Contact sheet pdf in lightroom

I was recently shown how to create contact sheet pdf's in Lightroom 4 which could be emailed to clients onto which they could comment and return. All this without the need for more software or so i thought. I cannot seem to make it work. What software is needed and what do I need to do? Many thanks.

I found this a little awkward but to do this I first had to change the Print Settings dialog, selecting the "Save as Adobe PDF" option depicted here. Nothing appears to happen at this point but then when you next Print your contact sheet will be wherever you selected in "Save as Adobe PDF". Just thought I'd add this in case anyone else has trouble as I did tonight. It's likely you've all figured it out by now AND are using a diff version of LR, as am I (5.7 for Mac).

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How can I save my contact sheets in Photoshop Lightroom?

How can I save my contact sheets in Photoshop Lightroom? I see that you create the sheets under the Print tab but how can I save them as jpgs to my desktop?

Kittie,
I use this workflow and it works really well for me; it's really strange that it
i did
work for you and now it doesn't.
I had a quick dabble and
i may
have an explanation. If I read your error message it looks like "New Folder" is trying to create a folder ~kittie/Desktop/3 Working/Contact Pages. However, the automator "create folder" won't create folders recursively like that - it will only work if "3 Working" already exists. Certainly I was able to reproduce the 'quick flash error message and bomb out with no results' effect by asking it to produce a directory from one that didn't already exist. When I added two Finder actions it didn't work as I expected - producing 74 files in subdirectories that just looped round and round when I expected one file and one directory.
I added a shell script that renames the files too and it all works just dandy for me. If you let me know your e-mail I'll post the automator "app" file and shell script I use. It gives you sensibly named files instead of the sdkjfdfadkljfb.jpeg thing that comes out of automator.
Damian

Contact Sheet - PDF

I need to turn in a PDF of my contact sheet for an assignment. I was shown how to in class (on MAC) but I'm on PC at home. Haven't had much luck figuring it out. When I go to the print or printers option I do not see any PDF options.

When you click the pint button do you not get the dialog to choose your printer and then select print to file? Do you not see a PDF option?
It depends on your set up. Some systems only have options to send to fax or XPS document writer. If you have the option to send to One Note you can create a PDF from there.
The work around is to change the selection in LR under Print Job. Click the drop-down icon next to Print to: and change from printer to jpeg File. Then click the Print to File Button. Go to your saved jpeg and open it in a Microsoft application like word and choose File >> Save As. Then select PDF as the file type.

Convert a Contact Sheet (.pdf form) to jpeg?

I created a contact sheet on Adobe Bridge CS5. I want to save it as jpeg format, but it will only allow me to save it in pdf format. How can I change it to JPG...if it is at all possible?

You could possibly open the .PDF file in Photoshop then File - Save As a JPEG....
-Noel

Photoshop Help | Contact Sheets and PDF Presentations in CS6

This question was posted in response to the following article: http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/contact-sheet-pdf-presentation-cs6.html

If I understand your question you want to repeat one image 8 times in one signle page PDF. I do not know for such script that is available. What I can recommend you is to create manually layout in Photoshop and save as PDF. To automate proccess and use same layout but to replace image which is in use with some other, you can use Variables or Actions. Thats only advice I can give you at this time. Actually easiest way to automate things and replace images is to Create Smart Object then to clone it 7 times (Ctrl + J or right click > Duplicate Layer). When you have cloned Smart Objects, replacing content in one of Smart Object will reflect to all other clones. Create layout. When you want to replace existing image with some other use right click on Smart Object > Replace Contents or Layer > Smart Objects > Replace Contents.. Be aware of image (which will replace existing) size and resolution, Photoshop will also scale image which will replace existing to match existing image scaling in percentage. Read this tutorial for more explanation how Replace Contents works http://adobephotoshopsecrets.blogspot.com/2011/01/replace-contents-command-in-adobe.html
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New PDF Contact Sheet help

Hi,
I am trying to use Automator to create a simple application that takes a set of images and creates a pdf contact sheet.
When I create an application in automator with the New PDF Contact Sheet action and run it, I get an error "There was an error in processing the images (-2700) in the log. What gives - how do I solve this error? This is the only action, aside from the "Get Specified Finder Items" action.
Oddly, it seems that the contact sheet pdf is getting created and placed in the Pictures folder. But the final result of a pdf in the location specified by the action is not getting created.
Thanks

I have found a work around solution, which i think maybe the origin of the problem. You will need to also install a work flow app called Life-Poster. by Jim Heid. Below is the link.
When i installed that and used the New PDF Contact Sheet a noticed a new app in the doc called MakePDF. And the rest of my workflow worked perfectly as it did in Leopard. It seems that apple has either left out this makePDF app out of snow leopard or made a change to it in some way it is not recognized or called properly in the New PDF Contact Sheet Action.
http://www.macilife.com/2005/07/how-to-make-life-poster-tiger-edition.html
Good luck hope it works for you like it did for me.
JM

