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Automation tools in Adobe Bridge
17Bridge Lesson 1, Using Adobe Bridge
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Automated tools for Photoshop: PDF contact sheet
By creating a PDF contact sheet, you can assemble a series of images into one  le for such
purposes as client approval and summaries of folders.
1 Make sure that you are viewing the contents of the br01lessons folder. If you do not
see the contents of the br01lessons folder in the content window in Bridge, choose the
Favorites panel and click on Desktop. Click on the br01lessons folder. If you stored the
lesson  les elsewhere, use the navigation tools in Bridge to locate your lesson  les.
2 In the Content window, at the bottom of the workspace, click once on image
IMG_1374.JPG then use the scroll bar to locate the image named IMG_1443.JPG. Hold
down the Shift key and click on the last image; this selects both images and all the images
in between.
3 If your Output panel is no longer visible, click on the Output button and choose Output
to Web or PDF. In the Output panel, click on the PDF button.
4 From the Template drop-down menu, choose 5 x 8 Contact Sheet.
Choose to create a PDF contact sheet from the Template
drop-down menu.
5 In the Document section of the Output panel, choose U.S. Paper from the Page Preset
drop-down menu.
Scroll down and notice that you have options for  nal size, document quality, and even
security in the Output panel. You will leave these items at the default and scroll down to
the Playback Options section of this panel.
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