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I need help with something that I have not found in the forum. The instructions for making a contact sheet are quite clear, but I end up with nothing but a blank frame on screen, no matter which options I choose. I have placed copies of all the photos in one folder, making sure that it contains nothing else, like thumbs.db, etc. After File | Automate | Contact Sheet | OK, the Layers Panel shows the names of all the photos as being loaded, but the icons all show as transparent layers, while the resulting Contact Sheet II in the Work Area, is blank/white.
I tried saving this as a .psd & reopening -- still blank. PS 19.1.5. Windows 10.
Hi,
Please update Bridge to CC2018 version 8.1
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I have found that starting in Photoshop is a little flakey and slow so I tend to initiate the process in Bridge. An advantage is that you just select the images you want to include and don't have to make a new folder.
In Bridge:
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Hi There
Another option from Bridge is using the Output Module in Adobe Bridge,
Select all the images in adobe Bridge and drag drop, you have many controls to modify the layout
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Thanks for the Bridge suggestion. However the
- Tools > Photoshop > Contact Sheet II
gave me the same result -- a number of transparent layers that collapse to a blank, white layer. I have successfully tried every other choice in the Tools | Photoshop menu -- only the Contact Sheet II is problematic.
Another option from Bridge is using the Output Module in Adobe Bridge,
In Bridge 2017, I have no Output Module.
There is either something wrong with PS and Bridge, considering that I get the same result with both, or I am missing something.
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Hi,
Please update Bridge to CC2018 version 8.1
Regards
E
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Thank you. Updating fixed the Contact Sheet problem.
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Thank you for this suggestion ("Output") as it did what I needed. I don't have time right now to find the correct fix for Contact Sheet, but I'm sure Adobe will have it resolved momentarily... LMAO
For me this is just one more example of Adobe sticking it to its users: prices as high as ever; no Pantone support without yet another subscription... there's a long list, but I have to get back to work.
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@RMDufour wrote:
For me this is just one more example of Adobe sticking it to its users: prices as high as ever; no Pantone support without yet another subscription...
Pantone pulled out of Adobe, not the other way around. The Pantone subscription is from Pantone, not from Adobe.
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I had the same issue (the contact sheet II being blank) until I moved the folder of pictures which I used for the contact sheet from the third party cloud to my documents folder.
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Same solution for me eventually too. Anything in a shared One Drive folder (even if the files are all physically saved on my local hard drive) won't work anymore and produce blank pages.
To resolve I have to copy the files into an unshared offline folder on the same drive and then Contact II runs as normal. I wonder what changed? I had been using the same set up for years without issue.