Photomerge - Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 for Photographers - page 385

Images placed into the composition later will be adjusted to fit the perspective of the
base picture.
11 To align the images without distorting the photos to fit select the Reposition Only
option.
12 The final panorama file is produced by clicking the OK button.
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Tricky exposure situations can be solved by shooting twice - make one image so that the exposure is adjusted
for shadows and one for highlights - and then combine the details of both shots to produce the frame that
contains both shadows and highlights that will be used for stitching. (1) Shadow details captured. (2) Highlight
details captured. (3) Combined photograph with both highlights and shadows.
Fixing Photomerge problems
No matter how sophisticated the stitching technology in Photomerge is, there are some-
times small problems in the final picture where the blending process has not produced per-
fect results. Some of these defects can be corrected by re-producing the Photomerge project
again. But there are also occasions where the stitching process is not at fault.
The causes of these problems usually fall into one of two groups - subjects moving or chang-
ing places when capturing source files and differences in lighting and/or color between
sequential images.
Solution 1 - Time your shooting sequence to accommodate moving objects in the frame.
Wait until the objects are in the middle of the frame or are not in the frame at all before
pushing the button.