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USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2
Printing photos
Laying out photos in a picture package
Choose a Picture Package template
A Picture Package template allows you to print one photo in a variety of sizes on one or more pages.
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In the Library, select the photo you want to print.
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In the Template Browser of the Print module, select a Picture Package template.
Note:
Confirm the type of template you’ve chosen by looking in the Layout Engine panel to see if the template is a Grid
or Picture Package template.
The preset templates appear under the Lightroom Templates folder, but you can add new folders and custom
templates. Click the arrow next to a folder to expand or collapse it.
Specify picture package cell options
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In the Image Settings panel of the Print module, select any of the following options:
Zoom To Fill
Fills the entire image cell with a photo, cropping the edges of the image as necessary.
Rotate To Fit
Rotates images if necessary to produce the largest image that fits in each image cell.
Photo Border
Adds a border of the specified width to the photo in each image cell.
Inner Stroke
Adds an inner stroke of the specified width and color to the photo in each image cell.
More Help topics
“
Specify how photos fill an image cell
” on page 152
“
Print borders and strokes in Picture Package layouts
” on page 157
View picture package page guides
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In the Rulers, Grid & Guides panel, select whether you want to view a page ruler, a layout grid, and page bleed
guides.
2
Specify a unit of measurement for the ruler, grid snap behavior, and whether to display image size with the bleed
layout.
3
Turn Cut Guides on in the Overlays panel to view cut lines.
Customize a picture package layout
You can add as many image cells as you like to a picture package layout, and arrange them on the page automatically
or manually. Lightroom offers six standard photo cell sizes. If you add more photos than fit on a page, Lightroom
automatically adds pages to the layout.
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In the Cells panel, click to add cells in the desired size or sizes to the layout. Lightroom optimizes their placement
on the page for the fewest cuts.
Note:
Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) to duplicate a cell.
2
(Optional) Drag the image cells on the page to rearrange them.
3
Select any of the following options:
New Page
Adds a page to the layout.
Updated 03 September 2009