How to print an image on several A4 sheets. Two simple options for printing a picture on several A4 sheets

You've probably seen it: when a photographer shoots a lot of frames, then prints them out on a photo printer and shows you one A4 sheet on which the entire storyboard of the photo shoot is placed - from four to several dozen photographs. Darkrooms also do this before printing photos. This document can be called differently: preview, review sheet, check sheet.

For certain purposes, you may need to arrange several pictures on one large one. How to make a contact sheet in Photoshop?

Photoshop CS3 was the last version to make creating a photo contact sheet easy. There was a standard plugin (File -> Automate -> Contact Sheet II) that allowed you to combine many small pictures into one large one. The Contact Sheet II plugin has been removed from Photoshop CS4/CS5.

However, now there are two possibilities to make a review sheet from photographs:

Let's consider both methods in detail.

1. Optional plugins from Adobe

These are plugins that existed in earlier versions Photoshop, but due to some circumstances, programs (Legacy plug-ins) were also excluded. Adobe now distributes them as free optional add-ons. A set of plugins can be downloaded from the Adobe website:

• Photoshop CS5 - Windows: http://www.adobe.com/go/ps_cs5_plugins_win_en ,
• optional plugins, extensions, files for Photoshop CS5 - Mac OS: http://www.adobe.com/go/ps_cs5_plugins_mac_en.

ContactSheetII

Texture presets for Texturizer

Layer Comps to WPG

Web Photo Gallery (WebContactSheetII)

Unpack the archive, look for the extension ContactSheetII.8LI For the required version Windows/MaxOS (x86/x64), copy to folder Photoshop plugins. On my computer it is this folder:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\ Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 Bit)\Plug-ins\Automate

We see the plugin window.

We figured out how to combine many pictures into one big one using the Contact Sheet II plugin. This is exactly the path I chose. How to do the same with using Adobe I will describe Bridge briefly and accompany all the material with a video.

2. Checklist using Adobe Bridge

It is no coincidence that the above-described plugin was removed from the standard Adobe Photoshop package. A new vector of development has been chosen, according to which the procedures described above should be done Adobe program Bridge.

New opportunities, in particular for the formation of a large image from many small ones, will begin to appear in it.

This way you can create one big picture from dozens of others using Photoshop. Lastly, video.

Very often, amateur photographers are faced with the problem of how to make a catalog of photographs or how to place several photographs compactly, for further demonstration to colleagues, on one sheet.

This can be done using various photo editors or using a printer if you need to print such a sheet. Many modern printers have additional software for photo layout.

Let's look at one such wonderful photo editor today - . With its help we will do different options placing a photograph on one sheet. It is called taken from l_ady-win.ru * taken from la * dy-win.ru such a sheet is a SUMMARY SHEET.

Open the ACDSee photo manager and select the required images with the mouse. IN top line menu, click “Create” => “Summary Sheet”.

(Some pictures enlarge by clicking)

In the window that opens, almost every item is important.

On the left, select the number of columns and rows. Below is whether a signature will be used. Font – font size and color. Metadata – will display the name of each photo, size and much more.

On the right - select the sheet size and just below the margin for the image. Below you need to set the path to the folder when saving. “Output HTML” - the editor will create a web page for the site; we’ll look at this option in more detail below.

Here you can not use metadata, but sign each photo with one phrase.

Next, you can decorate the sketch by adding a shadow to it and set a certain photo as the background. It will look more impressive than filling it with a solid color. To make the background appear as one solid photo, set its exact parameters on the right.

Header - sets the title
Bottom - you can add “page” and set the page number.

To do this, we only need a photo for the background with a blur effect. You can create such a blurry background in ACDSee using the “Vignette” effect. We set the parameters approximately like mine and we get... taken from lady-win.r_u * taken from the site not a blurry small circle in the center))) If it bothers you, you can move it to the side, but you can also do the following...

Go to “Edit” => “Edit mode” => “Photo recovery”. “Heal” tool => right-click near the circle, and with the left button held down, paint over the defect. With this tool you can.

After that, in the summary sheet editor, select our blurred background... As a result, we get a beautiful catalog of images in 3D format.

If you don’t need to decorate your catalog or have absolutely no time, then you can make a simple summary sheet.

We remove the headers and footers taken from the site_in_zyato *from the site and signatures, set the fields on the right to zero, adjust the number of columns and rows according to the “just enter” principle.

Example without signatures:

Example with signatures:

When creating a summary sheet for yourself, for your catalogue, you have the opportunity to create a photo gallery for the site by simply checking the box next to the appropriate inscription – “Output HTML image map”.

The so-called image map will appear in your folder as a web page and will open in your browser for viewing. In order to add this gallery map to your website, do this:

For example this code:

Everything that is highlighted in red must be changed to your own version of the path to the image file. The very first picture, I have this 003.jpg - ours taken from *site_taken from lady-win._ru background blurred, blurred background.

In the manager, select the necessary images and go to “File” => “Print”

The “Print” editor window already contains the necessary templates for arranging photos.

But if you select the “Summary Sheet” item, you will have all the options that I described above. On the right side of the “Page Setup” tab, borderless printing will be available if you set all parameters to zeros.

The PDF format has been popular for a very long time in many countries. Safe and easy to create e-books, and catalogues. Therefore, I recommend using this option, especially since our ACDSee photo editor does it in a matter of minutes.

