Contact sheet

[Flaver-D]

Hi!
I'm currently trying to make a contact sheet (index print) and I'm not getting what I want.
I'm using ImageMagick 6.9.1-2 Q16 x86 2015-04-14 on Windows 7 starter.
My goal is have something like this
With the folder name in one of the top corners and up to 36 images in a grid. And I want it to print on a regular 4x6 print.
So far, this is what I've got

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montage -verbose -units PixelsPerInch -page 462x288 -density 300 -label "%f" -font Arial -pointsize 10 -background "#FFFFFF" -fill "gray" -define jpeg:size=200x200 -geometry 200x200+2+2 -auto-orient *.JPG contact.jpg

but the final image doesn't want to conform to the desired size. I tried setting the -page size to either points (like right now) or pixels but it still doesn't work...

Any help would be greatly appreciated as my coding skills are very limited.

[snibgo]

Your input files are "*.jpg". Your output is also a jpg, in the same directory. So if you re-run your command, the output from the previous run will be included. Better to use different directories, or a different filetype for the output.

Think about pixels instead of inches. How many pixels do you want in the result? If you want 6x4 inches at 300 dpi, this is 1800x1200 pixels. For an array of 6x6 images, each image must fit into a box 300x200 pixels. Perhaps you want a 2-pixel border around each, so each image must fit into 296x196 pixels.

Windows BAT syntax:

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montage ^
  -geometry 296x196^>+2+2 ^
  -tile 6x6 ^
  -density 300 ^
  *.jpg ^
  m2.tiff

[Flaver-D]

I started counting pixels yesterday as I figured out that the program is not capable of having the user fix a final image size and fill in the blanks.
I ended up doing this

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montage -verbose -units PixelsPerInch -density 300 ^
-tile 7x6 -label "%f" -font Arial -pointsize 6 -background "#FFFFFF" ^
-fill "black" -define jpeg:size=253x154 -geometry 253x154+2+2 ^
-auto-orient *.JPG -title "My Images" contact.jpg

but the final image size is not always what I want it to be... but at least it's close.
I think I might have to make the image and then use convert to make it the correct size. Am I right?
What's the advantage of using -geometry 296x196^>+2+2 ^ instead of what I used?

[snibgo]

You said you wanted 6x4 inches at 300 dpi, which is 1800x1200 pixels.

My command gives you exactly that.

[Flaver-D]

OK, Thanks!
I'll just use it as is and move on to the batch side of things. That's going to be a bit easier as I grew up with the old DOS