Creating a print template

I am considering purchasing Photoshop elements but have one problem. I like to print photo album sheets from home on 8.5x11" paper in portrat orientation with about 9 dfferent photos per sheet. I can't find any way to resize/reorient the photobook pages or make a new template. Does anyone have any ideas or is there a way to ask someone at Adobe this quetion? Thank you.

I put this together a while back for 2 place holders. You can adapt this for several more, depending on size of paper and size requirement for each picture.
The size of each box created with the marquee tool in steps 2&3 is critical.
Open a new, blank file (File>new>blank file) and set width & height in the inch size of your paper stock (4x6"), resolution 300px/in, background white (can be any color)
Access the rectangular marquee tool, and in the the tool's option bar select "Fixed size", and put in 3.75x2.75", for example. Turn on the grid and snap to grid via View>grid & snap to grid. You can configure the grid via Edit>preferences>Guides and grids if you want to.
Duplicate the background layer, and create the first box by clicking with the rectangular marquee tool. Position the box, then fill it with 50% gray (Edit>fill selection, and under contents select 50% gray.) Select>deselect gets rid of the marching ants
Repeat for the next box. You should now have a document containing two rectangular boxes filled with 50% gray.
Select the first box that you wish to fill (with the picture) with the magic wand tool. On the tool's option bar be sure that contiguous is checked. You should see "marching ants" around the selection, indicating that it is active.
Open picture 1, go to Select>all, Edit>copy, then go to your layout as completed in step #5, and Edit>paste into selection
Your image will be larger that the rectangular box, but you can drag it around to position the person that you wish to display. CTRL+T will allow you to resize the image with the corner handles, and to maneuver it
Repeat for picture 2 with the 2nd box

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Need help in creating a print template

I would like to know how to do the following
create a template of a strip of 3 or 4 photos (like a photobooth) that can be printed on 4x6 photo paper
have been messing about with LR (2) for hours but havent come up with anything that i like
Anyone able to direct me?
thanks v v much
sarah

Here you go:
1. Navigate to Print Module - in the top right corner select: Custom Package under Layout Style. This will allow you to add any image sizes you want.
2. In the bottom left corner click on Page Setup and set the size of the page (I used A6 as an example)
3. Navigate to right hand side into the Cells section and start adding "image cells" by clicking on coresponding buttons.
4. Once you set up your initial design, you can start dragging and droping the images inside the cells or just save your design as a template using Template Browser section on the left:
And you're done! Your template will now appear in the User Templates section! :-)

