The User Group Network  /  UG Resources  /  Adobe Photoshop Elements  /  2  /  3  /  4 continued from page 2 Super easy panoramas... Since I travel with all my digital photos on my PowerBook, the first trick I had to try from Terry's demonstration was the panorama Photomerge. I dug out the series of shots I took at the Berkeley marina park in June and decided to give it a whirl. I had previously played with the panorama in Photoshop, but had given up after the process achieved 34 megs and started stalling the Powerbook. (Hey, it's just a little 300 mHz G3 with 256 megs!) Besides, I had neglected to use a tripod. I also forgot to lock the exposure which caused the color balance and exposure to shift as the camera panned into the direct sun and then out again. Bad stuff. But with Element's Photomerge I generated a nice panorama in just a few clicks. Here are some results in progress. As you can see the images are shifting and uneven. I did a pretty good job without a tripod, but still not quite good enough. I went into Photomerge under the File menu, gathered the files to use, added the source files, set size, and hit Automatically Arrange Source Images. (There are some memory and processor issues, so be sure to see the technical notes.) ___ The next dialog let me select options like correct perspective. (Click to see the dialog window. It will open as a separate browser window.) At that point the Photomerge new composition dialog pops up. Here I could move, tweak, and manipulate the perspective further. (Perspective is really cool allowing you to literally set the vanishing points and match the camera obscura or render to cylindrical mapping. Another article all together!) ___ After I was fairly satisfied previewing the image I merely saved the file and it was done. The whole process was finished in about the time it took you to read and follow the steps. The advanced blending color corrected all but the most subtle shifts. They can be fixed later with a little more time. The resulting file is around 7 megs, and over 5,000 pixels wide (72 inches plus) and was ready for QuickTime VR, or printing to oversized banner printer. (Note the image here was over 11 inches wide and had to be reduced to fit.) Continues next page with "Wow... filters galore". . . Save more than 30% on Photoshop Elements when you purchase through UGNN Back to the TOP... User Group Network Register Your User Group, Subacribe to UG email lists * Get the News * Submit a Site * Submit an Article * Rumor Manager . . . . . Thank you for visiting the User Group Network at http://www.user-groups.net. Copyright 1994 - 2001 User Group Network. * For information about the UGNetwork, UGNN, The User Group Academy, or to get involved, please contact us. Send an e-mail message to: hospitality at the user-groups.net ! The User Group Network is rated as a 98-to-1, or 98% content website -- high content, low noise -- 100% Smoke-free, fat-free. no spam, no cookies, no ads, no javascript, no blinks, no scrolling banners. No animals were harmed in its creation. Only recycled materials were used for this web site. Get involved in the User Group Network, and participate in the user group community. The User Group Network is a completely independant Spam-Free community supporting Apple Macintosh, Apple II, Apple Lisa, IBM, Compaq, Microsoft Windows, Amiga, Dell, Gateway, UNIX, and other computer platformstoo numerous to mention, however we are NOT a part of those commercial corporations, and the info and content provided herein does not necessarily reflect the opinions of any commercial organization, unless otherwise noted. We do not discriminate race, creed, sexual preference, or computer platform. The User Group Network does not share, sell, rent or otherwise purvey the User Group Database List. So don't ask. The User Group Network Bookstore is an AMAZON Associate Bookseller. All books sold through the "Buy It" links here will generate a slight percentage, thereby helping support everyone's favorite online user group resource. __ We have selected only those books we feel are genuinly beneficial to the user group community. If you plan to buy the book, please click the link here and make your online purchase work harder for you. Clicking here is the only way we'll be registered for the commission. Thank You.