Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Elements works. If the panorama is large, Elements may take
minutes
to ponder
it—and then announce that your computer doesn't have enough memory (although
this shouldn't happen in Elements 13 unless your computer is seriously deficient in
RAM). If it does happen, there are a couple of things to try. First, go to Edit→Prefer-
ences→Performance/Photoshop Elements Editor→Preferences→Performance and in-
crease the amount of RAM available for Elements to use. Second, click Cancel and
try starting your Photomerge over, this time with Geometric Distortion Correction
turned on or using the Collage merge style so there's less empty space to fill.
NOTE
If you have Elements fill in the edges, it creates a merged layer of all the photos in your
panorama and works on that, so your file size will be much larger.
You'll probably want to crop the panorama, but otherwise, you're all done (except for saving
the completed file). You can do anything to the panorama that you can do to any other photo.
The Recompose tool (
The Pattern Stamp
) is especially useful for adjusting proportions in
panoramas, if you need to do that.
TIP
Elements creates layered panoramas, and if you look at the Layers panel you can see layer
masks that show how much of each photo it used. Since you know how to edit layer
masks (
Layer Masks
), you can manually make changes, if you want.
