Panorama Issue :(

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I've been trying to stitch photos in CS2.

I tried combining two images exported from Lightroom and as a separate exercise I tried the same technique on 3 different images (jpegs) opened directly from Photoshop (in order to rule out any incompatibility between lightroom/photoshop).

In both cases I selected the advanced blending option in the photomerge facility in photoshop.

On both occasions the result was a strong vertical shaded line between the pictures when merged. Almost as if they had been taken at different exposures. Anyone experience this or have any suggestions - thanks

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu205/5thumbz/panoramaissue_zpse0d5334e.jpg
 
Were the images exposed the same in manual when shots and processed the same?

It helps to show the image not a link just copy the IMG code and paste it into the thread

 
That's weird. You'd expect a variance in settings to manifest as a vertical stripe, not a diagonal one. Looks like a Lightroom software grad to me.
 
The panorama in my original post is made up of 2 images. They were both taken on manual setting within 5 secs of each other. None of then have been processed in lightroom before stitching and as you say, you might expect a vertical join line but not diagonal.

Independently I tried a similar exercise today with three jpegs which had not been post processed and hadnt gone anywhere near light room - similar result. These were taken on a different camera so by a process of elimination it appears to be PS related
 
Why do you have to use Photoshop/
Provided the images are jpg or tiff try using either Microsoft's Image Composite Editor (ICE) or Hugin.
Both are free and give excellent results.
For larger or more complex panoramas I use PTGui, which is a paid for program.
 
Without ticking the advanced merge option box the shadow is slightly worse! There dont appear to be any other options.

I wasnt aware of those other programmes. I guess I don't have to use photoshop - just seems a bit odd not to when I use it for everything else and everyone told me photoshop does this kind of thing very easily.
 
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Without ticking the advanced merge option box the shadow is slightly worse! There dont appear to be any other options.

I wasnt aware of those other programmes. I guess I don't have to use photoshop - just seems a bit odd not to when I use it for everything else and everyone told me photoshop does this kind of thing very easily.
Click to expand...

It does it easily, but often not very well....
Rather like a size 9 nine shoe fits many many people, but a long way from fitting every one.

I Use PTAssembler... But PTGui is the most popular with people who make pans all the time. Both have a learning curve, but can produce excellent results and offer many different options and projections. Both have a free trial period, but PTAssembler has regular free updates.
 
That is an odd one. I use PS fairly regularly for pano stuff and it's not something I've ever come across.
 
Post up the images here... unretouched... let's see if can re-create the problem here.
 
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