Picture Package feature in CS6

Has been removed and the layouts and plugin for it you can get for CS5 does not work.

Anyone know how to make picture packages in CS6?

Thank you.

I don't have CS6, so I Googled "photoshop cs6 picture package" and there seems to be good info out there:

http://search.comcast.​net …package&top_Sea​rchSubmit=

Yeah, from what I read, Adobe abandoned the picture package layout in CS6 but made the contact sheet be included in the default instal. I tried copying over picture package layout from CS5 optional plugins but that doesn't work, CS6 will not even recognize it. The only thing I can find is to create a picture package as a smart object and my goodness that only works as it said if you shoot the right ratio. Maybe if enough photographers protest as they did when Cs5 came out without it then Adobe may offer it as an optional plugin again.

Try here http://download.adobe.​com …Win_Optional_Pl​ug-Ins.zip

Rayk wrote in post #14523675
Try here http://download.adobe.​com …Win_Optional_Pl​ug-Ins.zip

Thanks..but those are the optional plugins for CS5. CS6 is not backwards compatible to those optional plugins so they will not work, already tried.

i guess I could reinstall CS5 just for the picture package.

Have you considered making your own template and if you use smart objects it makes the process very simple once you have done it once. There are plenty of tutorials online if you need help doing it.

This has to be the first release that I can recall where the filters, plugins, etc. are not backward compatible with the previous version. If enough people ask Adobe for it, I am sure that they will provide it as an optional download.

Well, I don't know how to make my own templates. Trouble is, even on a home made template, if I want 16 wallets and have a template for it I need to have 16 copies of the image cause I can only copy a file over once. I have lumapix fotofusion for my collages and their support was very helpful telling me how to make templates and to populate an image in dragging over into as many as I need in one click.

I also have CS3 running just in case so I can use the picture package feature in that.

You can do it with a Smart Object and Duplicate. Use Replace Contents on one and it will update the others.

D Thompson wrote in post #14531897
You can do it with a Smart Object and Duplicate. Use Replace Contents on one and it will update the others.

Ok great..thank you. Now I just need to get down and dirty and learn how to replicate and work with smart objects and making templates, etc. I have no earthly idea.

Shooting wrote in post #14533870
Ok great..thank you. Now I just need to get down and dirty and learn how to replicate and work with smart objects and making templates, etc. I have no earthly idea.

You've got a pm.

I think I've figured out a way to do it, but need to test it out a little more and will have to rewrite it. It's a little more of a pita to set up, but once the template is created seems to work.

This should work. It creates 2-5x7's on an 10x8" sheet. Once the initial template is made, it is fairly easy to create the package with other images. It can be adapted to set up other packages as you see fit. You can download at https://docs.google.co​m …4ijTT0KJuaXUBBQ​AHyCo/edit

Let me know what you think about it.

Looks really nice if you want to resize your images to fit the template. I'd prefer a template where I can use the magic want and "paste into" the empty square and then size as needed, not necessary to fit the template. I managed to create such a template in Lumapix's Fotofusion, just drag and drop, no resizing needed.

Shooting wrote in post #14540500
I'd prefer a template where I can use the magic want and "paste into" the empty square and then size as needed, not necessary to fit the template. I managed to create such a template in Lumapix's Fotofusion, just drag and drop, no resizing needed.

It pretty much works that way. When you go to Edit Contents, then Place, you resize to 5x7, flatten, and save then it updates in the template. If you want wallet sized or whatever, just create another template to drop into. I guess I'm misunderstanding what you wanted, but as long as you've got a method that works then all's good.