Captioning multiple photos

[George August]

I need to caption any number of 4x6 photos so that at the bottom .75 inches I have a white space with a printed title. I have tried setting up the caption on a .75x5 layout, then changing the canvas size to 4x6 and bringing in a picture that is also scaled to 4x5.5 but the picture comes out much larger. Don't know what the problem is as I am new at this, and moreover I need to know how I can do this on a batch process so that perhaps 100 or so pics on a CD can be processed this way. Will really appreciate help on this. Am switching over from conventional photo printing and I could do this easy with a Kodalith mask in my automated printer.

[JohnSWhite]

George,
Find the Actions menu (under Windows if not currently visible)then press the sideways arow in the top right and select, New Action, give it a name and then press Record.
Then with a 4x6 image open, select Images, Canvass Size, use the anchors to make the space appear at the bottom, type in an extra 0.75, press OK. Then select the typing tool, change the font and size to what you want. And at that point go back to the Actions and Stop Recording.
Run the action on each image and it should leave you the task of typing the words and positioning them accurately.
I hope it helps.
John

[ninjasavant]

One thing I do to accomplish a similar task is create an action to print the files to acrobat and use the caption option in the print dialog.

-ninja

[George August]

Thanks for the info..it works perfectly. There is one other problem that hopefully the manual will cover.
When adding text it does not center when I use the center icon. Can't figure it out.

[YrbkMgr]

George,

You have to include the following in your action: Select All; Layer|Align Layer to Selection:Middle/Center, etc.

Then it will be included.