PSD, but also jpeg) and can take a while depending on your settings.
But you still have the option to install the Output Module for Bridge CC again, but you have to do it yourself, it can be downloaded via this link but you should first read the instructions carefully because it needs some attention. With the Output module you can use Bridge again to create PDF documents with many pages and custom lay out.:
http://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/kb/install-output-module-bridge-cc.html

Bridge to InDesign Contact Sheet - Define Caption Code for name?

Hello,
Another beginners question, but I promise after this I'm done:
I'm using a script written for Bridge CS4 to create contact sheets in InDesign v 5.03.
When the dialog window opens in Bridge to set the parameters for outputting the contact sheet, one of the option is to give the items on the contact sheet a caption - for this it offers some suggested codes.
To add the filename as the caption, the code is <var filename>. This gives me the file name plus extension i.e. image1.jpg.
Creation date is another, code is: <var cdate[YYMMDD]>
I would like the caption to just be the filename without the .jpg extension, i.e. image1
Does anyone know what the code would be to give the script the instruction to leave off the extension, please?
Many thanks in advance.

Oh, you're my hero, Bob!!
I didn't know about Find/Replace - told you I was a novice.
What you've taught me today will save me soooooooo much time!
Cheers!
Yvonne

Eps file quality in Bridge contact sheet

Hi all
Im trying to make a contact sheet of eps files in Bridge, but the quality of the eps' in the final contact sheets are terrible. It doesnt appear to be a dpi issue, more that it appears Bridge is some how using a proxy image instead of the original files to produce the pdf contact sheet. The images look like Quark when the image is missing, jagged and nasty etc.
I have played around with the settings in Bridge as much as it will let me, quality as high as it will go etc. but it doesnt give me the usual pdf creation dialogue box. Do i need to change the settings of the eps' to get a better quality pdf contact sheet?
Any help is much appreciated.
A.

Yes for .eps it is using the image/icon preview. Run an action to save as .ai. In thsi exampel both logos are the same size in illustrator (about 6p pts wide)

Bridge to InDesign contact sheets (CS3) creating frames around the images

Forgive me if this topic should not be here.
We use the contact sheets to ID from Bridge script quite a lot at work (when it works -> CS2). Since upgrading to CS3 it works (hooray) however, it creates two boxes with a black stroke around each image. Removing them manually is a schlep (I was reading this forum in the hopes of finding a script to run that will remove them faster).
Is there a way I could edit the script to stop it creating the boxes in the first place?
Does anyone else have this problem?

Hi Bob,
we found your script (I think it was yours) but it only removes one of the boxes I think.
Hi Robert,
We are mostly working on Macs, but scripting directly in ID would be great.
Thanks!

LIghtroom And Contact Sheets...PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!

Hello, I am in dire need of help (deadlines! ahhhhh!).
So we have been using lightroom for a couple of months now.
I work as an assistant at a professional studio which does weddings and some private family jobs.
We work on power macs which both have enough power to plan a trip to the moon.
We print on a Canon IPF 5100 and a 5000. Matte Epson 3* paper.
Each wedding is generally 5-7 Sets with 400-600 .NEF images each.
So heres the problem. Contact Sheet Resolution!
We never really had too much trouble with contact sheets, and only recently has it been noticed. Our images are printing so blurry it is hard to tell if eyes are open ect.
We had been printing on draft mode until now. I understand draft mode doesn't produce a fine image, but it seems they were never this bad.
So I tried turning draft mode off. It took hours to process every image (render it down/quality) and then it just wouldn't send it to the printer (at this point I want to throw a brick through my screen).
So my options with LR at this point are complete crap and a few wasted hours with no result.
I have gone back to CS3...A program which makes LR look like MS Paint...
The only problem is this is pretty time consuming and not very flexible.
So Please For all the is worthy on this earth...How can I use LR in a productive way???
How do you Print C.S's?
Do you share this problem??
Much thanks.
-A Stressed Out Employee.

Hi, I recently upgraded to LR2 (after having used LR1.4). When making contact sheets (3 across and 3 down) I notice that the quality of the outputted PDF file is terrible (I never recall it being this bad with LR1.4; in fact, I recall being able to zoom into the contact sheet quite far and still see decent resulotion). I have fiddled with the Print settings, tried printing in both draft and otherwise (which can take forever). I have tried re-importing the files and rendering both standard previews and 1:1 previews, but nothing seems to have corrected the problem I am having.
A few interesting points:
- Using the same photos and contact sheet configuration, the actual size of a contact sheet created in LR1.4 vs. LR2 is different (the LR1.4 contact sheet was actually a larger file). This would explain why I recall better resolution from the LR1.4 sheets I used to create.
- In LR2, I notice that the portrait photos on contact sheets are lower quality than the landscape photos. I understand that they are actually larger on the sheet (so it might make sense at first look), but even when zoomed into, the landscape photos retain higher quality longer. I don't recall this happening with LR1.4.
Am I doing something wrong with the creation of my contact sheets or is there a setting that I am missing? Any input would be appreciated.
Thank you, Scott

Super fast delete function

While playing with my new phone I some how Added a feature that makes certain keys magnify like the A p keys and will also super fast delete what I type. Driving me crazy. How do I stop this from happening?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Options (swipe down from the top bezel) > Accessibility, did you enable the magnify option?
or
Options > Langauage and Input > On-Screen Keyboard, did you enable the Keypress Pop-up?
For what you call "super fast delete", do you mean the pop-up delete confirm no longer shows?
Open your Hub and touch the [...] link at bottom right > Settings > Display and Actions > Delete Message Confirmation: is this enabled or disabled?
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I need contact sheet and database.

I have a musician's referral service on a website and I need a way for the info they fill out on the contact sheet to be imported into a database. I need a fast and easy way to do this. It all seems so complicated to me, one not familiar with this technology. Any suggestions.

If you just want to save the contact info (from the website, which is the front-end, probably written in html) into a database, then using the above said Oracle XE and ApEX would be superfluous in my opinion. It involves multiple tiers and servers like database, web/http server etc, and as you said it is little complicated too.
But don't mistake me that I am discouraging you from using Oracle XE and ApEX, it’s like using a cannon for a mouse hunt :). At the same time, if you plan to develop your application/website into some kind of portal or bigger application, that involves more activity and transaction, then Oracle XE and ApEX would be the option to start with. Then you got to learn the technology or hire someone who knows the technology.
Also note that you can easily achieve your above said requirement with html and MS Access database or even with MS Excel spreadsheet, which is less complicated and easy to manage.
There are websites like www.elance.com where you can describe your requirement, there are individuals and companies who will study your requirement, provide you the system requirements, quote and methodology in implementing it.
Hope it helps,
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