Creating a contact sheet

You can create contact sheets—thumbnail previews of your images arranged on pages — that you can use to organize and share your images. You can use the Create Contact Sheet utility to save your contact sheets in multiple image formats, and as HTML image maps. You can save your options as a preset for future use.

The size of the thumbnails depends on how many columns and rows the contact sheet displays, and how much space is displayed between them.

To create a contact sheet:

  1. In Manage mode, in the File List pane, select the images you want to include.
  2. Click Tools | Create | Contact Sheet.
  3. In the Contact sheet format area, set the Contact sheet format options.
  4. In the Output Settings area, set the Output Settings options.
  5. If desired, add or change the text on the page.
  6. Click OK.

ACDSee Photo Manager Note Creating a contact sheet

If you do not specify an output file path, the Create Contact Sheet utility places a file named Contact Sheet.<ext> in your default image folder. For multiple-page contact sheets, the utility adds a number to the file name; for example, Contact Sheet3.bmp.

Contact sheet format options

Thumbnail settings

Size

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

Spacing

Creates a frame around each thumbnail. Specifies the amount of space between rows or columns. In the Horizontal and Vertical spin boxes, type a value 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 beveled edge effect on each thumbnail. This effect is not displayed in the Preview window.

Beveled edges

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

Page background options

Solid color

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

Tiled image

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

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Creating a contact sheet