Metadata in a contact sheet

Hello! I'm using Bridge CS4 for image research projects. This is all fine and good for inputting info. However, others on the project don't have time to launch photoshop to look at every bit of metadata I'm inputting. They like print outs.
Is there ANY way to get the metadata into a contact sheet PDF? Meaning- Thumbnail of image, file name, and related metadata info.
It seems like such an obvious need for cataloging images.
I've been searching for 3 hours and need to get this out today.
Thanks,
Anthony
PS: Using Mac Master Collection CS4

Not to my knowledge, you can only choose to show the filename, either with
or without extension.
However you can choose to create a Web galery using the same Adobe Output
Module as a PDF contact sheet but then choose Web gallery. Choose for the
template journal with filmstrip or journal with slideshow. This show a
number of metadata, sadly enough you can't choose what to show
You should be able to upload this to a web server and that would save a lot
of prints
However I have zero to none experience with web gallery and if you
experience problems you should do a forum search for web gallery, there are
some interesting about this subject
Is there ANY way to get the metadata into a contact sheet PDF? Meaning-
Thumbnail of image, file name, and related metadata info.
It seems like such an obvious need for cataloging images.

Selecting multiple folders to make a contact sheet

When creating a contact sheet in Bridge CS4, is it possible to select multiple folders so that you can pull multiple images? I tried saving a contact sheet pdf while selecting the folders, but Bridge is requesting that I select the files within the folder. It would seem counterproductive to extract all my images from all the folders to place them in a single location just to make a contact sheet. I hope I'm just missing something basic.
Thanks

The only thing I can think of for this purpose is to use the option to show
items from subfolders (in the View menu) and have a flat view for the whole
content of the mainfolder containing the desired subfolders.
If you have only a view items from subfolders instead of the whole content
from that subfolder you are bound to use either labeling or rating and
select them with filterpanel options.
And there is some other thing that comes to my mind, open them in PS and
choose the option to create contactsheet from open files.
However it is to my knowledge not possible to select items from different
folders in one time, neither in Finder, nor in Bridge.
When creating a contact sheet in Bridge CS4, is it possible to select multiple
folders so that you can pull multiple images? I tried saving a contact sheet
pdf while selecting the folders, but Bridge is requesting that I select the
files within the folder. It would seem counterproductive to extract all my
images from all the folders to place them in a single location just to make a
contact sheet. I hope I'm just missing something basic.
Thanks

How do I make contact sheets in Bridge?

How do I make contacts using PDF in Bridge?

http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/contact-sheet-pdf-presentation-cs6.html
http://www.pixeltraining.net/blog/2012/04/how-to-make-a-pdf-contact-sheet-in-adobe-photosh op-bridge.html

Contact Sheets for Illustrator Vector Art

Is there a way to generate a "contact sheet" PDF of Illustrator vector files that doesn't convert the individual contact views from vector to rasterized?
I use CS5 Bridge now for making contact sheets and the results are too fuzzy to be useful especially when some of the vector art items are smaller than the frame on the contact sheet

Bob, still does his ID script you could see if that does what you want? It's not free thou… Anyhow the link…
http://creativescripting.net/blog/

Making a "details" view contact sheet

I'm trying to make a contact sheet PDF, but have the images displayed in the "details" mode. Is there a way to do this?
I'd like to have it look like this... (even better would be a block of ruled lines in the blank space for handwritten notes)
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w134/navstar/bridge-details-Picture-7.gif

Hi Navarro,
As you can see, your thread has been viewed over thirty times. It seems that no one knows the answer.
My feeling is that, if it's possible at all, it would have to be done through scripting. Tried the Bridge Scripting forum yet?

Building contact sheet with "Details" view.

I'm trying to make a contact sheet PDF, but have the images displayed in the "details" mode. Is there a way to do this?
I'd like to have it look like this... (even better would be a block of ruled lines in the blank space for handwritten notes)

Okay, I'll add it to feature request.

Lightroom 5.4 and Acrobat XI Pro - print contact sheet to PDF not working

Since upgrading to Lightoom 5 and Adobe Acrobat XI Pro, I have been unable to print a contact sheet to PDF. Although it goes through the motions of rendering and providing a "save as" dialog box, nothing is produced. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the quick reply. The following are my system specs. This feature has worked in the past but since upgrading from LR4 to LR5, this feature has stopped working. I can print to a printer, but not to a PDF.
HP Z800 Workstation
Duel Intel Xeon X5670 @ 2.93GHz Processors
18 GB RAM
Windows 7 Professional
Lightroom 5.4
Acrobat XI Pro (Version 11.0.06.70)
It will go through the motions, as if it is creating the PDF, but it doesn't output anything. I've restarted Lightroom and rebooted my system, but nothing seems to help.

Lightroom 2.2 crashes when creating PDF contact sheet

I'm trying to create a PDF contact sheet for a client urgently. Contact sheet is 10 pages, 6 columns by 5 rows. Printing at 240 dpi with PDF set to JPG medium. System is windows XP with 3GB RAM & 1GB Video RAM. Most of the shots have had some kind of Lightroom brush adjustment, mainly selective sharpening or selective exposure.
First page always seems to print out fine. Second page will not print, even if if I try to print just that page.
Layout is set to show file names and page numbers, print sharpening is off.

That's the LR 2.2 memory bug. Upgrade it to 2.3 (see top of forum)

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

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