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gjtoth
11-10-2007, 01:22 PM
Whilst attempting to make a panorama of a couple of captures, I found that it was very difficult. Photoshop, Gimp, Pixel, et al seem to need a plug-in or script. However, I came across a piece of software (free, of course!) called, "Fotox" that let's me do it quite easily. This is my first attempt with it. Bear in mind, I didn't do anything else to this but stitch them. With a little more practice and time spent on the actual photographing, I believe this will allow me the effect I've been looking for. This is actually FOUR captures.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2308/1971157036_c1c3d085c9_b.jpg
admin
11-10-2007, 03:38 PM
This is looking quite good!

Photoshop does panoramas too, no need for any plugins. It's a standard feature as far as I know.
mask
11-11-2007, 03:08 PM
I tried to download it, installed it but it freezes every time it starts up.
gjtoth
11-11-2007, 07:15 PM
I tried to download it, installed it but it freezes every time it starts up.

Are you running Linux? Fotox is a LINUX program. Sorry, I should've mentioned that.

As I said in my post, if PS does panorama, I sure couldn't find it. Is it called something else?
pieinyourgilles
11-13-2007, 03:00 AM
that is a good looking picture
gjtoth
11-13-2007, 02:05 PM
This is looking quite good!

Photoshop does panoramas too, no need for any plugins. It's a standard feature as far as I know.

:o Of course, after a REALLY looked, I did find it. I ran the same photos through it and enabled "Advanced Blending". It did merge them. But, that's all it did. I wish I could show you the results but for some reason, when I attempt to upload it either to Flickr or to here, the upload bombs with a zero bytes error! The results were pretty disappointing considering the cost of PS against the cost of Fotox. I'm sure I've missed a setting or two but, when one pays that much for a piece of software, I think it should be just a tad more intuitive.. don't you?
gjtoth
11-13-2007, 02:07 PM
that is a good looking picture

Thanks, Pie. As I said, I was just playing around. I didn't even line up the horizon as I panned the neighborhood. Just swiveled around and clicked. :D
lornem
11-15-2007, 09:09 PM
inspired by your good self, i had a go
first is my teams stadium, second a sunset over Towton, a site of a battle during the war of the roses in the UK

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/fevlad/roverspan2b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/fevlad/towtonpan.jpg
gjtoth
11-15-2007, 10:32 PM
inspired by your good self, i had a go
first is my teams stadium, second a sunset over Towton, a site of a battle during the war of the roses in the UK


REALLY nice! And, you used Photoshop for the merge?
lornem
11-15-2007, 10:58 PM
arcsoft panorama 4 trial version (15 days) and decided to buy it
gjtoth
11-16-2007, 12:28 AM
arcsoft panorama 4 trial version (15 days) and decided to buy it

Looks like it works WAAAY better than my try with Photoshop. I'll probably stick with Fotox. It's free (so far) and is native Linux.
tom67
03-01-2008, 02:49 PM
Are you running Linux? Fotox is a LINUX program. Sorry, I should've mentioned that.

As I said in my post, if PS does panorama, I sure couldn't find it. Is it called something else?

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