imaginator Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 I took six overlapping frames and need to "stitch" them together intoa panorama. The scene is distant mountain ranges/peaks and the lensused was a 400mm telephoto, so I'm hoping this will simplify things(no fancy software needed to correct issues like distortion,vignetting, ect.) I can use Adobe Photoshop or Corel PhotoPaint...which is better for this? Do I need extra software or can this be donewithout specialized pano programs? How about free software for simplepano stitching? Am I correct in assuming the tele lens and the longdistance allows a more starightforward approach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Taylor Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 I use this PS method to stich my Xpan pix: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/xps.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd_ringler Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 I know stitching can be done in Photoshop LE 2.0. If it can be done in Photoshop 7.0, I can't find it. I have played around in LE doing some simple stitching and I think with long lenses it would work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_roth Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 This method takes time to learn but it works fine, and yes there is free software involved called Panotools. (There is no easy solution to this concept, at least I haven't found one that gives a decent result): http://www.tawbaware.com/ptasmblr_tutorial.htm#introduction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip_sweeney Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I use photoshop for pan projects: <html> <ul> <li><a href=http://home.att.net/~shipale/pitts.html>a pittsburgh panorama</a></li> </ul> <html> That image is 3 4x5 overlapped transparencies. The left and right images were shot at close to 45 deg. I usually slice off parts of the center shot (sometimes you need to defringe) and use numerous layers. I had about 10 layers on this project. The new healing brush can be helpful. The sky was tricky as each shot had a slightly different black and the scanner introduced noise on the darker ones - used noise filter. A very impotant tool is the clone stamp in lighten and darken mode. I consider this the most important tool in photoshop, I almost never use the clone stamp in normal mode. Of course all the perspective tools in tranform were used. Final image 36 x 13 after 4 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_doyle Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 Haven't tried it yet. Hope to use at Big Bend with a 200mm lens. http://www.ptgui.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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