What to use to replace Picture Package after Photoshop CS6 as team has multiple layouts already.

[joshua_1502]

Team is currently using Photoshop CS6 with Picture Package and has 33 layouts that they use to quickly send image to etching machine. 

Questions:

1) Can Photoshop CS6 still be fully licensed and used so that Picture Package can remaing?

2) What would be alternative now that new Photoshop versions no longer have Picture Package.

Current steps that team use:

We have 33 templates for each laser machine

Open adobe photoshop

File / Open

Scan job ticket

Make sure in Bounding Box

Click on file / automate / picture package

On layout pick size bottle

If adding more then 1 logo click on bottle where it appears on table   (need to make sure we can still load multiple single images for table of 36)

Select the location numbers that you’re not going to print (the images that appear on screen is how it will print)

Click on file print

If no changes click print

Need to be able to load multiple images per table of 36.

Must also be able to rotate graphic 180 degrees for some bottle.

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

@joshua_1502 Lightroom has a similar solution:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/print-module-layouts-templates.html

[Stephen Marsh]

It's a shame that Adobe never replaced this with an updated version.

A generic or custom script would be the most likely alternative.

[joshua_1502]

In the chain, I added a video showing current steps in Photoshop CS6 with Picture Package.

I currently have Lightroom 8.1 and reviewed options here... looks like the Picture Package for this is contained within Print Module - I cannot find this anywhere. This is not in the top right like I have seen in videos and there is no missing View that I can find to turn it on.

[Stephen Marsh]

Offhand, I can remember doing some work on this here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/batch-process-one-image-into-multiple...

And the late JJMack also had some scripts:

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

https://github.com/MarshySwamp/JJMack-Archive/blob/main/PhotoCollageToolkit.zip

PopulatePicturePackage.jsx

BatchPicturePackageNoRotate.jsx

BatchPicturePackage.jsx