Thumbs or collages of a ZIP

[dognheat]

I'm going to PM nobonobo and deaddogs for input on this request - and ask that they respond here, but I welcome input from anyone.

As more and more zips and rars are posted (Thanks, Alex, for the increased file size limits), I wonder how to post a single snapshot of all of the pictures in the zip.

Here's are two examples:

This one shows all of the pictures.
https://forum.oneclickchicks.com/show...67&postcount=2 (from nobonobo)

This one shows a decent, single-file collage.
https://forum.oneclickchicks.com/show...90&postcount=1 (from deaddogs)

How do you do this?

Thanks in advance!

[nobonobo]

Originally Posted by dognheat

I'm going to PM nobonobo and deaddogs for input on this request - and ask that they respond here, but I welcome input from anyone.

As more and more zips and rars are posted (Thanks, Alex, for the increased file size limits), I wonder how to post a single snapshot of all of the pictures in the zip.

Here's are two examples:

This one shows all of the pictures.
https://forum.oneclickchicks.com/show...67&postcount=2 (from nobonobo)

This one shows a decent, single-file collage.
https://forum.oneclickchicks.com/show...90&postcount=1 (from deaddogs)

How do you do this?

Thanks in advance!

I use Irfanfview...http://www.irfanview.com/...to make thumbnails, as well as the collages I post. It's free and pretty simple to use.
It's thumbnail option allows you a variety of choices, such as the number of images on a contact sheet, spacing between the images, number of columns and rows, background color, etc. If you google "making thumbnails with Irfanview" or "creating a contact sheet with Iranview", there are a number of tutorials that explain it much more concisely than I could. Here's a few links to a just one tutorial...
http://www.thenaildirectory.com/thumbnails.html
http://www.thenaildirectory.com/thumbnails2.html
http://www.thenaildirectory.com/thumbnails3.html
Hope this helps.

[dognheat]

Nobonobo, you rock!

That was incredibly easy. Here's my first post using this program and your guidance:

https://forum.oneclickchicks.com/show...03&postcount=5

It took me about 15 - 20 minutes to download the *free* software, install it, and make the preview collage. Brilliant.

[deaddogs]

I use Picasa 3 it does alot...

This is a Introduction video to show you what it's able to do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rskC6c_5L1M

And if you like the video this is where you can download it from. (It's free download and free to use)
http://picasa.google.com/