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Taking the pain out of panoramic…

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  • Nick's Blog
Jun 21 2012

A number of folk have been very kind about my attempts at panoramics so I thought it might help if I gave a step by step guide as to how I approach these. There is NO right or wrong here, but this is ‘my way’.  I am referencing Elements 10 for this.

1. Limit the shots to about 5 or 6 – generally

2. Shoot in portrait mode – more sky and foreground to help the program line up the skyline. I generally hand hold and overlap each pic by around 30%, keeping the camera as level as possible. I also auto focus the first shot and then flick focus back to MANUAL  Don’t shoot in auto focus for your panel as the camera/lens will just hunt and throw your compositions out

3. Load the pics up into the computer and carry out minimal post processing – this can come later. Name and save each pic under Save As (pano 1, pano 2 etc will do for now)

4. Go to NEW in the photo editor suite

5. Go to Photomerge Panorama.

7. Select Auto (diagrams on the left) and then, clicking on BROWSE, identify all the pics to go into the pano. When these are in the box click OK

8. The software will then select (in the right order!), join and blend the pics

9. It will complete the pano and then ask you if you want it to define the boundaries or not. I click on no and crop the shot myself. Don’t forget to go into LAYER (top menu) and flatten layer at this stage.

10. I then do whatever post processing I need to and save the output as a TIFF file and then as a jpeg file.

I hope this helps start you off!

 

 

 

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  1. Judi Lion 

    Thank you for the tutorial you gave us on Tuesday morning and I am now itching to have a go at the flower meadows, barns and walls of Littondale.

    June 21, 2012 at 11:50 am Reply
    • Nick Jenkins 

      Good luck Judi!

      June 21, 2012 at 12:02 pm Reply
  2. Heidi Stewart 

    Panoramics are also fun!

    After you taught me how to do these a while back, I then went a step further and created an image in which my son was taken in each individual portrait shot, doing a silly pose. The end result was different and fun!, with 5 pictures of my son in one shot. As he is learning the basics of photography himself, it was a great way for him to learn and have lots of fun in the process!

    Thanks Nick. 🙂

    June 21, 2012 at 3:38 pm Reply
  3. Dan Santillo 

    The biggest stumbling block for panoramas is not using Manual mode – the exposures MUST be identical for each photo. And, equally as important, the white balance MUST be identical for each photo otherwise you will get bands in the sky where the joins are – I set the white balance afterwards as I use RAW.

    July 1, 2012 at 6:42 pm Reply
  4. Adrian Oakes 

    Hi Nick

    Useful info the lots of photogs.
    You missed one very important point. To shoot in Manual and preset exposure. If you shoot in Aperture priority the exposure will vary across the frame.
    Regards
    Adrian

    July 6, 2012 at 10:56 pm Reply
    • Nick Jenkins 

      Thank you Adrian – can you see where the exposure has varied across the cliff pano?

      July 6, 2012 at 11:29 pm Reply

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