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Thumbnail Index / Contact Sheet

Contact Sheet lets you save (to jpeg) or print out a set of thumbnails for the pictures you are currently viewing.

Pictures are show sorted by name, case insensative.


Opening Contact Sheet Window

From the File menu select Contact Sheet .

Contact Sheet Menu


Contact Sheet - Files

Use Selected Files
Contact sheet will show all the files currently being displayed in the viewer.  See next item below for how to sthe the items being viewed.
Use Directory
Contact sheet will show pictures from the selected directory.
Subdirectories are not shown.
Use Sub Directories
Contact sheet will show pictures from the selected directory and all of its sub directories.
Repagenate
Pagination restarts with each subdirectory.


To adjust the files being displayed, use the file tree control on the right of the screen.

Show Single Directory
Make a single selected directory the current viewed directory.  If more than one is highlighted, the last directory is choosen.
Show This Tree
Show all the files in the selected directory and all subdirectories in the viewer.  This selects all subdiretories.   
Show Selected Directories Show all the files in the selected directories in the viewer.  You can select multiple directories by holding the Ctrl key down.  This method does not select subdirectories.

For example, to show all pictures in a directory and all its subdirectories, select the directory, right-click, and the pick "Show This Tree".  Then use the Contact Sheet options described below.
Tree



Contact Sheet - Pictures

Rows
Number of rows to show.
Columns
Number of columns to show.
Frame
Size of the frame to put around each picture in pixels.  Zero means no frame.
Shadow
Size of drop-shadow for each picture in pixles.  Zero means no drop shadow.
Number of Files Number of files currently beint displayed.  See instructions at top of this page for how to display files for more than one directory.
Number of Pages Reflect the number of page after taking into account pictures per page computed fom the rows and columns.
Show File Name
Show the name of each file below the picture.
Number Pictures
Print the number of the picture in front of the picture.
File Size
Show pixels in the picture an the size of the file.



Contact Sheet - Text

Show Lines
Use a one pixel line to separate header and footer from main display.
Left, Center, Right
Text to be shown in the header and footer.



Contact Sheet - Fonts

Select the disired fonts.



Contact Sheet - Colors

Select the appropriate colors.



Contact Sheet - Save

Width, Height
Size of pictures in pixels.
Margin
Size of margin in pixels.
Directory
Where the pictures get stored.
Save Contact Sheet


Contact Sheet - Print

Set various options for printing your contact sheet. 

Java is set to a standard 72dpi for graphics.  At the moment, I have not found a reasonable way to print using a printer full dpi abilities.  At the moment the best work around is to use the Save Contact Sheet option at the desired dpi and then print that.



Preview Contact Sheet
Here is a sample for printing with a frame of 1 and shadow of 3.
Contact Sheet Preview

Here is the same sample for saving.



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