On 2/8/2016 8:39 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
Just because we CAN stitch with multiple images doesn't always mean
that it is practical or possible.
I agree. But remember that this thread started about in-camera Fuji stitching. And it has the same problem of time
alignment, so no inherent advantage to either way on those grounds.
A few years back, there was a publication called "Toronto Wide" or
something like that. It featured panoramic pictures, which were all
stitched images taken with an Olympus E-20 or something like that. The
guy had to develop all sorts of techniques to deal with the
limitations of multiple-image stitching with moving subjects.
Sounds like a lot of hand work in PS. When PS stitches, it initially produces a series of masked layers, one for each
original image file. Although LR may work the same under the hood, I assume it just produces the finished, merged version.
It can be tedious, but one may go through and adjust the masks on individual layers so that the borders don't cut
through things that should be together in time. It's also possible to feather between panels. Shooting more, individual
shots, with more overlap, would make it easier to avoid conflicts.
That said, with the latest upgrade to Lightroom/Photoshop CC, is a
much improved stitching module. It works amazingly well and addresses
a couple of nagging issues that have haunted me. I'm now able to
actually do something with those bunches of panos that I shot over the
past dozen years.
I've always found it good, and it's gotten better over the years and versions. One has always been able to override it's
decisions.on details. It aligns the images and does some distortion correction to make things match, then decides where
to draw the lines, The first part is priceless, the last part usually awfully good, but correctable by the operator.
Moose In Stitches
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