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. One 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 rectangular, 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” (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.