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A family member created a print template in my Lightroom5.5 (picked sizes/grid, strokes, etc.) and it seems to have been created as a "Picture Package" because I have saved it, placing it within the "User Templates" folder during the Save process. Now I am asked to fill it with 25 selected images and these are in the sliding image picker at the bottom of the LR interface. (Can't remember the name of that lower panel...) But what surprised me is that this new template layout cannot be used as a "Contact Sheet." Here's what I see on the screen:
-I have the layout displayed.
-The chosen grid has all the same (first) image displayed
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-I click "Contact Sheet" in the "Layout Style" panel
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-but it does not fill from the selected images
Is this possible? What an odd choice for the UI designer. I don't remember not having the flexibility to switch the way the print template was "filled" before LR5.x -- I believe I did this in earlier versions.
I searched Adobe documentation. They write about templates as having the stores characteristic of "contact sheet" or "Package" or "Custom", which is new to me. They did not describe a part of the customization at which the user creates a layout as a "contact sheet" or "Picture package" or "Custom". If I start out and create a layout, then decide I want to use that template as a "contact sheet" after I make it, there seems to be no way to save it in a different category of template. So on deadline I find that the workflow is not clear and the documentation does NOT EXPLAIN what to do (or just say: you can't do this, which would be honest and helpful.)
I tried to re-save it as a different "Type" ("Category"?) ...and there seemed no way to do this. I am now going to build another screen with the 25 panels and, no surprise, it must be initiated as a "custom" which is how I believe it was done before.
I am sure someone knows what I am doing wrong. but I spent this time writing out the details so someone at Adobe *might* catch this and talk to the documentation elves. How can we be 5 [major]versions into this and have the workflow/documentation exhibit these holes?
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Hi Suresh:
This is what I would do.
Here is the demo...Hope this will help.
BHAVESH@oracle10> create table suresh(created_date date, attribute1 varchar2(20));
Table created.
BHAVESH@oracle10> desc suresh
Name Null? Type
CREATED_DATE DATE
ATTRIBUTE1 VARCHAR2(20)
BHAVESH@oracle10> insert into suresh values (sysdate,to_char(sysdate,'yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:SS'));
1 row created.
BHAVESH@oracle10> insert into suresh values (null,to_char(sysdate,'yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:SS'));
1 row created.
BHAVESH@oracle10> select * from suresh;
CREATED_DATE ATTRIBUTE1
01/01/2009 11:24:08 AM 2009/01/01 11:01:08
2009/01/01 11:01:28
BHAVESH@oracle10> -- please notice my nls_date_format is mm/dd/yyyy hh:mi:ss AM
BHAVESH@oracle10> -- which can be changed to anything...use alter session or on windows..using registry..or on server
BHAVESH@oracle10> -- ....using nls_date_format init parameter.
BHAVESH@oracle10> alter session set nls_date_format = 'DD-MM-YYYY';
Session altered.
BHAVESH@oracle10> select * from suresh;
CREATED_DA ATTRIBUTE1
01-01-2009 2009/01/01 11:01:08
2009/01/01 11:01:28
BHAVESH@oracle10> -- however, this may not work for you.
BHAVESH@oracle10> -- so, you can convert the date in the format you want
BHAVESH@oracle10> select to_char(created_date,'DD-MM-YYYY') as converted_date, ATTRIBUTE1 from suresh;
CONVERTED_ ATTRIBUTE1
01-01-2009 2009/01/01 11:01:08
2009/01/01 11:01:28
BHAVESH@oracle10> -- now use the decode function
BHAVESH@oracle10> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1* select s.*, to_char(decode(created_date,null,to_date(ATTRIBUTE1,'yyyy/mm/dd hh:mi:ss')),'dd-mm-yyyy') as new_date from suresh s
BHAVESH@oracle10> /
CREATED_DA ATTRIBUTE1 NEW_DATE
01-01-2009 2009/01/01 11:01:08
2009/01/01 11:01:28 01-01-2009
If your date format is different under the attribute1 column, then you have to write a PL/SQL function to handle different date formats under the same column of different column!
THanks
- Bhavesh

How to create an custom template for cheque printing layout?

Hi, I have a question about cheque printing format set up in SAP Business One.
All the the system standard templates in u201CCheque print lay out designeru201Dare u201Ccheque-stub-stubu201D or u201Cstub-cheque-stubu201D or u201Cstub-stub-chequeu201D (three portions). What I need is u201Ccheque-stubu201D （two portions）only. Anyone knows how to create an custom template?
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Ok folks, I'm new to this forum having come across it in search of a solution to my problem.
I need to create illustrator template files (.ai not .ait) that customers can download and use to create their own artwork for print. I have to create them in every printable paper format from business cards to A3 posters, folding, non-folding yada yada.
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1. Not a chance, if, even when the process is described in great detail in an info pdf, available as info on the website (with screenshot instructions) and mentioned in the .ai file itself, they aren't even deleting the guide layer, then turning off 'Preserve illustrator editing capabilities' is kind of a stretch. Like I said, the folks these templates are to be designed for are not illustrator literate for the most part.
2. Not sure if this would work. I'd have to look into it.
3. Beyond my capabilities. I'll let you know if number 2 works.
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Personally, I think what I've been asked to achieve is a pretty hard task and honestly, I'm thinking there are no failsafe options.

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