How to Shoot Christmas Cards in Bulk?

As well as the software, don't underestimate the printing time. An inkjet printer (as opposed to a dye sub photo printer popular with event printing) is likely to use more than a minute in printing both sides of each card. Try the printer you will be using, on the card stock you will be using, and time it. You could shorten the time by printing the inside in advance.

Dave

Its doable with expensive software designed for something like sporting events.

Something like this is overkill but it gives you an idea.

https://www.fotoclubinc.com/dropoutgs-photo-green-screen-software.aspx

You could also have template in Photoshop, you would need probably three people- one to operate the camera, one to herd the subjects, one to handle printing. Have a stack of cardboard photo frames ready, 2-3 printers, and plenty of paper and ink.

...then have it printed all within a minute time frame. Is this achievable with Photoshop?

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How well do you know Photoshop? Are you a beginner, expert, or in-between?

Is it expected that you will be the person who creates and prints within the one-minute time frame?

Jane

Maybe you should post meaningful screenshots or sketches to clarify the situation. 

How is the printing supposed to be performed? 

Individually or might you even have to »imposition« multiple images for printing on one sheet?  

Yet another option is a Photoshop template automation script – the Photo Collage Toolkit from the late JJMack:

https://github.com/MarshySwamp/JJMack-Archive

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/r-i-p-jjmack/m-p/12701028

https://web.archive.org/web/20220130105643/http://www.mouseprints.net/Photoshop.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20210419210422/http://www.mouseprints.net/old/dpr/PhotoCollageToolkit.html

As you are asking for software suggestions- I might throw in Lightroom-Classic.

My ideas for Lr-Classic would be-

1) Create your "premade image" (Christmas Greeting, etc) as a PNG file with transparency in Photoshop so that it can be used as an Identity Plate 'Overlay' in Lr-Classic 

2) Shoot with camera attached in 'Tether' mode (or use the Auto-Import feature). The photos automatically appear in the Lr-Classic catalog.

3) Set up the Print module in Lr-Classic to use the PNG overlay on top of the photos (Not a "background").

4) As the photos appear in the catalog (and the Print module filmstrip) - Select a photo and Print.

This procedure sounds complicated (and it is at first), but once set up it only needs you to -Press the camera [shutter], wait for the photo to appear in the catalog, Click the [Print] button in Lr-Classic.

Examaple- My "Christmas Greeting" PNG (Identity Plate) applied to some existing images.

You could use templates and batch actions/scripting to place images and print.