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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10
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Last updated 1/2/2012
Stitching together panoramas
Creating photomerge panoramas
For a video about this process, see
www.adobe.com/go/lrvid923_pse_en
.
The Photomerge Panorama command combines several photographs into one continuous image. For example, you
can take five overlapping photographs of a city skyline, and assemble them into a panorama. The Photomerge
Panorama command can tile photos horizontally as well as vertically.
When you set up a Photomerge Panorama composition, you identify the files you want to merge (called your
source
files
), and then Photoshop
Elements automatically assembles them into a single panorama. After the panorama is
complete, you can still make changes to the placement of the individual photos, if necessary.
Creating a Photomerge Panorama
Your source photographs play a large role in panoramic compositions. To avoid problems, follow these guidelines
when taking pictures for use with Photomerge Panorama:
Overlap images sufficiently
Images should overlap approximately 15% to 40%. If the overlap is less, Photomerge
Panorama may not be able to automatically assemble the panorama. If images overlap by 50% or more, it can be
difficult to work with them, and blending may not be as effective.
Use a consistent focal length
Avoid using the zoom feature of your camera while taking your pictures.
Keep the camera level
Although Photomerge Panorama can process slight rotations between pictures, a tilt of more
than a few degrees can result in errors when automatically assembling the panorama. Using a tripod with a rotating
head helps maintain camera alignment and viewpoint.
When photographing a panoramic scene from a high place, the natural inclination is to keep the horizon level in the
viewfinder. However, this actually produces a noticeable rotation between images. Try using a tripod to keep the
camera level when taking photographs in this situation.
Stay in the same position
Try not to change your location as you take a series of photographs, so that the pictures are
from the same viewpoint. Using the optical viewfinder with the camera held close to the eye helps keep the viewpoint
consistent. Or
try using a tripod to keep the camera in the same place.
Avoid using distortion lenses
Lenses, such as fish-eye lenses, that noticeably distort the image can interfere with
Photomerge Panorama.
Maintain the same exposure
Avoid using the flash in some pictures and not in others. The advanced blending feature
in Photomerge Panorama helps smooth out different exposures, but extreme differences make alignment difficult.
Some digital cameras change exposure settings automatically as you take pictures, so you may need to check your
camera settings to be sure that all the images have the same exposure.
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