Photomerge - Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 for Photographers - page 382

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The auto Layout options
in the Photomerge dialog
use different approaches
when producing the final
panoramic photo.
(1) Auto and Perspective.
(2) Cylindrical.
(3) Reposition Only.
(4) Auto with Blend Imag-
es Together, Vignette Re-
moval and Geometric Dis-
tortion options selected.
(5) Same set tings as exam-
ple 4 with the inclusion of
the Clean Edges option to
fill in around the stitched
panorama.

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Spherical - this option should be used when you are stitching overlapping images that
cover a full 360-degree view of the scene.

Collage - transforms (rotate and scale) the source files in order to align them.

Reposition - aligns the source files without distorting or transforming the pictures.

Interactive Layout - transfers the files to the Photomerge workspace (which was the only
option available in previous releases of Elements) where individual source pictures can be
manually adjusted within the Photomerge composition. This is the only non-auto option.

In most circumstances one of the auto options will easily position and stitch your pictures,
but there will be occasions where one or more images will not stitch correctly. In these
circumstances use the Interactive Layout option. This displays the Photomerge workspace
where individual pieces of the panorama can be moved or rotated using the tools from the
toolbar on the left hand side of the dialog. Reposition Only and Perspective options are set
using the controls on the right.

Clicking the OK button instructs Photoshop Elements to create
the panorama. During the process the images are imported,
aligned and blended and then you will be presented with the
Clean Edges dialog asking if you want Photomerge to automati-
cally fill in the detail around the stitched panorama. This is
option only appears for versions 9.0 and newer and takes a lot
of the work out of manually building this information with a
tool like the Clone Stamp.

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The Clean Edges option
fills in the areas around
the stitched panorama. Al-
though not always per-
fect, this feature will save
you a lot of time editing
later. Select the Always
Perform This Action set-
ting (1) to use the feature
each time you create pan-
oramas.

The auto workflow
If you have selected one of the auto Layout options then Photomerge Panorama will take
care of the rest. The feature will open all images, combine them as separate layers into a
single Photoshop Elements document and then align and blend the source photos. The final
result will be the completed panorama.