How to customize the Ultimate Contact Sheet Slide Show After Effects template from FluxVFX https://www.fluxvfx.com/templates/ultimate-contact-sheet-slide-show-after-effects-template/

1. Ultimate Contact Sheet
After Effects Template
Step-by-Step Customization Instructions
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2. INTRO
Ultimate Contact Sheet
Slideshow After Effects
Template
Display your beautiful photography with the Ultimate
Contact Sheet template- the stylish and modern de-
sign is perfect for any project- wedding, fashion, corpo-
rate, or everyday life!
Each of the 50 photos is it’s own animated scene so
you can easily edit the timeline to use just what you
need.
Every animated photo scene can easily be switched
from landscape to portrait orientation- that’s TWO dif-
ferent animations in one scene! Just turn on the cam-
era layer you need- Landscape or Portrait- and the tem-
plate does all of the work for you.
The Blur & Focus camera effects are on a single layer
that can be turned off or moved in the timeline- no
keyframes to mess with!
Customize the length of the 4 video scenes by moving
ONE layer marker! Select your ‘freeze frame’ for the
end of the video then move your layer marker to the
place in the timeline you ‘d like the video to stop playing.
Easy to customize and update if you need to swap out a
photo- simply check a box to display the numbered labels
for all photos so you can easily find and replace images.
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3. Here’s what’s included:
-50 Photo Scenes
-4Video Scenes
-Two Optional Text areas for each Scene
-1 Closing Logo Scene
-1 Closing Text Scene
-3 Opening Text Scenes
-3Video Scenes
-2 Light Leaks video overlays
-animated circle, square, and arrow animations
-HD1080
-Adobe After Effects CS4 and newer versions
-TRT: (02:17) Main Preview Montage
Source files:
-Ultimate-Contact-Sheet-Slideshow-template.aep,
markings.psd, arrows.psd, (2) Light
Leak quicktime movies with Alpha After Effects Templates
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4. PROJECT CONTENTS:
'elements' folder:
contains the source files used to make the animation including pre-
comps, solids, and all source files
Render Comp folder:
Contains Final composition to be rendered.
Replace Logo Here folder:
Contains placeholder compositions for your photos
Replace Photos Here folder:
Contains placeholder compositions for your photos
Replace Text Here folder:
Contains all of the compositions to customize all text areas in the
project
ReplaceVideos Here folder:
Contains video placeholder compositions
Scenes folder:
Contains compositions for all of the Scenes in the project
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5. Select the “Show Photo Numbers” layer in the Ultimate Contact Sheet slideshow Render Comp.
In the Effects Controls panel check the box for “show photo numbers” to see numbers for all of the photos or un-
check the box to hide the numbers.
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How to Show/Hide Photo Numbers:

6. How To Replace Photos:
In the Project Panel
go to the “Replace Photos Here” folder. Double-click to
open the “Replace Photo 01” composition.
Turn off or delete the placeholder layer by clicking the
eyeball icon or simply hit ‘delete’.
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7. How To Replace Photos:
Next, go to File/Import/File...
Navigate to the folder with the photo you want to
import.
Hit “Open” to import your photo to the Project Panel.
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8. How To Replace Photos:
Drag & Drop the imported
photo into the Replace Photo 01
composition timeline.
With the photo layer selected, Hit S on your keyboard
to bring up the layer’s Scale property, scrub left on the
numbers to scale the layer down if needed.
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For Portrait(Vertically Oriented) photos:
Hit R on your keyboard to bring up the layer’s Rota-
tion property, type 90 in for the Rotation
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9. How To Change Photo Frame Text:
In the Project Panel open the Replace Text here
folder, then Replace Text and Numbers on
Frames/Photo Frames/ then double-click to open the
Photo Frame 01 composition
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Double-Click on any text layer, the text
will become highlighted and ready to be
customized.
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Go to the
Character
Panel
to change
color, font,
and text
size

10. How To Change Optional Scene Text:
In the Project Panel open the Replace Text here
folder, then Replace Photo Scenes Optional Text
here then double-click to open the Replace Photo Scene
Text 01 composition
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Double-Click on any text layer, the text
will become highlighted and ready to be
customized.
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Go to the Character
Panel
to change color, font,
and text size

11. How To Change Logo and Closing Text:
In the Project Panel open the Replace Logo
Here folder, then double-click the Replace
Closing Scene Logo and Tag line composition
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Double-Click on any
text layer, the text will be-
come highlighted and
ready to be customized.
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Go to the Character
Panel
to change color, font,
and text size
Drag & Drop in your imported logo file into
the timeline, place it anywhere above the text
line.
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12. How To Change Intro Scene Text:
In the Project Panel open the Replace Text
Here folder, then open the Replace Intro Text
Here folder. Double-click to open the Replace
Intro Scene Text 01 composition
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Double-Click on any text layer, the text
will become highlighted and ready to be
customized.
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Go to the Character
Panel
to change color, font,
and text size
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13. How To Edit Video Scenes:
In the Project Panel, go to the ReplaceVideos Here
folder,then theVideo Scene 01 folder. Next, double-
click to open the ReplaceVideo 01 composition
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In the top nav, go to File/Import/File...2
Navigate to the your footage file hit ‘open’3
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14. How To Edit Video Scenes:
Select and drag your imported video file into the
ReplaceVideo 01 composition timeline.
4 If you want to edit the start and end of your video do it in
this composition.
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15. How To Edit Video Scenes:
Next, open theVideo Scene 01 composition located
in the Scenes/Video Scenes folder.
6 Move your Current Time Indica-
tor in the timeline to the
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Next move the layer marker labeled “out point” to
where the Current Time Indicator is.
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16. How To Edit Video Scenes:
To set the freeze frame for the end of the video,
open the SetVideo START and END still frame 01
composition in the ReplaceVideos Here/Video Scene
01 folder
9 On theVideo End Frame layer, make sure your
Current Time Indicator is directly on top of the Time Re-
map
keyframe.You can scrub the numbers left and right or
you can type in a specific time for the freeze frame.
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17. How To Edit Video Scenes:
Go back to the video Scene 01 composition and scrub through the timeline, past your “out
point” layer marker to make sure you are happy with the freeze frame. If it’s off or not what
you wanted, go back to the SetVideo START and END still frame 01 composition and tweak it
from there.
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18. How To Turn On/Off Optional Text Areas:
Open the Photo 01 composition located in the Scenes/Photo Scenes folder. Find the layer “Re-
place Photo Scene 01” and turn on/off the layer by clicking the eyeball icon next to the layer in
the timeline.
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How To Set Up a Portrait (Vertical) Photo Scene:
Follow the steps on pages 6-8 for importing photos.With your photo selected in the timeline,
hit R on your keyboard to bring up the Rotation property then type 90 for the rotation.
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How To Set Up a Portrait (Vertical) Photo Scene:
In the Photo Scene comp (Scenes/Photo Scenes), turn on the camera
layer labeled “Portrait Camera” by clicking the eyeball icon next to the layer in the timeline.To
revert back to Landscape Camera, turn Portrait off.
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