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Anonymous
July 22, 2008
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Bridge - Contact Sheet to include Subfolders

  • July 22, 2008
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I am working on XP Pro and CS3. I cannot figure how to run a script similar to select all graphics within a folder and creating an InDesign contact sheet...but, I want start with a master folder and have it automatically go through all the subfolders.

Is there a work around or standard script I am not aware of to toggle folders and all sub folders?
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Anonymous
July 25, 2008
Yo X....that is an AMAZING script...nice work...I am sending you an email...I would like to paypal you some coin as you saved me some time.

Thanks again for your post.
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Anonymous
July 24, 2008
Placing would require scripting as I have over 5000 vector files I want to catalogue.
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_xbytor_
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July 24, 2008
> Placing would require scripting as I have over 5000 vector files I want to catalogue.

ContactSheetX is a script. And it shouldn't be a problem provided that you don't
want to put all 5000 on one sheet :)

CSX:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=173281&package_id=207621

Get rev 1.4b1 or more recent.

Make sure you set 'embedSmartObjects' on the Advanced panel. That will embed the
eps files into the sheets. Again, it may or may not help. I only added this
feature (retained embedding) because someone specifically needed it. It's not
all that useful for my day-to-day needs but may otherwise be useful.

-X
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for photoshop scripting solutions of all sorts
contact: xbytor@gmail.com
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    Anonymous
    July 23, 2008
    Hi Bob...

    Hmmm...that was an interesting idea....specifically I have a master folder and 250 subfolders. To initiate your idea I had to put one graphic within the master folder for it to find first. Then, it did NOT keep the folder/file structure...so, I ended up with 220 file001.eps versions first versus keeping the folder structure.

    I have tried doing just a contact sheet in Photoshop but it wants to render/rasterize each eps just it freezes up my 2 gig of memory.

    Any other ideas?
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    _xbytor_
    Known Participant
    July 24, 2008
    > I have tried doing just a contact sheet in Photoshop but it wants to render/rasterize each eps just it freezes up my 2 gig of memory.

    If you are using photoshop, the eps has to be rendered before the contact sheet
    can be saved. However, you can 'Place' the image into a contact sheet in
    ContactSheetX and have it stored as a smart object in the sheet. You'll end up
    with a bunch of fat psd files but it's the only thing I can think of to avoid
    the rasterization step.

    -X
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    for photoshop scripting solutions of all sorts
    contact: xbytor@gmail.com
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    Anonymous
    July 22, 2008
    Use Bridge to do that. Do a find, include subfolders, and go.

    Bob
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