![]() Now at this point you might be thinking “hmm you need to select images if you want to add captions, so I guess I will be selecting all the images page per pa?” WRONG! Instead, there is one place in InDesign that allows you to target all the images in the file at the same time and apply captions to them? but where…? Now we end up with a contact sheet that has evenly spaced images but is still missing the captions: I also deselected the Labels checkbox because we will be adding the filename later as part of our captions, so we will deselect this to avoid a double entry.Also deselect the Frame to Content checkbox if you want the image frames to be a uniform size.This will add enough space in the contact sheet for us to add the captions later Type in your measured height in the Vertical Offset field, in my case 72.Choose the same number of rows and columns as before.But this time we’ll be changing a few of the script settings. Use the Ruler tool to measure the much needed space for adding captions.ĭouble click the ImageCatalog.jsx script again and choose your image folder. ![]() Now that we have all the needed ingredients it’s time to close our test file and start building the actual contact sheet. Notice that the Info panel will pop-up automatically and tell you the total distance (about 72 points in my case). For this I use the Measure tool and measure the total height. Now let’s measure the total amount of space that is needed to position the caption. (Note: if the resulting text frame says then this means the text frame is probably touching other images, and you’ll need to move the other images away.) Now apply the caption by selecting your image and choosing Object > Captions > Generate Static Caption. Click OK when you’re done to close the window. This will be the distance between the image and the actual caption text. I will keep most of the Position and Style options at the bottom of the window as they are but only want to change the Offset value, there I choose 8 points. Here you choose Image ICC and Dimensions from the dropdown list. So click the (+) symbol at the right of the window to add two more metadata fields. I would like to use three metadata fields in my contact sheet: filename, ICC profile and image dimensions. Delete the filename of one of the images on your page, then select that corresponding image and choose Object > Captions > Caption Setup. Now it’s time to see how much room we need for our captions. This is because these file names are too long and thus result in overset text frames. Notice that the graphic frames have different proportions and not all the image names are visible on the page. In this folder you will find the ImageCatalog.jsx script. Choose Window > Utilities > Scripts (to open the Scripts panel) and there you can open the Application > Samples > JavaScript folder in the panel. Because adding more metadata means having smaller images on each page. However, there is a free script included with InDesign (yes, you already have it!) that allows you to import all the images - it’s called ImageCatalog.jsx!įirst of all it is very important to know how much metadata you want to use on your page. Another option might be to use Data Merge, but that requires other setup. But remember that we have a very large folder of images and Gridify requires that you place the grid one page at a time. But first, how to get all the images in? One option is to use the Gridify feature. The metadata part might be something you’ve heard before: Yes, we will be using the Captions option in InDesign - more on that in a minute.
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