My favourite so far is PTgui, although I’ve only used the trial version which sticks an annoying PTgui logo all over the final result, otherwise it’s a really intuitive program, and easily converted my bunch of images into a pretty cool looking panorama. There’s lots of good stitching programs out there, however some work better than others. Repeat step six until you’ve completed your panorama or the full 360 degrees. This way your photo-stitching software has reference points between each photo, and should hopefully stitch them together without any problems. Rotate your camera so that there is about a third or more of the frame overlapping with the last frame and take the picture. Take a note of your start position and take your first frame. This means your depth of field will be the same for all your photos as well. Set your focus point and hold your shutter release half way to obtain focus, then switch your lens to manual focus. Set your White Balance (not on auto) so that it’s also the same for every photo. Make sure your camera is on manual mode, then set the exposure so it’s the same for every photo. Swing your camera over into the portrait position so that you’ve got more resolution in the vertical direction, and make sure the horizon is straight with your hotshoe level. ![]() If your tripod doesn’t have a level then sit your hotshoe level on it and adjust the legs as necessary like above. If you’ve got a level on your tripod, adjust your leg heights until the bubble is right in the middle, then rotate the base around 360 degrees, checking the base stays level all the way round. Start by getting your tripod level easily done with a levelling base, but if you don’t have one, not to worry. ![]() Level – Getting your camera level is pretty important, so if you’ve got a tripod with a levelling base then fine, but a tripod with a built in level or just a hotshoe level will suffice.However if you’re like me and only do panoramas every so often then a normal tripod will be fine. Tripod – Ideally you want a really sturdy tripod with a Levelling Base in between your tripod and head so that you can get it level quickly.Not so today in present times there’s an abundance of photo stitching software and even adverts on TV with little kids taking and stitching photos together, so while the process may look like child’s play, there are still a few things that need to be considered when taking the pictures for a stitched panorama. ![]() Back in the day, it used to be that only professionals or people with wads of cash could afford a Panoramic camera to capture Panoramic images the time and skill required to stitch images together was beyond the scope of your average digital photographer and the tools to do so were even more primitive or non-existent.
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