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Title: Photo Stitching
Post by: RedLeader on April 08, 2010
Can anyone recommend software (preferably free) for stitching images together to make a panorama?
Title: Re: Photo Stitching
Post by: chris on April 08, 2010
photoshop cs3 and above does it automatically. Its what I use and I find it does a great job.
Title: Re: Photo Stitching
Post by: RedLeader on April 08, 2010
FFS, I've been doing it manually in CS3. How do you do it automatically and can it deal with overlaps?
Title: Re: Photo Stitching
Post by: chris on April 08, 2010
Yeah it cuts the pics for best fit. Drag all the photos for your pano into photoshop then file:> automate:> photomerge.

It'll ask some stuff, click use open files, I usually use perspective I think, then it'll merge everything and give you your pano.
You'll need to crop the edges to square it up but its easy done.
Title: Re: Photo Stitching
Post by: ChuckMcB on April 23, 2010
For anyone without CS3 have a try with this app: AutoStitch (http://cvlab.epfl.ch/~brown/autostitch/autostitch.html) it's "free as in beer" (example I did a while past (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcrobert/2244382613/in/set-72157603855622790/)..using a camera phone) but there are other commercial products (and iPhone app) that use the same code.
Title: Re: Photo Stitching
Post by: twentyclicks on June 28, 2010
Hugin is also free and has pretty advanced options if you want to go wild.  I used it to stitch a monster 8ft photo for a quarry sign - it took about 2 hours to render but was awesome 8)
Title: Re: Photo Stitching
Post by: Dowser on August 11, 2010
Can anyone recommend software (preferably free) for stitching images together to make a panorama?

I use CS3 too.  So quick.  Here's a photo from the "Commedagh for the Red Arrows" meet.  It is a combination of 6 individual pictures to create the panoramic view of Newcastle with one of the Red Arrows coming through the Donard/Commedagh Saddle.  All pics where taken on the day but I openly admit they are stitched together.  Just want to show you an example of what can be done in less than 2 minutes:  

http://imgur.com/kzpNn.jpg (http://imgur.com/kzpNn.jpg)
(http://imgur.com/kzpNn.jpg)
Title: Re: Photo Stitching
Post by: LennyJ1 on August 11, 2010
Can anyone recommend software (preferably free) for stitching images together to make a panorama?

I use CS3 too.  So quick.  Here's a photo from the "Commedagh for the Red Arrows" meet.  It is a combination of 6 individual pictures to create the panoramic view of Newcastle with one of the Red Arrows coming through the Donard/Commedagh Saddle.  All pics where taken on the day but I openly admit they are stitched together.  Just wat to show you an example of what can be done in less than 2 minutes. 

<img src="http://imgur.com/kzpNn.jpg" alt="Hosted by imgur.com" />

That is amazing. you should sent a copy of that to the red arrows.
Title: Re: Photo Stitching
Post by: suspectmonkey on August 11, 2010
I use CS3 too.  So quick.  Here's a photo from the "Commedagh for the Red Arrows" meet.  It is a combination of 6 individual pictures to create the panoramic view of Newcastle with one of the Red Arrows coming through the Donard/Commedagh Saddle.  All pics where taken on the day but I openly admit they are stitched together.  Just want to show you an example of what can be done in less than 2 minutes:

Nice work Dowser.  I use the photo stitch tool in Photoshop as well, it seems to do the job well.  Mind you, I've only ever taken a couple of pano's and keep meaning to do more as I really like them.  I'm a big fan of Colin Prior's photography (http://www.colinprior.co.uk/portfolios/scotland-an-ancient-land/) and the Scottish landscape panoramas he shoots are awesome.  Only problem with pano's is that looking at them on a monitor doesnt really do them justice... they need to be printed out B I G :)

This one was taken during a snowy spell at the start of last year on Cavehill:

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/3285980952_bd848d08ec_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonpatterson/3285980952/)
Cavehill Pano Take Two by jonpatterson, on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonpatterson/3285980952/)

Here is one I shot at a place called Doagh Island in Donegal, close to the Doagh Famine Village:

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/2808395883_35575fcaa1_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonpatterson/2808395883/)
Doagh Island by jonpatterson, on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonpatterson/2808395883/)
Title: Re: Photo Stitching
Post by: Dowser on August 11, 2010
Two awesome shots Suspect  ;)  I was at that exact location at Doagh Island last year but I hadn't even considered panoramic photos at that stage.  I will be doing a lot more from now on.  Would like to get a few professionally printed and mounted to hang in the house.
Title: Re: Photo Stitching
Post by: twentyclicks on August 13, 2010
Great work guys!