[Leica] Pano Help needed

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)]

Ken - Beyond what Howard has suggested, you will probably have to explore 
the Edit>Transform>Perspective and maybe the Edit>Transform>Warp commands 
(these are in CS5, not sure about Elements) to torture the thing into shape. 
 

Just back from a River Cruise in Russia where I took alot of panos, I've 
discovered I rarely can avoid using the two Transform commands to tweak the 
edges into verticality. 

It's best, BTW, not to tilt the camera while doing a pano.  That really 
magnifies the perspective problems though even that can be dealt with if 
you're willing to put in the time with the Transform commands.  
 
Regards, 

Dick



On Jul 20, 2011, at 12:08 PM, H&E Cummer wrote:

> 
> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:07:05 -0400
> From: Kenneth Frazier <kennybod at mac.com>
> Subject: [Leica] Pano help needed.....
> To: Leica Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> 
> Folks,
> 
> Here's my first attempt at a pano shot, of Baltimore's inner harbor, 
> stitched from three shots.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kennybod/baltimore+inner+harbor.jpg.html
> 
> I need some assistance.  The photo has good detail, good color matching, 
> but lots of distortion at either end.
> 
> I put the three shots through LR3, then stitched them in Photoshop 
> Elements 8.
> 
> Suggestions?  How to eliminate all the distortion?  Obviously I'm missing 
> something in the workflow.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Ken
> 
> Hi Ken,
> I don't know if the full range of options is available in Elements 8 but 
> in Photoshop CS4
> if you do the following:
> go to "File" > automate > photomerge > add open files > cylindrical and 
> then check
> 1. Blend image, 2. vignette removal 3. geometric distortion correction,
> CS4 will do the work and make you look like a genius.
> Cheers
> Howard (without hummers and orcas so far today)
> 
> 
> 
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