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Macmadant
Sep 3, 2006, 06:30 PM
ell, i'm no photoshop expert but i know i little about it, i've got as far as placing the images on a canvas but the colours don't match up is there anyway to correct the colours to make them match ?
Cheers

So to combine 3 images so to produce something like this, for example



iGary
Sep 3, 2006, 06:34 PM
ell, i'm no photoshop expert but i know i little about it, i've got as far as placing the images on a canvas but the colours don't match up is there anyway to correct the colours to make them match ?
Cheers

So to combine 3 images so to produce something like this, for example

Google "enblend."

You can also try Calico. (http://www.kekus.com/download/index.html)

This is 6 images around and one up, perfectly blended with enblend.

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=56560&d=1157322955

Macmadant
Sep 3, 2006, 06:39 PM
Google "enblend."

You can also try Calico. (http://www.kekus.com/download/index.html)

This is 6 images around and one up, perfectly blended with enblend.

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=56560&d=1157322955

Cheers igary, i think i'll go with calico, unless you think enbled is better btw could you answer this question in this (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=229873) thread

iGary
Sep 3, 2006, 06:44 PM
Cheers igary, i think i'll go with calico, unless you think enbled is better btw could you answer this question in this (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=229873) thread

Yikes, not much of a designer here - but hopefuly BV or Lau will answer - they are both truly talented.

Macmadant
Sep 3, 2006, 06:48 PM
Yikes, not much of a designer here - but hopefuly BV or Lau will answer - they are both truly talented.
lol, thanks anyway i'll post my image when i finish it

mcmadhatter
Sep 4, 2006, 11:31 AM
There is a guide to doing panoramas in photoshop manually
In this thread (down the bottom)
(http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=207500&page=2)

I find that with the gradient blending mehtod, the colours blend pretty well, I guess it doesn't solve the root problem of different colours though, what camera are you using? you could try locking the exposure settings in future.

Macmadant
Sep 5, 2006, 02:15 PM
There is a guide to doing panoramas in photoshop manually
In this thread (down the bottom)
(http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=207500&page=2)

I find that with the gradient blending mehtod, the colours blend pretty well, I guess it doesn't solve the root problem of different colours though, what camera are you using? you could try locking the exposure settings in future.

Cheers,
BTW iGary when i used both Pieces of software i get an error message, am i doing anything wrong, i just dragged the images onto the drop zone in both pieces of software, do i have to do something special the messages are below including the preview icons i arranged on the desktop, i don't know if you can see but the colours aren't that much off but still noticeable my camera is a Casio 6m pixel don't have a clue which model will have to check

Cooknn
Sep 5, 2006, 03:24 PM
when i used both Pieces of software i get an error message...Not sure without being in front of my Mac at home, but I think Enblend requires TIFF.

Macmadant
Sep 5, 2006, 03:30 PM
Not sure without being in front of my Mac at home, but I think Enblend requires TIFF.
Yes it said something about that in the error log, looks like enblend is out of the picture:D

Cooknn
Sep 5, 2006, 03:33 PM
Yes it said something about that in the error log, looks like enblend is out of the picture:DWhy not convert your images to TIFF :confused: Enblend makes a huge difference.

Macmadant
Sep 5, 2006, 05:41 PM
Why not convert your images to TIFF :confused: Enblend makes a huge difference.
How ?

uaaerospace
Sep 5, 2006, 05:44 PM
How ?
Open the images in Preview. Then go File > Save As and select the tiff option.

ChrisA
Sep 5, 2006, 05:44 PM
How ?

How to convert to TIFF? depends of the software you are using. Try File-> Save As or File-> Export.

21stcenturykid
Sep 5, 2006, 05:45 PM
try panorama maker it came packaged with my Nikon coolpix. its very good! i dont know if you can d/l it anywhere but i do recomend it!

Macmadant
Sep 5, 2006, 05:47 PM
How to convert to TIFF? depends of the software you are using. Try File-> Save As or File-> Export.
Would photoshop do it

uaaerospace
Sep 5, 2006, 05:59 PM
Would photoshop do it

Of course. Go File > Save As. Select tiff as the Format. Happy Stitching.

Macmadant
Sep 5, 2006, 06:11 PM
still no luck, this is in enblend:mad: am i doing something wrong am i meant to have it set on something on my camera

Macmadant
Sep 5, 2006, 06:29 PM
try panorama maker it came packaged with my Nikon coolpix. its very good! i dont know if you can d/l it anywhere but i do recomend it!
Thanks, but if I'm going to do it without those free ones i'll do it in photoshop,
nonetheless thanks for the info

qpawn
Sep 5, 2006, 07:02 PM
When shooting panos, I always make sure I overlap my images by at least 33%. My point and shoot even has a tic-tac-toe board overlay that i use to help. :)

iGary
Sep 5, 2006, 07:19 PM
Not sure without being in front of my Mac at home, but I think Enblend requires TIFF.

I've done it in JPG - in PTMac mind, not PTBatch.

Cameront9
Sep 5, 2006, 08:07 PM
Another tip: never use automatic anything for Pano. photos. ALWAYS have the camera in full manual so that the exposure doesn't change as you move the camera.

Cooknn
Sep 5, 2006, 11:11 PM
never use automatic anything for PanoHeh. Yeah, I'm learning that even after shooting pano's for almost two years.

forgive me if I hijack this thread... I shoot in manual, but have had White Balance set to Auto on my D70s. As I become more experienced, I also become more critical of my own work. Dealing with pink and blue digital images is starting to piss me off :cool: Time to get back in to learning mode. I may have to bite the bullet and start shooting in RAW at the expense of time added to my pano work flow.

Macmadant
Sep 6, 2006, 04:56 AM
When shooting panos, I always make sure I overlap my images by at least 33%. My point and shoot even has a tic-tac-toe board overlay that i use to help. :)
Yes i have overlapped my photos but i don't know what i'm doing wrong in calico ??? is says it has no images matching when i try to align them as shown in my above post

iGary
Sep 6, 2006, 07:26 AM
Heh. Yeah, I'm learning that even after shooting pano's for almost two years.

forgive me if I hijack this thread... I shoot in manual, but have had White Balance set to Auto on my D70s. As I become more experienced, I also become more critical of my own work. Dealing with pink and blue digital images is starting to piss me off :cool: Time to get back in to learning mode. I may have to bite the bullet and start shooting in RAW at the expense of time added to my pano work flow.

I always wondered how you were so efficient - actually impressed and amazed. I always end up shooting in RAW because Hans, Eric and the other gurus beat it into me, but then ai did a few houses in jpg. I was hell, this is so fracking quick. :D

Then, yeah, the realization came in.

I shhot in AV at f9.0 (because I don't have as nice a lense as Cooknn) and usually dial in at .5 focus. That usualy worked, but jpg just doesn't work for me usually - and Cooknn is right, the more you do it, the more flaws you find.