Taking the Panoramic Photos:

  • Set your Camera to AV
  • Set your Apeture between f/14
  • You will be taking 4-5 photos total
    • Each photo will overlap the photo before it
      • Stand in the middle of the area you will be taking the panoramic photo 

First Photo: 

    • Take a photo at the far left of the panoramic 
    • When you are done taking the photo
      • Find a reference point in your photograph. 
        • This can be anything (car, tree, building, etc.)

Second Photo:

    • Move your camera to the right
      • Locate the reference point from photo 1
    • This second photo must overlap the 1st photo by at least 20%
      • If you don’t over lap enough photoshop will not be able to stitch it together.

 

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Third through fourth/Fifth Photo:

    • Move your camera to the right 
      • locate the reference point from photo 2
    • The 3rd photo must overlap the 2nd photo by at least 20%
    • Continue for the 4th and 5th photo

Combining Photos to create Panoramic 

Do NOT open your images!  You will be loading them into photoshop during step 1!!!!

Step 1

  • Go to
    • File
      • Automate
        • Photomerg

Step 2

  • Click Auto
    • Click Browse
      • Pick the 5 photos you took for the panoramic photo.
        • Click OK
          • Sit back and wait while Photoshop combines them

Step 3

  •  Your photos will be stitched together in photoshop
    • It will be uneven but don’t worry about it.

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Step 4

  • Pick the Crop Tool
    • Crop out the area with the checkered background
      • Click Enter 

Step 5

  • Go to Layers Pallet
    • Flatten Image
Step 6:   
  • We need to make our photo smaller before we can do anything else!!!!
  • Go to
    • Image
    • Image Size

Step 7:

Make sure you are on inches and not pixels

Horizontal Panoramic 

    • Width to 30 inches. 
      • Don’t worry about the height.  It will change automatically
    • Resolution to 72

Vertical Panoramic 

    • Change your Height to 30 inches. 
      • Don’t worry about the width.  It will change automatically
    • Change the Resolution to 72
      • Click ok

 

Step 8

  • Edit in Camera Raw to make the colors stand out
    • Save as jpeg

1. Horizontal Panoramic  

    • Must be ON CAMPUS
    • Follow directions to combine your images
  • Edit to make the colors stand out.

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2. Vertical Panoramic 
  • Must be ON CAMPUS
  • Follow directions to combine your images
  • Edit to make the colors stand out.