Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Five:
If you click on a different multi-photo
layout, like the 4x5 Contact Sheet (as
shown here), your photos instantly adjust
to the new layout. Once nice feature of
this template is that the names of your
images appear directly below each image.
If you want to turn this feature off, go to
the Page panel, and near the bottom of the
panel, turn off the Photo Info checkbox.
By the way, when you have this checkbox
turned on, you can choose other text to
appear under your images from the pop-
up menu to the right of the words Photo
Info. Once again, because I was mixing
tall and wide photos, the layout looked
a little funky, so I turned on the Zoom
to Fill checkbox, but of course, that's
totally optional—if you don't want your
images cropped, then you should leave
Zoom to Fill turned off.
Step Six:
So far, we've been using Lightroom's
built-in templates, but half the fun of
this process is building your own, and
it's surprisingly easy, as long as you don't
mind having all your cells being the same
exact size, which is the limitation of using
the Single Image/Contact Sheet type of
layout. You can't have one photo that's
square, and two that are rectangular.
They're either all square or all rectangu-
lar, but don't worry, we'll tackle how to
create multiple photos at any size you
want a little later. For now, we'll use this
contact sheet power to create some cool
layouts. Start by selecting some photos
(eight or nine should be fine), then click
on the template called “Maximize Size,” as
shown here (it's a decent starting place
for building your own templates). Since
we're going to be adding photos, I turned
off the Rotate to Fit checkbox (it's on
by default in this template) in the Image
Settings panel.
