Sequence of prints on one page help.

[MeadsMan]

Hi,is it possable to print a sequence of photos on one A4 page in photoshop elements 7 ? For intance, a horse aproaching a jump,and then in mid air over the jump,and the landing,all 3 frames printed on 1 A4 sheet.

[RobSutton]

Originally Posted by MeadsMan

Hi,is it possable to print a sequence of photos on one A4 page in photoshop elements 7 ? For intance, a horse aproaching a jump,and then in mid air over the jump,and the landing,all 3 frames printed on 1 A4 sheet.

Yes - from memory (as I don't have Elements on this computer) you'd have to open one of the images, increase the canvas size - one of the options under resize in the drop down image menu (I think) open the other two images and simply select and paste onto the canvas. It might be best to start with the middle of the three images and then paste the others either side of it.

[MeadsMan]

Thanks Rob,I`ll try that.

[DanJeffery]

I don't have Photoshop Elements but wonder if there is anything on the print requester that would do this if you selected all the images and then selected print? (apologies if you have already tried this)

[Geoff F]

Don't worry about PS Elements, Dan, most photo editing programmes work in a similar way.

If the software enables you to exactly position an image on a page your suggestion would work; but many programmes just centre a photo when printing. Using a text programme would be another alternative providing you set the same page size for the computer and the printer. In fact this could be the simplist answer and would enable the accurate positioning of captions as well. But it would be just as easy to create a standard page size, say A4, and import the 3 photos then print as just one page.

Another version of Rob's answer is to Open the first image and copy it to the clipboard; close that file. Create a new blank background image, with a suitable size and resolution to take all 3 images. Past the first image from the clipboard as a layer and position it. Do the same with each of the other 2. And job completed.

For anyone who isn't familiar with increasing Canvas Size, this could be an easier method.

[RobSutton]

Originally Posted by Geoff F

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If the software enables you to exactly position an image on a page your suggestion would work; but many programmes just centre a photo when printing. Using a text programme would be another alternative providing you set the same page size for the computer and the printer. In fact this could be the simplist answer and would enable the accurate positioning of captions as well. But it would be just as easy to create a standard page size, say A4, and import the 3 photos then print as just one page.

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For anyone who isn't familiar with increasing Canvas Size, this could be an easier method.

I must admit I often use Powerpoint to construct complex multi picture prints, just make sure you set the page size to the appropriate one for your output. It does mean you have a lot of scope for adding titles, captions etc. Just copy and paste the photo onto the page and then resize and position as required. As Geoff says it is probably easier than changing the Canvas Size in Elements.

[DanJeffery]

An answer cut and pasted from the Adobe Photoshop Elements forum:

"The picture package in PSE/mac and PS always starts by filling the page with one photo. Then you click the "zone" (the image of any particular photo) for the photo you want to change out, and a dialog box pops up that lets you pick a different photo. You can also edit zones, create your own layouts, etc."

In Photoshop you find the Picture Package in File->automate. I just tried it and it does what you what. I don't know where it would be in Elements but it's there somewhere.

[nigel_b]

Paint shop pro will do it but if you have big files and a slow PC it'll grind away for ages. I had to reduce the image size of the source pictures first to get anywhere at all.

[Hobjob]

Paste the images into Word would be my preferred option.

(but if saving the Word document, do shrink the reslutling bmp, by
Save as | tools | compress pictures.
Deafult picture save in Word makes silly sized files)

[loripo]

As RobSutton says above - I've used Powerpoint - as you can then save the 'slide' as a jpeg and work on that.