Setting contact sheet printing options

The Contact sheet format area of the print utility contains settings you can adjust to control the appearance, layout, and size of your thumbnails. If you saved your format options as a preset you can select the preset.

Contact sheet format options

Thumbnail settings

Size

Specifies the number of columns and rows to create on each page.

Spacing

Specifies the amount of space between rows or columns. In the Horizontal and Vertical spin boxes, type a number to indicate the amount of space to display.

Frame options

Use thumbnail frame

Creates a frame around each thumbnail.

Margin

Specifies the width of the frame.

Solid color

Specifies the frame’s color. Click the color picker to define a color.

Tiled image

Specifies an image to use as a frame. Click Browse to locate the image you want to use.

Thumbnail options

Colored drop shadow

Creates a drop shadow effect around each thumbnail. Click the color picker to define a color.

Colored edge fade

Creates a fading frame effect around the image. Click the color picker to define a color.

Colored matte

Creates a matte effect around each thumbnail. Click the color picker to define a color.

Beveled edges

Creates a beveled edge effect on each thumbnail. This effect is not displayed in the Preview window.

Page background options

Solid color

Prints a solid color as a background for the page. Click the color picker to define a color.

Tiled image

Prints a tiled image as the background for the page. Click Browse to locate the image you want to use.

Setting contact sheet options