How do you do yours? [part 2]

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Panoramics....

I tried using the panoramics thingie-ma-bob in CS3, but when it had saved the file [as whatever it saves it as] I couldnt get it to do anything else with it!!! :(
I'm going on holiday in a week!!! And I know I want to probably do some panoramic shots when i come back....but please HELP!
 
It will have saved it as a .PSD (if saved using defaults) Once you have made the image, cropped it, & flattened image, save it as a JPG...
 
I use Canons photostitch, works well for me and saves as jpg.
 
I don't know about CS3 but you could try PT Tools (Free) or PTGui (Free Trial) they both do Panorama stiching.

I use PTGui for my 360 Spehrical Panoramas that I've just started doing (my first attempt was 2 weeks ago). I know that produces a .JPG, .TIF or .PSD depending on what you want. The PTGui Pro version even produces HDR Panoramas :naughty:
 
i use photomerge in CS3. take your shots in portrait and overlap by a third, that way you'll have plenty top and bottom to crop off for the perspective bending that takes place with the software. you can choose what to save the finished image as when you choose the save as option.
 
i have never really tryed them but i am going to give it a go :o) see what i can come up with
 
I usually use Autostitch - it's free and easy to use and you can get it from here.

I have tried the stitch software that comes with Canon cameras and I am not that impressed. I always can see the seams when I use this.

Yesterday I had a go with the Photomerge functionality in PSE6. Was quite impressed - as good as Autostitch I think. You have to flatten the layers once you've done the stitch before you can straighten - play with levels etc.

The trick to getting a good pano is overlap your photos by at least 30-40% and use the exposure lock (or stitch assist mode in P&S cameras) when shooting the sequence.

Some panos using Autostitch or Photomerge:







The real experts also recommend a panoramic head but I don't worry about that (yet).
 
Remember that you can always try different bits of software once you get home. But you can't go back and re-shoot.

So:
* make sure you overlap enough
* try to rotate the camera with as little side-to-sode movement as possible
* focus manually
* shoot all frames with the same exposure
* shoot all frames with the same white balance
 
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