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72PPI PDF contact sheet?

MikeNYC
Hey,

Is there an easy way to output a PDF contact sheet at 72PPI? Currently it seems there's no way to do this...using the Print function and using a template to layout the images as a contact sheet, then printing to PDF works...except it makes a 300PPI document, with a very large file size. I then have to run it through another app to downsize the images embedded in the PDF.

I'm not looking for a way to do it as a web gallery...a PDF is what I'm looking for. Is there an easy way to do this all within C1?
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  • Rick Allen
    We find processing quick proofs and the using bridge to make the PDF much faster and smaller PDF.
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  • Drew Altdo
    [quote="MikeNYC" wrote:

    I'm not looking for a way to do it as a web gallery...a PDF is what I'm looking for. Is there an easy way to do this all within C1?


    Could one not facilitate the other?
    File>Create Web Contact Sheet.
    Export Contact Sheet
    Open in Web
    File>Print>Save as PDF.
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  • MikeNYC
    [quote="rapdigital" wrote:
    We find processing quick proofs and the using bridge to make the PDF much faster and smaller PDF.

    Thanks, that was a thought of mine.

    [quote="Drew" wrote:
    Could one not facilitate the other?
    File>Create Web Contact Sheet.
    Export Contact Sheet
    Open in Web
    File>Print>Save as PDF.

    When looking to make 20-40 different contact sheets from shots over the course of the day, the simplest course is the most efficient. With Web Contact Sheets, there's much less control over pagination, if I want a white background I'd have to edit the theme, and I'm left with a bunch of folder structure I have to delete after printing the PDF from a web browser.

    I think I solved it with a little bit of elbow grease:

    Used ColorSync Utility in OSX to edit a Quartz filter to reduce image resolution to 72PPI
    Created an Automator Printing Workflow to apply the Quartz filter

    Now, I can go to the PDF button in the Print dialog, and I have a "72 PPI PDF" option. I can choose where the output PDF will land, and Finder opens a window showing where the file is after the workflow runs. If anyone's interested, here's the steps:

    - Open ColorSync Utility (built into OSX)
    - Choose the "Filters" tab
    - Click the down arrow to the right of "Reduce File Size" and choose "Duplicate"
    - Click "Reduce File Size Copy" and rename it to "72 PPI Images"
    - Click the > to twist out the options on "72 PPI Images"
    - For Image Sampling, enter "0" in Scale, Max, and Min pixels
    - Enter "72" in Resolution
    - Quality on High
    - In Image Compression, leave set on JPEG mode, and quality up about 75% or whatever desired
    - Quit ColorSync Utility


    - Open Automator
    - Select File -> New, and choose "Print Plugin"
    - On the left panel, Select "Move Finder Items" from the Library -> Files & Folders tab, and drag it to the right panel
    - On the right panel, click "Options" under "Move Finder Items", then check "Show this action when the workflow runs". This will allow you to choose where your PDF will be stored
    - On the left panel, select "Apply Quartz Filter to PDF Documents" under Library -> PDFs, and drag it to the right panel under "Move Finder Items"
    - On the right panel, select your new "72 PPI Images" filter made in ColorSync, and leave all else unchanged
    - On the left panel, select "Reveal Finder Items" under Library -> Files & Folders, and drag it to the right panel under the Quartz Filter
    - Now, just choose File -> Save... up top, and name your printing plugin "72 PPI PDF". Quit Automator.

    It should be all finished! Now when printing a document, you can click the PDF button, and you'll see "72 PPI PDF" as an option, which will make your lightweight PDF on the fly. Further tweaks in Automator could drop it right into an email, upload it via FTP, prompt for different filename, etc. I'm happy to have solved this though, and it should speed things up on set.

    EDIT: Still probably not as fast (processing-wise) as QuickProofs into Bridge, as C1 is still outputting 300PPI before OSX converts to 72PPI...but less labor.
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  • SFA
    Is there an equivalent Windows application/process?
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