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Index print or contact sheet (with exif and raw support)
An indexprint or contactsheet is an image that traditionally contains the negative images of an entire roll of film. Photographers used such sheets to index prints or as a proof page to decide which prints to enlarge.
Indexprint is a very useful tool to show the contents of a folder, for web design projects and galleries, personal work, or just to have a record of any archive folder in your (external) hard drives. Indexprint let you easily preview and catalog groups of images by displaying a series of (small) images on a single page or multiple pages.
From version 3.20 on indexprint has the possibility to show the exif information 'date and time', 'iso', 'speed', and 'F-number' if exist otherwise 'no exif data' will be printed. With the latest version 3.31 also JPEG XR formats can be printed. From v4 on the interface has been rebuild and also some new features has been added.
The pictures below are samples how indexprint/contactsheet works. For the default indexprint I have defined only three pictures on a row and three rows. I also wanted the filename including the extension printed. As result all pictures are scaled and centered within there respective minipages.
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| Default indexprint. Images are complete printed | Indexprint used as a mosaicprint |
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| Indexprint with ratio 1:1 choosen. Images are cropped. | Indexprint with ratio 16:9 choosen. Images are cropped. |
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| Indexprint with ratio 16:9 and rotate images checked. Images are cropped. | .... |
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| Read and Save page | Page options page |
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| Image options page. | other page. |
Indexprint is the same program as contactsheet v2.xx (http://registry.gimp.org/node/120) but has his own GUI designed with Glade, v2.xx uses PF-widgets. Reason is that a few problems with v2.xx cannot be easily solved i.e. the small screen problem, choosing a mix of imagetypes and size/ratio. These problems are solved in this new version. V3.xx uses also tooltips, also not possible in v2.xx.
This updated version works with version 2.6/2.8 of The Gimp, several imagetypes are supported.
Updated versions are first published on my website at http://www.sullockenzlin.demon.nl --> GIMP.
Download and Installation
The Indexprint plugin is tested on Windows XP SP3 and Linux Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (both 32 bits).
Installation notes given here are for windows only. On Linux: don't forget to make indexprint.py executable.
Indexprint can also be installed with Gimp Extensions Pack: http://registry.gimp.org/node/27656
Installation Gimp v2.6 and Indexprint v3.33
See my website http://www.sullockenzlin.demon.nl --> GIMP for details.
Installation Gimp v2.8.x and Indexprint v3.33
Download from the file attachments:
-Indexprint v3.33.zip
-add glade Gimp-2.8_32bit.zip (needed also for Lineborder 2)
1. Unpack Indexprint v3.33.zip and copie all the files (including the directories) to the user plugin dir of The Gimp.
2. Unpack "add glade Gimp-2.8_32bit.zip" and copie all the files to the appropiate directories of The Gimp.
3. First time you start Indexprint an "error" can occur. Indexprint don't know the location of your images and the location where you want to install your indexprint.
For JPG XR, raw and ps/eps files and exif information you need also to download and install:
- UFRAW plugin,
- Ghostscript/ghostview,
- pyexiv2 (needs also Python2.7.2/2.7.3 installed),
- JPEG XR plugin (it is possible you get a .dll error, search the registry for it)
Installation Gimp v2.8.x and Indexprint V4 development
Installation same as v3.33 except download "Indexprint development version" instead of Indexprint v3.33.zip.
This version is the bleeding edge towards v4. See my website for more details what has changed.
Do not use this version for commercial use for home use it is oke. This means that you should know your way around Linux or windows systems and that you should have an interest in tracking down bugs. On my systems it is working except sorting on exif and not all exif information can be included.
Changelog
Changelog can be found on my website http://www.sullockenzlin.demon.nl --> GIMP..
Note
For some reason translations aren't working anymore on windows (bugzilla 574520); Linux users have no problem. Affects also Lineborder 2.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Indexprint v3.33.zip | 45.82 KB |
| add glade Gimp-2.8_32bit.zip | 498.73 KB |
| Indexprint V4 development version.zip | 58.52 KB |
 Indexprint simpel manual Dutch.pdf | 381.94 KB |
Comments
EXIF data
Thanks for your post, now it work. I had searched a way to print EXIF data on image and I think ( and read somewhere) that this script do this, but I don't find how to do it. Can you help me ?
