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Mar 28, 2020 11:53 PM UTC
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Creating a contact sheet in lightroom

I've been trying to creat a contact sheet in Lightroom but I don't see how. A lot of the buttons like library and print are not showing up on my computer. Has anyone encountered this issue and how do I accoplish making a contact sheet?

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Rob_Cullen
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Mar 29, 2020 12:14 AM UTC

Lightroom v3.2 (the Cloud based version) does not have 'Print' options. You will need other software to create a contact sheet with photos you export.

 

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.6, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.7, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .

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travisb82980811
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Dec 14, 2023 7:09 PM UTC

I'm sure you've figured this out by now, but for anyone who hasn't, you can make contact sheets using Bridge.

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Participant
Apr 2, 2024 4:31 PM UTC

Yea this was my go-to way, however, new Bridge wants to preview all files on your computer, reducing in dozens of gigabytes of ram usage. On an M3 Pro I get "your system has run out of application memory".

 

In the end I had to go back to LrC. Don't know what Adobe are playing at these days.

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Participant
Oct 29, 2021 4:02 AM UTC

I am using Lightroom version: 4.3 x64 [ 20210526-1005-d4527c2 ] (May 26 2021) - is that classic? I have no idea. Can I figure out how to create a contact sheet? Absolutely not. Any remedy welcome. 

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Jim Wilde
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Oct 29, 2021 7:19 AM UTC
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I am using Lightroom version: 4.3 x64 [ 20210526-1005-d4527c2 ] (May 26 2021) - is that classic? I have no idea. Can I figure out how to create a contact sheet? Absolutely not. Any remedy welcome. 



 

No, that's not Lightroom Classic. Lightroom 4.3 (since updated to 5.0) is the desktop app which stores your image files in the cloud. It does not have a print function, so cannot be used to create contact sheets.

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Participant
Oct 29, 2021 7:33 AM UTC

Thank-you Jim! That's super clear, even if it's not the outcome I was hoping for!

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Ian Lyons
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Jul 13, 2021 6:40 AM UTC

This forum is primarily User to User rather a means of communicating with Adobe. If reporting a bug, submitting a feature request or idea then best do so on the Lightroom Desktop feedback forum.

 

With regard to printing from within Lightroom Desktop, there is a thread on the feeddback forum that you can add your vote to https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/lightroom-desktop-cloudbased/lightroom-desktop-ability-to-print/5f5f45dd4b561a3d4263df30

 

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Participant
Jul 12, 2021 11:07 PM UTC

It's absolutely insane that the app doesn't have such a basic function as 'print', still, a year later

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Participant
Aug 25, 2022 3:13 PM UTC

reed, this software is useless if you cannot create a print or a contact sheet, time to unsubscribe

 

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Participant
Oct 30, 2020 6:51 PM UTC

What a joke. Why was that feature removed?

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Jim Wilde
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Oct 30, 2020 7:11 PM UTC

That feature wasn't "removed", it's not yet been added to the Lightroom app. Perhaps you are thinking of Lightroom Classic, which still has the print options.

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Participant
Jan 22, 2024 10:41 PM UTC

So can you make a contact sheet in Lightroom's most current version or only Lightroom Classic?

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Rob_Cullen
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Mar 29, 2020 12:14 AM UTC

Lightroom v3.2 (the Cloud based version) does not have 'Print' options. You will need other software to create a contact sheet with photos you export.

 

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Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.6, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.7, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
Participant
Jan 16, 2021 6:38 PM UTC

Unfortunately, I am having the same issue with LR Classic after the new updates!  I can't show exposire settings in my contact sheet!  I am so frustrated!  What happened??

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Rob_Cullen
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Jan 16, 2021 10:03 PM UTC

Nothing "happened". It is still possible IN LIGHTROOM-CLASSIC. you just need to create a Preset in the 'Text Template Editor' to show in [Photo Info] using any metadata YOU want to show.

       

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Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.6, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.7, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .