What do you do for contact sheets?

[sk66]

I have a fairly crappy "photo printer" so I don't know if that's even an option...
WallMart? Pro shop?

This will be my first time submitting "contact sheets" from digital....

[gturner]

Lightroom does it, then ship it off to the lab to print.


Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 * Print a contact sheet

[OsmosisStudios]

For who?

Photoshop has a function that allows you to automatically make contact sheets from a folder. You determine what size the images are and what size paper you're printing to.

You could use that and then have it printed where you get your deliverables printed.

[NicoleScraps]

Do you have a Costco? I did my own personal research, ordered 5 of the exact same prints from various "pro" type places like mpix and whhc, as well as from Costco......I saw very very little different in color or paper quality. I am sure with contact sheets considering that the photos will be small, that the differences will be even less noticable.

Adobe Bridge has a setting to make contact sheets via a PDF.

That's what I do.

[sk66]

It's for magazine submission....I don't really expect much more than the usual, rejection or a couple images sold. The submission is unsolicited.
It's not really about the setup...I'm using lightroom to set up the sheets. But what kind of quality print are they generally expecting/wanting? The printer I use (WHCC) has a minimum order so I'd probably get a few extra 8x10's for personal use made if I went there...
Used to be a "contact sheet" was for quick selection..to decide which slides to pull and put on the lightbox...now with digital files I don't really understand the point. The originals will be supplied in digital format as well. I would guess it's just a "quick glance" just to decide if it's worth even loading the images. In that case I wouldn't think print quality is real important.

[gturner]

I would guess the images per page is the decision you have to make.
2x2 or 4x4 of decent quality if you have 10-24 images.
If you have a much wider range, then I would think 5x9 would do

Are they paying you for the submission? That would be my guide as to the money I am going to outlay.

Originally Posted by sk66

It's for magazine submission....I don't really expect much more than the usual, rejection or a couple images sold. The submission is unsolicited.
It's not really about the setup...I'm using lightroom to set up the sheets. But what kind of quality print are they generally expecting/wanting? The printer I use (WHCC) has a minimum order so I'd probably get a few extra 8x10's for personal use made if I went there...
Used to be a "contact sheet" was for quick selection..to decide which slides to pull and put on the lightbox...now with digital files I don't really understand the point. The originals will be supplied in digital format as well. I would guess it's just a "quick glance" just to decide if it's worth even loading the images. In that case I wouldn't think print quality is real important.

The magazine stuff I submit is VERY low res, they don't want their inboxes full of junk.

I would say, email is better than snail mail. Quicker too.

[gturner]

sorry, misunderstood.
I am sure if they know the original is correct res, they would be happy with low res contact sheets emailed

[sk66]

They want everything "snail mail"...which seems odd. But they pay a minimum of $90/image for one time non-exclusive use; more for larger/cover...