JP Pixburgh Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

I think you should be talking to the company that will be producing your picture on what is the best format to send to them. Could be jpeg, could be tiff or maybe something else. You know how to make your shot. Since printing companies have different methods, ask them!

loosecanon Loc: Central Texas

What he said.

tdekany Loc: Oregon

You just didn’t understand my post. There is no special requirement to shoot 3 photos overlapping each other than just taking a single photo.

Sally D

Dino may have left but some of us who have never created a panorama found the information very helpful. I for one thank you and am anxious to try stitching!

wesm Loc: Los Altos CA

Go for it!!

I have Gene to thank for the idea of taking multiple shots in portrait mode and then stitching together in LR or PS. It's worked out really well for me.
Something I didn't see mentioned was to make sure the tripod head is LEVEL, so that the camera will be level at each position -- really cuts down on the grief in the stitching. Also implicit is that everything is stationary. If stuff is moving (stars, waves, water) putting the individual photos together can be quite challenging. I did a Milky Way panorama that way, and had difficulty with the horizon, because each exposure is 20 seconds or so, and the stars have moved a lot by the time you get from one end of 10 or 12 exposures to another.

Clapperboard

As 'viathelens' said "take vertical shots". That is use your camera in Portrait Mode. Don't skimp on the overlap. Allow about 30%, that gives your editing software the best chance of matching up the individual shots. As you are shooting digital you can shoot the panorama repeatedly while you are there. Set for manual exposure so that the camera settings do not change from shot to shot. Take another set with the camera set on Aperture Control so that the aperture remains constant but the exposure may (will) vary across the set of shots. That will give you an extra choice to mix and match if you get 'odd' exposures in the panorama. It sometimes may require certain individual sections of a panorama to have treatment to blend with the rest of the shot.
Photoshop has a very useful panorama stitching facility. So does oN1 Photoraw. oN1 2018.5 is currently on offer and has a very good panorama facility that may be worth you checking out. There is a free demo available.
I have several ten foot and six foot long panoramas on my walls. I have sold copies of them. But it always makes me smile when I show a 'new' visitor into the lounge and when they turn back towards me they see my ten foot panorama of Liverpool Waterfront above the door. They stop talking mid sentence. The picture takes their attention completely.
Get plenty of the individual shots to take home with you. Alter the exposure settings between sets of shots. That will give you the possibility of varying the shots you use.
Shoot raw. Select the shots you want to use. If you use Photoshop process the set of shots in Camera Raw. Open into Photoshop and create the Panorama. Or use oN1. I have processed my shots and then created a panorama in oN1 but I believe it has a facility to do the operation from scratch. Keep safety copies of the original shots. You can use different processes to get just the output you want.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

I would definitely shoot itn with the braw setting.
All data is there if wanted or needed.

linda hamilton downey

Set your camera to the highest resolution possible. I work in a photo lab. The higher the resolution you use the better quality photo you will get when enlarging it.