Panorama soft ware: I have photo shop. I have a feeling there is something better.

WAL

I have photo shop. I have a feeling there is something better.

OviedoPhotos

Photoshop elements ver 13 rocks for pano shots.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

It's built in to the newest Lightroom. You select the shots, press the buttons and get out of the way. What is different from anything I know of is that it can all be done in RAW, start to finish with .DNG file as the output.

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

Microsoft's Image Composition Editor (ICE) is a free download and has a straightforward interface that works REALLY well.

To read a tutorial on how to create a panorama using this software, go to http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-282385-1.html

Mr PC Loc: Austin, TX

I second Microsoft I.C.E. The latest version just came out.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

bsprague wrote:

It's built in to the newest Lightroom. You select the shots, press the buttons and get out of the way. What is different from anything I know of is that it can all be done in RAW, start to finish with .DNG file as the output.

I do like getting a DNG as the output.

:thumbup:

nakkh Loc: San Mateo, Ca

Hugin rocks at panoramas & other cool stuff. It's free.

http://hugin.sourceforge.net/

Sample page:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/hugin/interesting/

Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

That's rather strange that you find PS on lower end for doing Pan's. I have found it the opposite, although a bit cumbersome to some of the other software options and in camera pano's offered today.

The way I found best to do it in photo shop is to bring the files in as separate files working left to right.

Then I overlay one file to top of the first file, making each on a separate layer.

Then in the Edit selection I "Auto-Align them.

The last step is " Auto Blend" .

I don't know how you do it. But I rarely have a problem.

Photocraig

bsprague wrote:

It's built in to the newest Lightroom. You select the shots, press the buttons and get out of the way. What is different from anything I know of is that it can all be done in RAW, start to finish with .DNG file as the output.

Panorama and HDR features on the new Lightroom CC worked for me like a charm on the FIRST TRY!

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Photocraig wrote:

Panorama and HDR features on the new Lightroom CC worked for me like a charm on the FIRST TRY!

My first try was 6 sets of 5 bracketed photos, or 30 total. Each set was processed in the LR HDR process. Then the 6 resulting photos, were combined for the panorama. It was all handheld and LR managed to align them.

I'd post the result, but my understanding is that it is rude to the OP to do so without consent.

Haveago Loc: Swindon, Wiltshire. UK.

Bob Yankle wrote:

Microsoft's Image Composition Editor (ICE) is a free download and has a straightforward interface that works REALLY well.

To read a tutorial on how to create a panorama using this software, go to http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-282385-1.html

Bob as i've commented on yr post above i'm downloading it now.

:thumbup:

Baz

Dagrizz

WAL wrote:

I have photo shop. I have a feeling there is something better.

I use AutoPano Gigga from KOLOR software. Pricy but does an excellent job.

www.kolor.com

For grins and giggles I stitched a 112 image file in under 20 minutes with no issues what so ever on a Lenovo high end lap top.

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

Dngallagher wrote:

I do like getting a DNG as the output.

:thumbup:

Why?

All (I think) other pano software gives you an image file - not raw.

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

WAL wrote:

I have photo shop. I have a feeling there is something better.

Photoshop is decent. LR is pretty good as well, and it gives you a DNG file, which I like better than an image file for additional editing in LR.

PT/GUI is as good as it gets - it gives you total control and output with less distortion than the others. It gives you 16 bit TIFF files.

Hugin is ok - I don't like it as much as the others. Maybe I would like it better if I used it more.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Bob Yankle wrote:

Microsoft's Image Composition Editor (ICE) is a free download and has a straightforward interface that works REALLY well.

To read a tutorial on how to create a panorama using this software, go to http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-282385-1.html

Nice tutorial. Yes, ICE works well and is free. Hard to beat that.