Better Contact Sheets

[mgilvey]

The beginning of my workflow with DSLR RAW image is to create a contact sheet of all the images that came off the media card. In DCPro Studio, there is Print Tao and an option to print a contact sheet from the Print Tao menu. The problem I have with it is, the images are not large enough. If it would give me seveal layout choices it would be nice for example, I would really like the following:

5 thumbnail images with 1/8" gap between (horoizontal axis), 3 or 4 rows with the name of the file below each image. I don't want borders around the thumbnails like it currently displays, why not make the image fill the width of those borders so they can be bigger and lose the border altogether.

It would also be nice if I could have a title, subtitle, date of print and page numbers.

I tried using the 4x4 template that is in the Print Tao application but when I pushed images into the layout they went all over the place instead of in a logical left - right - top - bottom arrangement. It also takes way too long when working with RAW images because it has to process each image. If the VLT could display thumbnails as large as 512 pixels, couldn't it just grab that preview?

This is really important to me because for as many companies who make thumbnail programs or contact sheet exports, not one makes one that is truely adjustable. SOME ONE NEEDS TO MAKE A PROGRAM THAT WILL DO THIS, it needs to work quickly. I should be able to make a set of contacts that have large images in less than 5 minutes and have the ability to add additional information in it.

The VLT and Print Tao just about do this but I feel they need more work. Please help. I don't want to have to access a different program to make a contact sheet the way I want it.

[LSI_Akosman]

Dear Mr. Gilvey,

you wrote

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I tried using the 4x4 template that is in the Print Tao application but when I pushed images into the layout they went all over the place instead of in a logical left - right - top - bottom arrangement. It also takes way too long when working with RAW images because it has to process each image. If the VLT could display thumbnails as large as 512 pixels, couldn't it just grab that preview?
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This problem is already fixed with the current version 6.4.4r3b. Please update your version to the newer version 6.4.4r3b.

Thank You for the other requested features in your wishlist. I have notified our developement department concerning these feature requests.

[mgilvey]

Thanks, I'll check it out.