CS2 Vs. CS5

I previousely used the contact sheet and pdf presentation features of Bridge CS2 quite often.  I now have upgraded to CS5 and I realized that they no longer exist in the tools>photoshop menue.  Is there another feature in CS5 that I can use to achieve the same results?

  Is there another feature in CS5 that I can use to achieve the same results?
Yes there is, and one with much more options in customizing, although you can save it only as a PDF file.
It is called the Adobe Output Module and either use the Workspace Output to get to it or choose the tiny output icon (paper sheet with folded corner) top left in bridge Window.
Inhere you can set a lot of options for backdrop color, size, columns, rows, ppi and quality. You can also save custom templates so you don't need to create them again every time.
Also check the header and footer options etc.
There is a workaround for other file formats, if you have Adobe Acrobat Pro you can export as tiff or jpeg but you can also open a PDF in Photoshop and separate a multipage PDF in pages to be saved in other file formats.
You definitively should give this a try. And beware, the difference between Bridge CS2 and CS5 is huge, more options, faster and more stable

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