Panorama Help

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I have to admit defeat :'(

Been playing with these two images most of the day and cant get colours or placement right.
Trying to create what I saw that evening but could not get on my camera in one shot.

Can anyone suggest a good link for a tutorial on how to bring two images together in photoshop to look like a panorama and how would you go about making sure the colours on both were matched properly.
Cathy

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Cathy have you tried photomerge in Photoshop?

File...Automate...Photomerge.

Rhodese.
 
Yes had a go but this was the best I could get. Thinking now I may need to make sure the photos are exactly the same size first?
Cathy
 
PTgui is far more adept at stitching images, you could give that a try...

http://www.ptgui.com/

Saying that though, apart from a little CA I can't see a fault with the pano you posted. I do have tired eyes though.

When I do pano's I shoot RAW (using the same camera settings of course) and edit each in ACR with the exact same settings. I then open the RAW in Ps as 16 Bit TIFF files and then Save As (TIFF). I then fire the 2+ images in PTgui and let it do the pano work. Any parallax or misalignment (seldom) is easily fixed when opening the finished 16 bit TIFF panorama is Ps.
 
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Scot I will give that a go.This is my first try at a pano.

I had taken the shots one after the other in the hope of getting something from them. :)

i can now see the CA.The problem for me is the sky is not the same colour at the join but that may have been something i did in raw.
I will go back and re do them tomorrow to see if I can work out what i did.

I do copy the develop settings of the first image and then pasted them into the second image in Lightroom I then took them into PS to sharpen and reduce noise.
but I will try again.
Cathy
 
Hello I can't see the problem you have at this size but I would try this.
Assuming you have merged them as above and have got the one file and using Photoshop.
Duplicate layer.
Again assuming you can see the side of the image that as the problem use a rectangle selection of that half select more than needed. Then create a curves adjustment layer. If it is just brightness adjust the curve from the middle up or down you will see it changing so you can compare with the correct side. If it is colour try the individual curves channels. when happy use soft low opacity black brush to paint the selection edges thus blurring the merge.
I may not have explained very well and am terrible with grammer but it should get you there.

Gaz
 
Just a thought, did you use a polariser? It looks like you might have to me, I try and avoid the when shooting stitched panoramas as it is nigh on impossible to get a constant level of polarisation across the pan of shots.

On that shot I wouldn't worry too much about it to be honest, I don't think it detracts from a lovely shot.
 
Mark you are so kind thank you.
No I did not use a polariser I think I must gave made changes to one of the sky scenes and forgot yo do the other :( lol!
Cathy
 
Charlie thank you but I think it is a windows application only.
I work on a Mac. However good to know there is another free program out there. :)
Cathy
 
I find it pays to set everything on the camera to manual, adjust as required and then leave alone until all pano shots have been taken.

Thats :

Focus
WB
ISO
Shutter speed
Aperture

and anything else I may have forgotten .:)

Yes, PTGUI is the dogs danglies.
 
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Seajay said:
Charlie thank you but I think it is a windows application only.
I work on a Mac. However good to know there is another free program out there. :)
Cathy
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Ah, I didn't realise you were one of those funny Apple people. ;) Shame because Microsoft ICE is free.

Hugin is a also free download for Windows and Mac, although I have not tried it, so I cannot comment on how good (or bad) it is.
 
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Lol! :) yip and a couple of years on I am still finding my way around but do love it Thanks for the other link Charlie will have a wee look. John and Jonathan thank you. I will keep all your routine in mind John next time I try a pano. Did take the shots at the same settings think I messed up in Lightroom. Cathy's
 
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Seajay said:
I will keep all your routine in mind John next time I try a pano.
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You mean John. Do try to keep up ;)

PTGui is actually remarkably tolerant of exposure changes. With enough overlap it creates some pretty cool blends.

Colour temp not so much. Or rather it looks less believable - possibly because we're used to "exposure" changes as our eyes scan a scene.
 
If you want to immerse yourself in the world of panos (and VR) have a look here.

There are some very knowledgeable people there.

Possibly more than you want, I pop in occasionally to reinforce how little I know.
 
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john-oh said:
If you want to immerse yourself in the world of panos (and VR) have a look here. There are some very knowledgeable people there. Possibly more than you want, I pop in occasionally to reinforce how little I know.
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Don't think I will immerse myself John :)
this was just my first go at it. However thank you for the link I will have a look.
Cathy
 
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