Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
2.
Choose File a Automate a Photomerge. Select the Browse button
and navigate to the
HDR Panoramic Photos
folder. Shift+select all
12 photos with sequential names
HDR01.jpg
through
HDR12.jpg
and click OK. Select Blend Images Together, Vignette Removal, and
Geometric Distortion Correction. Select Auto in the Layout panel
(see Figure 14.9). Click OK and Photoshop begins an automated pro-
cess that results in a single panoramic image.
FIGURe 14.9
Selecting Photomerge options
3.
Open the Layers panel and see that you are left with 12 layers, each with
a mask that blends it with its surrounding layers (see Figure 14.10).
Press Cmd+E to merge the visible layers.
if there is a blending
problem between
any two layers, you
can paint on layer
masks to refine it.
4.
The border is ragged after Photomerge. You could either crop this
away or see if you can fill some of it in; here you'll end up doing a
little of both. Cmd+click the single remaining layer's thumbnail to
select all of its pixels.
5.
Press Shift+Cmd+I to invert the selection so that the transparent
border pixels are selected (see Figure 14.11).
