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I was playing around with Photomerge yesterday to see how it worked, using 3 panos that I had [very] manually created in the past, including this 3 shot pano from Kaikoura [click for larger images]:

I converted this to mono as the original was even more boring with a heavy blue cast.



and this one taken on Boxing Day last year at the McGee (about 7 shots):



I did have an 18 shot pano of Sydney harbour at night, but it didn't save for some reason.

Overall, I found the Photomerge application quite good and time saving. I notice changes in exposure are quite distinct, but can probably be managed quite well when one has the inclination

C&C appreciated.

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ooo nice, hehe yeah you can tell the exposure difference in the 2nd one, locking the exposure would have fixed that. but yeah, photomerge in PS is quite handy.

Good shots as panoramas. I have shot several using manual camera settings. I was set to process a couple a few days ago and the photoshop result was !@#*&^. A had previously been told of ArcSoft Panorama Maker, so downloaded the trial version. The same set of photos were loaded and the panorama was completed with absolutely no signs of the stiching. I have since also found out that the most experienced panorama maker at my camera club also uses this software. I am now going to but it. USD39.99 is a very readonable price for the results provided. I suggest you at least have a look.

Thanks for the feedback - BOING, the pano was created using jpegs as I didn't want to stretch the capabilities of the laptop via using RAW, although if I did, I could have adjusted the exposures better. I also realise that if I had opted to keep the pano as separate layers, I could have played around with curves or levels for individual sections.

CHeers

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