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Create Thumbnail Poster 1.2
**Function:** Creates a multi-page 20" by 30" PDF document of thumbnails of the images passed into it from the previous action.
**Author**: [Jim Heid](http://www.macilife.com)
**Requires**: JPEG, TIFF, or PNG images
**Input**: (Image files)
**Output**: (PDF files) A PDF file
**Notes**: Thumbnails can be in either of three formats: square (96 images per page), horizontal (72 images per page), or vertical (72 images per page). The resulting file can be limited to a single page of the first group of images. The original images are not altered. The resulting file can be very large in size, it is not unusual to have files over 300 Mb in size.
This action includes a sample workflow that pulls images from your iPhoto library and returns the completed poster to a new album. [More information](http://www.macilife.com/2005/07/how-to-make-life-poster-tiger-edition.html).
**Updates**:
1.1 - removed limitation for US English systems only
1.2 - changed input and output types to com.apple.applescript.alias-object
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This would be great, but returns an error saying it only works on US english… I am in the UK.
Anything I can do?
Comment by Westy — July 16, 2005 @ 4:21 pm
same problem i got an error : “Only works on US english”
(Powerbook G4 – OS 10.4.2)
Comment by fablamenas — July 30, 2005 @ 4:13 pm
I experience the same problem. Can you e-mail me a workaround
Comment by Stian Salomonsen — September 7, 2005 @ 12:32 pm
Same problem here
Comment by surfgeek — October 23, 2005 @ 2:50 am
Hi Jim, would you consider making a similar action for a smaller size result, say 11×14 or 8×10?
Comment by Murray — November 20, 2005 @ 4:16 pm
This is from mike matas blog at mikematas.com
Comment by Kevin Duvall — December 14, 2005 @ 2:18 pm
keep getting an error message when I try to install the Automator. Error: -48 The operation could not be completed because there is already an item with that name. Any idea what I’m doing wrong or how to fix the problem.
Ron
Comment by Ron Eakins — July 9, 2006 @ 11:12 pm
Interesting website with a lot of resources and detailed explanations.
Comment by Hugh Corbit — August 3, 2006 @ 4:44 am
very nice site, i see!
thank you!
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Comment by zasrancheg — August 9, 2006 @ 1:23 pm
This is a really great site. Thanks! I ll be back soon!
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Comment by Bill — August 25, 2006 @ 6:21 pm
It’s so interesting:,
Comment by Dioqsiwd — June 10, 2008 @ 9:28 am
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