Abstract: Customized index prints incorporating user determined graphical representations and optional textual information is generated from user selectable digital index print description files having template data and bit-mapped graphical representations. Digital image data is provided from a film scanner along with frame number information and is resized using size instructions from the index print description file to fit the imagette areas in the index print template. Optional textual data is entered via a user interface to provide customized information to the customer. The processed imagette data and bit-mapped graphical representations (and optional textual information) is then merged into the index print template data to create a printable customized index print template file which can be sent directly to a digital printer or stored for subsequent off-line printing.