Select the images in the manager, go to “Create” => “Create” PDF file" Next, select the required items and click on “next”. Everything is done very simply and quickly.

By clicking on the finished file, it will automatically open.

Versions of the program may differ, but the pages generally always open on the left.

You can scroll through using the mouse wheel, or you can view all the pages on the left at once.

A very convenient electronic version of the image catalog.

In ACDSee Pro you can send a secret audio message along with a photo. You can only hear it in the ACDSee photo editor. The message is secret because it is not displayed anywhere, and when the image is changed, it is saved.

So, open the photo, click on the “speaker-horn” icon => “Edit”

Save this picture to your computer and click on “Speaker” in ACDSee.

taken from lady-win_.

Very often, amateur photographers are faced with the problem of how to make a catalog of photographs or how to place several photographs compactly, for further demonstration to colleagues, on one sheet.

This can be done using various photo editors or using a printer if you need to print such a sheet. Many modern printers have additional software for photo layout.

Let's look at one such wonderful photo editor today - ACDSee Pro. With its help, we will make different options for placing a photo on one sheet. This sheet is called taken*o from lady-win.r*u*taken from lady-win.ru - SUMMARY SHEET.

Open the ACDSee photo manager and select the required images with the mouse. In the top menu bar, click “Create” => “Pivot Sheet”.

(Some pictures enlarge by clicking)

In the window that opens, almost every item is important.

On the left, select the number of columns and rows. Below is whether a signature will be used. Font – font size and color. Metadata – will display the name of each photo, size and much more.

On the right - select the sheet size and just below the margin for the image. Below you need to set the path to the folder when saving. “Output HTML” - the editor will create a web page for the site; we’ll look at this option in more detail below.

Here you can not use metadata, but sign each photo with one phrase.

Next, you can decorate the sketch by adding a shadow to it and set a certain photo as the background. It will look more impressive than filling it with a solid color. To make the background appear as one solid photo, set its exact parameters on the right.

Header - sets the title

Bottom - you can add “page” and set the page number.

To do this, we only need a photo for the background with a blur effect. You can create such a blurry background in ACDSee using the “Vignette” effect. We set the parameters approximately like mine and we get... taken from lady-win.ru*_taken from la*dy-win.ru not a blurry small circle in the center))) If it bothers you, you can move it to the side, but you can do the following...

Go to “Edit” => “Edit mode” => “Photo recovery”. “Heal” tool => right-click near the circle, and with the left button held down, paint over the defect. With this tool you can erase inscriptions and vice versa - draw.

After that, in the summary sheet editor, we select our blurred background... As a result, we get a beautiful catalog of images in 3D format.

If you don’t need to decorate your catalog or have absolutely no time, then you can make a simple summary sheet.

We remove the headers and footers taken from lady-win.ru_*taken *from lady-win.ru and signatures, set the fields on the right to zero, adjust the number of columns and rows according to the “just enter” principle.

Example without signatures:

Example with signatures:

When creating a summary sheet for yourself, for your catalogue, you have the opportunity to create a photo gallery for the site by simply checking the box next to the appropriate inscription – “Output HTML image map”.

The so-called image map will appear in your folder as a web page and will open in your browser for viewing. In order to add this gallery map to your website, do this:

For example this code:

Everything that is highlighted in red must be changed to your own version of the path to the image file. The very first picture, I have this 003.jpg – ours taken from la*dy-win.ru*taken_o from lady-win.ru background blurred, blurred background.

In the manager, select the necessary images and go to “File” => “Print”

The “Print” editor window already contains the necessary templates for arranging photos.

But if you select the “Summary Sheet” item, you will have all the options that I described above. On the right side of the “Page Setup” tab, borderless printing will be available if you set all parameters to zeros.

The PDF format has been popular for a very long time in many countries. Safe and convenient for creating e-books, organizers and catalogs. Therefore, I recommend using this option, especially since our ACDSee photo editor does it in a matter of minutes.

Select the images in the manager, go to “Create” => “Create PDF file”. Next, select the required items and click on “next”. Everything is done very simply and quickly.

By clicking on the finished file, Adobe Reader will automatically open it.

Versions of the program may differ, but the pages generally always open on the left.

You can scroll through using the mouse wheel, or you can view all the pages on the left at once.

A very convenient electronic version of the image catalog.

In ACDSee Pro you can send a secret audio message along with a photo. You can only hear it in the ACDSee photo editor. The message is secret because it is not displayed anywhere, and when the image is changed, it is saved.

So, open the photo, click on the “speaker-horn” icon => “Edit”

Save this picture to your computer and click on “Speaker” in ACDSee.

Press CTRL+P or open the Print menu and select the item of the same name.

On the tab or in the “Layout” section, check the “Multi-page” box and select “Print poster”. Select the size 2x2, 3x3 or 4x4 and click the “Settings...” button.

Set the poster parameters. We can allocate sheets gray, which will not be printed (convenient if we have blank sheets). In the “Print Guides” option you can choose:

• Overlap and alignment marks - the image will be duplicated along the edges and it will be possible to not cut the edges too straight.
• Cutting lines - there will be no overlap areas and you will have to clearly cut the edges of the paper.

I think it's safer to choose tags. We set all the necessary settings and print a large picture on several A4 sheets.

Another universal method- use Paint program, which comes with Windows. Open START and write PAINT in the search field. Let's launch graphic editor and open the picture in it. Or you can right-click on the picture and select “Open with -> Paint”.