Panoramics

Panoramics can be constructed in many ways. Today we will explore the quick way using Photoshop's Photomerge as well as a more accomplished technique required for those composites that just don't fit together.Much of your success will depend on the photos you take for the panoramic. Obviously the best way is to use a tripod, and take pictures so that 25% of the photo overlaps with the next frame. Also you want the lighting/exposure to be the same for all the frames.
However reality dictates that the exposure will not be equal as you move from north to south, and most likely you don't own a tripod ( or like me) are too lazy to carry around with you.
Sometimes the worst scenario occurs when as in museums, you can't use a tripod, the lighting is awful and you get jostled from every angle. Photoshop may or may not salvage your efforts.. as you will find out as you complete the two projects for today's class.

You'll need to download on your machine set one ( church) and set two ( aquincum dig)

In each case you will eliminate one of the images.

1. Easy techniques: Photomerge

Stitch together a panorama
Have you ever taken a series of photos and tried to piece them together to form a panoramic image? Well, put away the tape and glue. Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 2.0 has a Photomerge™ command that combines several photographs into one continuous image for you. In this tutorial, you'll see how to assemble the photos you want to include in a panoramic image, and how to refine the image that Photoshop Elements creates.
1. Specify the photos for a panorama.Choose File > Create Photomerge. Then click Browse and navigate to the "cars_pano" folder in the Tutorials folder located inside the Adobe Photoshop Elements application folder. Open the folder and select all the image files. (Hold the Shift key and click on each image to select all files.)
Click Open to add the images to the Source Files list in the Photomerge dialog box.
When the images are added to the Photomerge dialog box, click OK.

Photoshop Elements creates a panoramic image from the individual images and displays the new panorama in the Photomerge dialog.

2. View the composition.To change your view of the composition, use the Navigator. Position the pointer in the red box in the Navigator thumbnail. Drag the red box over the area of the composition you want to view. Use the zoom-out or zoom-in button, or drag the slider bar to adjust the magnification of your composition in the work area

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3. Adjust the perspective of the composition.The perspective must be established for your photos to successfully merge into a continuous image. Photomerge establishes the initial perspective.
If you need to change the perspective, select the Perspective option in the Settings area. Then select the set vanishing point tool and move the pointer over your composition in the work area. Click one of the images to assign a location for the vanishing point.
Since your panorama is viewed from a frontal position, try locating your vanishing point at the center of your composition. A blue box appears around the image used to establish the perspective for your composition. The images not used for the perspective have a red bounding box when you click them.
Sometimes it's difficult to set a new vanishing point or to grab an image that's obscured by another overlapping image. Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you move the pointer in the work area. The image, whose center is closest to the pointer, is highlighted. You can then click to select the image.

4. Align the images.If the images in your composition don't line up the way you want them to, you can align them using the select image tool and the rotate tool. Deselect Snap to Image before adjusting alignment.
5. Balance exposure differences.Select Advanced Blending, and click Preview. Advanced Blending balances the exposure differences between the source images. When working on your own compositions, you would select the Cylindrical Mapping option if you have a "bow tie" distortion in the overall shape of your composition. You can apply both Advanced Blending and Cylindrical Mapping options.
Once you've finished viewing the preview image, click Exit Preview to finish merging your composition.

6. Generate the panorama.When you're satisfied with your composition, click OK in the Photomerge dialog box.
7. Put the final touches on your panorama.Photomerge generates your panoramic image as a new, editable Photoshop file. You can crop any irregular edges or unwanted portions from your composition. And you can also use any filter, painting tool, or editing tool to fine-tune your image.
In our automobile panorama, we used the burn and dodge tools, the Sharpen filter, and the clone stamp tool to remove blemishes and enhance our composition.

2. Not so easy: manual stitching of images for a panoramic: see xeroxed notes.

Answers to projects
Completed church
almost : Completed ruin site