PhotographyBB Online Magazine The resulting image which Photomerge produces will look somewhat like this:
You’ll immediately notice the odd shape of your image, which is a result of Photomerge correcting for lens distortions (especially with wide-angle lenses) as well as matching up the edges of your individual photos to “merge” them into one perfectly joined panorama. Step 5: In some cases where your original images may have differing exposure levels, you may find that you need to touch up by cloning. However, if your original images are very close together in terms of colour, Photoshop and Photomerge tend to do an amazing job. Step 6: To finish up, use the Crop tool to remove the transparent areas of the image. And voila! Although the image below looks pretty tiny here, I could easily print this out to A3 size without any loss of quality.
You can see the advantages that Photomerge can offer the photographer. Now you can pack light and carry a decent zoom lens while leaving your wide angle lens at home. Shoot a series of shots, and stitch them into a gigantic panorama spanning wider angles than a wide angle lens could ever afford.
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You can even get creative and shoot multi-level images to stitch together, vertical panoramas, or even 360 degree panos for some unique photos! The point is, have fun, and enjoy your new processing tool!