Why are my photos grayed out?

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Gisela_Danielson
Mar 17, 2009
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I’m trying to import a folder into Contact Sheet II. The photos in the folder are grayed out. Not only photos in a folder but all photos are grayed out. What am I doing wrong?
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Ann_Shelbourne
Mar 17, 2009
What format, bit-depth and size are the photos in that folder?
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Gisela_Danielson
Mar 17, 2009
Ann, all 9 photos are JPEG, bit depth 8, file size between 952 KB to 2.29 MB. I can pull the folder up in Bridge and open them up without a problem. What baffles me is that all photos are grayed out.
I’m trying to do a 3D ball and have done it once before w/o any problem. Thanks much..
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Ann_Shelbourne
Mar 17, 2009
Are you using CS3 or CS4?

In CS4 you either need to use the Bridge/Output/PDF (via Contact template) method; or you need to install the optional Plug-in and Script and restart Photoshop (and maybe reboot too?) to use it from there.

The Bridge method is a great deal faster.
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Gisela_Danielson
Mar 17, 2009
Ann, thanks so much for trying to help me. I’m a novice and you might just want to give up…. I’m using CS4, have installed the contact sheet II feature since I was familiar with it. Just now tried your suggestion and was able to get all 9 pix as far as output preview in Bridge.
Here are the instructions that I’m following and had followed once before successfully while using CS:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKbUM5NLJ_g>
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Ann_Shelbourne
Mar 17, 2009
You will need to install the old "Contact Sheet II" software into Photoshop CS4 in order to follow that YouTube tutorial.

This Link should help:
< http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb 404900&sliceId=2#h5>

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