Stitching real estate twilight shots

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I am currently a real estate photographer that does mid day interiors and exteriors. I am looking to start doing twilight shots where I can paint the home with light and stitch together. I am having troubles with the stitching. Any advice.
 
My advice is that you should explain what sort of "troubles" you are having. There are people here who are willing to help, but we're not mind readers.
 
I am sorry for my lack of description. I am having troubles with post processing and my layers. More specifically making a smooth transition with the layers.
 
I think it would be helpful if you could describe the process you're trying to perform, and what software you're using.

Reading between the lines, it sounds to me like you're trying to create an HDR panorama, in which case there are two separate processes: merging differently-exposed images to create the HDR, and merging differently-composed images to create the panorama. Is that what you're doing? If so, how are you doing each step, and in what order?
 
I used to do this sort of shot many years ago, long before Photoshop and digital photography had appeared. Obviously we relied on being at the right place at the right time and using a few tricks of the trade. However because we were shooting transparencies on medium format, everything had to be done to capture the shot in one take.

As such, I am trying to figure out why the need for loads of post production sitting in front of a computer screen? Are you trying to improve the sky? The golden hour and blue hour need planning for, but rarely need a sky cutting and pasting as the light itself creates the pleasing colours and finish. If you do need to replace skies, this is a fairly straightforward Photoshop action with many YouTube videos etc if you are not sure. But if all the skies are cut and pasted there is a risk of the shots all ending up looking 'fake'. Are the type of photos so wide, that a good UWA lens cannot accomodate all you want to see? Is this what you want to stitch together? Or is it a case of wanting to blend shots to avoid burn-out from light in the windows? If it is the latter, just bracket a few shots in camera and stack them in post. Presumably it would be these you want to blend?
 
Yes jay. I am trying to make the house light up with painting with light. I have seen videos of people walking around with a single flash and a remote and lighting a house beautifully with minimal gear. Then in post merging and using the lighting to be convincing.
 
I have some new lighting tools that supposedly will make my life easier. Once I play with those I will put up a couple shots. Thanks jay.
 
For stitching try PTGui Pro
 
For stitching try PTGui Pro

If it's genuine stitching then PTGui Pro first, last and always ;)

But I think this is more exposure stacking and blending. It's possible Photomatix would be a good tool for this. But I bet it's down to skill with lighting and manual processing.

Show us (a) what you have (b) what you want. There are some pretty clever people on here.
 
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I am currently a real estate photographer that does mid day interiors and exteriors. I am looking to start doing twilight shots where I can paint the home with light and stitch together. I am having troubles with the stitching. Any advice.

Some more details of the software you are using and some examples would be a big help.
 
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