Stitching Plugins/Software

[tranquil222]

What is anyone's opinion on the best stitching software for stitching multiple photos together for a panorama(plugins, elements, etc)? This one took me about 3.5 hours to complete, and it still has flaws!
thanks in advance

 

[Guest]

You want my honest opinion... B7 ...Photoshop.

I'm really serious. Don't expect wonders when you use specialized stitching software; a lot of times these program are just
guessing.

See, with Photoshop you're more flexible.

If I have a problem with an image like this, then I blame it on myself, because it only means that I don't have enough
understanding about he program. Take for example one picture that has a greenish sky and try to combine that with a sky that's
a bit lighter and that doesn't have that greenish tone.
I have quite some experience with Photoshop, but even for me it's not always easy to fix things like this. I don't blame it on
Photoshop, but only myself.
I do have all the books I need but I just don't have enough time to read everything that is explained

 

[tranquil222]

That's what I figured. A lot of the techniques I used were pretty deliberate and willful- a lot of layer masking, linked adj. layers and replacing the color. Oh well, I guess the question is then, where's the best info on doing this in Photoshop???

 

[Guest]

But if you're still interested tranquil222, then you might want to have a look at Panorama Tools.
It's a free plug-in for Photoshop. They are some sample images on the web site.
Also don't forget to go to the bottom of this page; you'll find some more interesting links

Here's the site;

http://home.no.net/dmaurer/~dersch/Index.htm


Two commerical products;

http://www.arcsoft.com/products/software/en/panoramamaker.html
http://www.panoramafactory.com/

 

[Guest]

If you want more about how to stitch in Photoshop; this is just one web site I found;

http://www.nickgallery.com/web_pages/technical 2.htm

Go to Google and type something like:

stitching photoshop panorama

or

stitching photoshop panorama tutorial

* TIP * http://www.panoguide.com is purely focused on creating panoramas.

Something else that might be interesting; it's a comparison of image stitching software;

http://www.panoguide.com/software/compare_stitch.html

 

[sPECtre]

And you may have Photoshop elements, it is often shipped with Scanners or Printers?
It has a photomerge plug-in, that might be imported to Photoshop!
procedure here: http://jazzdiver.com/photoshop/photomerge.htm

 

[lindaw]

Wow great info! Thanks for the links G-Man!! :B

 

[Guest]

Thanks Linda, you're welcome

 

[tranquil222]

Ok, Photoshop's the BEST!

Alright, I figured that Photoshop is the only way to go in stitching photos! The way I stitched the below is a mixture of layer masking seams with a soft brush, transform : distort and skew, curving, selective coloring, leveling, and most important, curving. Thanks for all the help everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[wbiss]

Great work tranquil222! :}

 

[tranquil222]

Heres a link to the topmost image--with higher resolution--in this thread, not flawless, but decent.


http://www.pcta.org/images/photo/WickiupPlains.jpg

 

[wbiss]

[stuned] Wow!!! 1.5 MB!!!

Great to see in all its splendid glory!
It may not be totally 'flawless' tranquil222, but it's darn good! :}