Re: EXIF data
No with this script is it not possible to print exif data on image yet. But.....I asked mykral if it is possible to print exif data on image with his "line border 2" plugin. If he got that working I will see if it is easy to port to indexprint.
At this time I don't know a script/plugin who can put exif data on an image, there is only a script viewing exif data. Perhaps others know more.
Based on my experience, the
Based on my experience, the restarts are not necessary. Can someone else prove or disprove that?
Re: Based on my experience, the
Only the restart after installing python is necessary (step 2) but that's for XP. Otherwise python is not complete registered. For vista or windows7 I don't know.
Oh and the next version will have an option to change the background color solving another problem. Just found it.
Have you really verified that
Have you really verified that this restart is necessary?
My experience is that all of this (i.e. GIMP including Python support) is set up within five minutes, and the download time is the longest part of that - no restarts required at all, Windows XP and up.
RE: Have you really verified that
Yes. On a clean XP machine after I installed python I was unable to install pygtk, pyobject and pycairo. I have tried it and got the message "no python installed". After rebooting I was able to install these packages and the rest.
Index print v3.0 bug/undocumented feature?
While using index print v3.00 to make an index sheet on a directory, I discovered that it will halt without warnings if there is a corrupt image in the directory. This left GIMP with the initial layout of the index page, but no images. The image had a low file name/number, so when using no sort options most of the directory would get indexed properly before stalling, but when sorted by filename this image would try to load first and stall the plug-in. As the image in question had never been loaded into gimp, I was not aware that the image was corrupted. The Linux image viewer Eye of Gnome 2.30.0 would open the image, and I was able to see the image thumbnail that Gnome created for the Nautilus directory. I had to open the image in other software (Irfanview, LOL), save it in a different format (png) then delete the original before converting the copy back to a jpg.
As a bonus, I found a corrupted image!
Once I got that straightened out, it worked perfectly. Thanks for this.
Bob63
OS: LinuxMint 9 (Isadora) 32-bit
Kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic
Gnome: 2.30.2
GIMP: 2.6.8
Index print v3.0 bug/undocumented feature?
The problem you found is already known and documented.
Look at my website (www.sullockenzlin.demon.nl --> gimp) for other documented problems and limitations.
Oh and thanks for your information about Linux. I will add this to the list.
Just a question what version of Python, libglade and pygtk are you using??
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I have added the known problems and limitations.
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Described problem is solved in the next version 3.10. Problematic images are now reported in an error log.
Indexprint v3.10 in Linux Ubuntu
I have the version ContactSheet V2-12 installed and working. I am having trouble getting this newest version working. I have installed it and made the Indexprint.py executable. I have also copied the file ~/.gimp-2.6/plug-ins/indexprint/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/indexprint.mo to /usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES and also to /usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES (I am not sure which folder to put it in. The language I am using English-United States, I am not sure if that is what this file is for).
When I open Gimp (v2.6.10) the plug in appears in the File menu and when clicked it opens a new gui, but when you click the "Ok" button at the bottom nothing happens. I am not sure where to go from here. Any suggestions would be great.
thanks
acreech
Additional Information:
Installed
Python2.6.6
Python3.1.3
Kernel 2.6.35-22.35
OP SYS Ubuntu 10.10
Architecture 64 bit
Re: Indexprint v3.10 in Linux Ubuntu
For version 3.10 you only have to unpack the zip archive into your plugin folder nothing else required. Default language is english nothing to do with .mo files. See further the installation notes for Linux.
If you unzip the zip package in your plugin folder you will find in this folder a file called indexprint.py (this one you should make executable) and a directory indexprint with contains everything what is needed.
I see you have also installed python v3.1.3 I don't no if hat interacts with v2.6.6. On windows it is at the moment impossible to use (and test) this version because the other packages are not compiled for this version.
V2.12 is rather old I have updated this version to 2.14. See my website.
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