A quick overview for a client
A contact sheet shows every frame of a shoot at a glance, as rows of small pictures. Send one when a client wants to see what was shot before the full set is ready, or to agree on a direction before you start editing.
Free contact sheet maker
Make a contact sheet from your photos, free, in your browser.
Lay a shoot out as a grid of small frames with their file names, ready to send a client for a quick look or a first selection. It all happens in your browser: your photos are never uploaded, and there is no account and no limit.
Your photos stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
What a contact sheet is for
A whole shoot on one page.
Three steps, then when a contact sheet is the right thing to send and how to make one a client can use.
- 01
Add your photos
Drop them on the tool or choose them from your computer or phone. They are placed in the order you add them.
- 02
Set up the sheet
Choose the columns, the page and the background, and whether file names are printed. The preview shows the first sheet as you change it.
- 03
Download
Make the sheets and download them as JPEG, one by one or all together as a ZIP file, ready to email, message or print.
Choosing by file name
Print the file names under the frames and your client can answer with a short list: 0412, 0418, 0431. Fewer columns make larger pictures that are easier to judge; four or five across an A4 page is a good balance for portraits and weddings.
For print and for your archive
A4 sheets print cleanly at home or at a lab and slip into a job folder beside the contract. Many photographers keep one for each shoot as a visual index, so a session from years ago can be found without opening a catalog.
Which page to choose
A4 portrait holds the most rows and suits printing. A4 landscape gives wider frames for horizontal work. The 4:3 screen page fills a monitor or a tablet, so choose it for email and messaging. A white background is kinder to printer ink; black makes colors stand out on a screen.
Is this contact sheet maker really free?
Yes. There is no account, no limit on how many photos or sheets you make, and no mark of ours on the sheet. It is made by Capturely, a client gallery service for photographers, and costs nothing to use.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. The sheet is drawn by your own browser, on your device. Your photos are never sent to a server, and they are gone when you close the page. Only your last settings (columns, page, background) are remembered on this device.
How many photos fit on one sheet?
That depends on the columns, the page and the shape of your photos. An A4 portrait page with four columns and file names holds 28 horizontal photos, and with six columns 66. The tool shows the number for your settings before you make the sheet.
What if I have more photos than one sheet holds?
The tool makes as many sheets as it needs, all with the same grid. With a title line, each sheet is numbered in its top corner. Download them one by one or all together as a ZIP file.
Can I print the contact sheet?
Yes. The A4 pages are made at 200 dots per inch (1654 by 2339 pixels), which prints cleanly on A4 paper. Choose the white background to save ink.
In what order are the photos placed?
In the order you add them, left to right and top to bottom. Photos chosen together arrive in the order your device lists them, usually by file name. Upright and horizontal photos share one frame shape, picked to suit most of them.
More free tools
Other jobs, done the same way.
Watermark photos
Put your name or logo on one photo or a whole shoot, at full size, in your browser.
Open the toolResize photos
Make one photo or a whole shoot the right size for Instagram, Facebook or client previews, by preset or to your own size.
Open the toolCompress photos
Make photos lighter at a quality you choose, or under a size such as 1 MB, and see what each one saved.
Open the tool
For client selection
Sending a contact sheet so a client can choose?
A Capturely gallery does the choosing for you. Your client hearts favorites up to the number in their package, notes what a frame needs and submits the selection. The list reaches you by email, ready to filter in Lightroom or Capture One.
Proofing is on every plan, Free included.