Contact sheets are a vital and visual way of showcasing the work done both in and out of lesson, they can be created and displayed in many ways; here is the way I find most appealing and suitable.
To begin, open up Adobe Bridge and import the desired photos into the ‘content’ section.Select the photos you wish to use using Ctrl+Right Click On The Images then go to Tools<Photoshop<Contact Sheet II, this should open Adobe Photoshop in a new window.In Photoshop, you should be greeted with this window, from here you can adjust the amount of rows/columns desired and consequently, alter the final outcome.This is the outcome, I could choose to stop here and export the file as a png or jpeg or I could alter the background and spacing manually.By using the Rectangular Marquee Tool, I select the row of photos and Layer Via Cut (what this essentially does is separate the rows into layers that I can alter and move). I repeat the process for the remaining two.I then moved the layers closer and, using the Rectangle Tool, created a shape layer that serves as a black background.This is the final product, although it’s not much different from the original contact sheet the colour of the images is much more vivid and they look much more presentable.
Normally, after contact sheets are created favourite photos are selected and taken to the next stage. Contact sheets are helpful with this since you can compare and discriminate between many images at a time.
