Posted by Bill Dark on October 24, 2007 at 6:33 AM
Here's my first pano attempt from Richland Creek last weekend. I can't believe how simple the photomerge tool is. I'm hoping there will be more color this weekend - if there are any leaves left after all the wind!
I've tried many stand-alone stitching programs and none of them work as well as the new Photomerge in CS3 - it really is the very best available right now. And remember too that you can do more than just one row - all with one click! This single feature is worth much more than the upgrade price.
And for those who want to create a super high-res photo from a lower-res camera, simply shoot a series of vertical shots and stitch them together to make one normal-format image - you don't always have to make a pano format.
Posted by Bill Dark on October 24, 2007 at 8:49 AM
Tim - one problem I've had is saving the full resolution images. This was a 10-frame stitch, and the file size ended up around 700 MB after flattening the file. When I try to SAVE AS, I keep getting a "module not found" error message and it crashes. I'm working with 2 gigs of memory, and thought that would be sufficient. I've thought about trying to merge five at a time and then merge the two. Is it possible to stitch two panos together?
Posted by Tim Buchanan on October 24, 2007 at 9:46 AM
Lovely image, Bill - I'd love to see a huge print of this!
I do the multi-image bit quite a lot - especially with the TS lenses. Put three images together and I effectively have a 16 MP camera.
Stitching panos together should work - I don't know if it will help, though. Is that 700MB after flattening the image? Wow - that's huge. Are you processing in 8 or 16 bit? Either way, PS should be able handle 700MB.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on October 24, 2007 at 9:54 AM
I'm with Tim B, I'd like to see this in print. Can't help you with the CS3 stuff, haven't been able to pull the trigger on that upgrade just yet.
Posted by Gale Rainwater on October 24, 2007 at 10:04 AM
Very nice image Bill. Man the creek color is really a aqua color right now. Hopefully the cool weather will help the color along.
Posted by Ed Cooley on October 24, 2007 at 2:20 PM
I love this shot - the color in the water is fantastic.
I have such a hard time visualizing panos in the field and usually end up cropping after the fact. (Fortunately I have a high MP camera which helps my incompetence )
Posted by Bill Dark on October 24, 2007 at 3:54 PM
Thanks for the comments! Tim B. - I've processed in both 8- and 16-bit. My little laptop took a long time, but did it without any errors. I hope this doesn't mean my desktop memory is dying. Any suggestions? BTW, the flattened 16-bit file was 355 MB, not 700!
Posted by Bill Dark on October 24, 2007 at 7:29 PM
For anyone running XP on a PC, Adobe helped me find the problem with my virtual memory error. To correct the situation do the following:
go to start>control panel>system>advanced>performance settings>advanced>virtual memory and click change>check the circle for system managed size. That should fix it!
Posted by Tom Kennon on October 25, 2007 at 10:00 AM
Bill, great shot, I think I know where you took this one. For those going to the gathering at Richland this weekend, the water level should be about the same. The water color in Bill's shot should be about the same this weekend.
Posted by Marc Langille on October 25, 2007 at 1:28 PM
Hi Bill,
Nice pano! Hopefully you are correct about the wind (not) doing too much premature damage before the colors peak.
Curious - have any of you ever tried PTGUI? It's an amazing stitching program, and you can make it as complex or simple as you like. This includes grid pattern shots, etc. You can automate everything, or have complete control, including the set points. So long as your exposures match up, I've been hard pressed to see any evidence of the stitching in multiple image sequences. I've not seen any issues with softness around the stitched areas, which occurs in more than a few of them. It's worked very well, even with handheld pano shots. I'll try to post one when time permits.
I'll have to try Tim E.'s suggestion about CS3's version - not used it for that purpose yet.
Discussion
10 repliesAnd for those who want to create a super high-res photo from a lower-res camera, simply shoot a series of vertical shots and stitch them together to make one normal-format image - you don't always have to make a pano format.
I do the multi-image bit quite a lot - especially with the TS lenses. Put three images together and I effectively have a 16 MP camera.
Stitching panos together should work - I don't know if it will help, though. Is that 700MB after flattening the image? Wow - that's huge. Are you processing in 8 or 16 bit? Either way, PS should be able handle 700MB.
I have such a hard time visualizing panos in the field and usually end up cropping after the fact. (Fortunately I have a high MP camera which helps my incompetence )
go to start>control panel>system>advanced>performance settings>advanced>virtual memory and click change>check the circle for system managed size. That should fix it!
Nice pano! Hopefully you are correct about the wind (not) doing too much premature damage before the colors peak.
Curious - have any of you ever tried PTGUI? It's an amazing stitching program, and you can make it as complex or simple as you like. This includes grid pattern shots, etc. You can automate everything, or have complete control, including the set points. So long as your exposures match up, I've been hard pressed to see any evidence of the stitching in multiple image sequences. I've not seen any issues with softness around the stitched areas, which occurs in more than a few of them. It's worked very well, even with handheld pano shots. I'll try to post one when time permits.
I'll have to try Tim E.'s suggestion about CS3's version - not used it for that purpose yet.
Cheers,
Marc