Stitching RAW: Is there a program out there that I can stitch raw files with to make panoramas. Thanks Swede...

Swede Loc: Trail, BC Canada

Is there a program out there that I can stitch raw files with to make panoramas.
Thanks
Swede

lightcatcher Loc: Farmington, NM (4 corners)

Swede wrote:

Is there a program out there that I can stitch raw files with to make panoramas.
Thanks
Swede

Interesting ? I do not think there is. It will be interesting to know what other UUH'ers say.

Googled came up with this, surprised me.
Panorama Software - Panoweaver HDR Panorama Stitching

http://www.easypano.com/panorama-software/hdr-panorama-stitching-153.html

happy sailor Loc: Ontario, Canada

Swede wrote:

Is there a program out there that I can stitch raw files with to make panoramas.
Thanks
Swede

i used photoshop cc with my raw files, worked great!!!

Rongnongno Loc: FL

PS CC. PT GUI, MS ICE, you can just name then and find them using google.

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Swede wrote:

Is there a program out there that I can stitch raw files with to make panoramas.
Thanks
Swede

You cannot stitch the raw sensor data.

Any program that appears to be doing that is actually converting each RAW file to an RGB image (which may or may not be saved to a disk file), and then stitching the RGB images.

That is no different than converting each RAW file separately using your choice of a RAW converter, saving each image as one or another form of RGB image file, and then reading each RGB file (TIFF or JPEG, for example) into the stitching program.

DigitalDon Loc: Calgary, Alberta

I use Photoshop to convert my files to JPEG. Before I convert from RAW, I will sharpen and do identical slight changes to ensure color matching still remains. My workflow still remains the same, try and do ALL adjustments using the RAW image. I also use Photoshop to do my stitching. I am usually happy with MOST of the results. I have been disappointed about 2% of the time, but I also have been pleasantly surprised with some of the results.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Swede wrote:

Is there a program out there that I can stitch raw files with to make panoramas.
Thanks
Swede

Not sure why you'd want to do this to an unedited set of raw files. I use PTGUI and Photoshop, and both will convert the raw files to and RGB with a color space during the stitching. If given a set of raw files, PTGUI will do a "standard" conversion to jpg, 8 bit or 16 bit TIFF or PSD, with no image enhancements other than exposure blending and maybe white balance, and Photoshop will convert the raw files to PSD (or whatever) when you stitch. You will get better results if you edit your raw files, convert to 16 bit PSD or TIFF, and stitch those. I open my raw files in Lightroom, get then to look ok, then select the group and use "edit in" to launch Photoshop CC to stitch panorama - this launches CC, loads the files as layers, and creates the pano automatically. You can also use the load images as layers and manually align, blend and stitch them in CC.

ejrmaine Loc: South Carolina

Photoshop Elements 13 has a neat and easy merge to Panorama. Content Aware fills in the unfilled areas.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

ejrmaine wrote:

Photoshop Elements 13 has a neat and easy merge to Panorama. Content Aware fills in the unfilled areas.

Only thing wrong with that is the 8 bit limitation. If you need the detail and dynamic range of a raw file, then this is a less than optimal approach.

Swede Loc: Trail, BC Canada

The reason being is I would like to stitich the images together then do the PP to the whole pano at once, far more labour economical. I us Serif and am happy with it, only problem is you have to convert images to jpeg first.
Swede

Gene51 wrote:

Not sure why you'd want to do this to an unedited ... (show quote)

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Swede wrote:

The reason being is I would like to stitich the images together then do the PP to the whole pano at once, far more labour economical. I us Serif and am happy with it, only problem is you have to convert images to jpeg first.
Swede

Only thing is that in many cases, there are variations in sky and water, and lens distortions (barrel, pincushion, and complex), sometimes flare that shows up in one of the images, and all sorts of things that are best resolved individually, certainly before stitching. I am not sure if this applies to your images, though.

MW

Swede wrote:

Is there a program out there that I can stitch raw files with to make panoramas.
Thanks
Swede

I doubt there is such a thing. What might happen is the pano software converts the files to TIFF in the background. In fact, what files type do you expect to get back? If you expect. RAW file back it won't match the file definition of any of the established RAW file types and he sees be useless.

If you are dealing with pano software that converts RAW files this is certainly a convenience but may not be optimal. I process raw files through DxO Pro before sticking in order to correct distortion, Ca and remove noise first. Then I export them as TIF for stitching

MtnMan Loc: ID

Swede wrote:

Is there a program out there that I can stitch raw files with to make panoramas.
Thanks
Swede

You can do it with Photoshop. But I usually convert to jpeg first because the RAW images from my camera are so large the computer bogs down working on more than two at a time.

I might add that I do the initial edits to one of them and then synch in Lightroom before exporting to Photoshop for the merger.

Swede Loc: Trail, BC Canada

I use Capture Nx2 but I believe there is something similar just called batch processing. I went out and took some shots for a pano yesterday and am going to edit the images in raw keeping the changes the same in each one, then convert to JPEG and stitch them this way. Then I'm going to take 1 of the group and
make the changes I want and add them to the rest. Might take a while to figure it out. I'll post them when I finish them.
Thanks for your responce;
Swede

MtnMan wrote:

You can do it with Photoshop. But I usually convert to jpeg first because the RAW images from my camera are so large the computer bogs down working on more than two at a time.

I might add that I do the initial edits to one of them and then synch in Lightroom before exporting to Photoshop for the merger.

Swede Loc: Trail, BC Canada

Thanks all for your help, again!!
Swede