Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
1.
Go to Enhance
→
Photomerge
→
Photomerge Panorama
.
The Photomerge dialog box opens.
2.
Tell Elements which photos to merge
.
If the images you want to include are already open, simply click the Add Open Files
button. Otherwise, from the Use drop-down menu, choose Files or Folder, and then
click the Browse button to navigate to the photos you want. After you select them in
the window that appears and click OK, Elements adds them to the list in the Pho-
tomerge dialog box. Add more files by clicking Browse again. To remove a file, click
it in the dialog box's list, and then click Remove.
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You can select raw files in the Photomerge dialog box, although you don't get any
controls for adjusting how the raw files are converted (but you may get a pretty
good merge anyway). Photomerge works only with 8-bit files (
Choosing Bit
Depth
), so you need to set the Raw Converter to 8 bits before you start.
3.
From the Layout list on the left side of the Photomerge dialog box, choose a
merge style
.
Ninety-nine percent of the time, you'll want to choose Auto, which works great in
most cases; Elements takes care of everything and usually produces a nice panorama.
The other styles are for special situations:
▪
Perspective
. When you select this option, Elements adjusts the rest of the images
to match the middle one (Elements automatically figures out which image this is;
you don't need to do anything to indicate it) by using skewing and other Trans-
form commands to create a realistic view.
▪
Cylindrical
. Sometimes when you adjust perspective, you create a panorama
shaped like a giant bow tie (as in
Figure 11-2
,
top). Cylindrical
mapping
(the
method Elements uses to plan out the panorama) corrects this distortion. (It's
called “cylindrical” because it's like looking at the label on a bottle: the middle
part seems the largest, and the image gets smaller as it fades into the distance, like
