In the morning...

[gjtoth]

... behind our home. This is a panorama capture taken with my Canon A720IS. PP is Fotox for the stitching and BibblePro for balancing.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2251/2152232476_1b3d8a8fc6_b.jpg

[daltoned]

Nice One Gary, Thanks for comments on my Ireland Pictures, I fully accept your advise re support. Can I ask about "PP is Fotox for the stitching and BibblePro for balancing", what are these. Is that frost in the pic.I can see I've a lot to learn.
Regards and best wishes for 2008
EddieD

[gjtoth]

Nice One Gary, Thanks for comments on my Ireland Pictures, I fully accept your advise re support. Can I ask about "PP is Fotox for the stitching and BibblePro for balancing", what are these. Is that frost in the pic.I can see I've a lot to learn.
Regards and best wishes for 2008
EddieD

Eddie, I don't use Windows on my computer. I use a distribution of Linux called, "Ubuntu". Therefore, whilst I *can* use Photoshop, it runs VERY slowly. So, I've chosen not to use it in favor of using "native Linux" (made for Linux) software. Most of it is very good and it's free (as is Ubuntu). Fotox is one of those. It's an image editor that I use to "stitch" two or more separate photos together into one -- a panorama. BibblePro is another image editor. It's main strength lies in it's ability to handle RAW files. It is NOT free ($169). I'm running a trial version now trying to decide between RAW Therapee (a free program available in a Windows version) and BibblePro. "PP" is a widely-used abbreviation for "Post-processing" or "Post-processor".

Yes, that's frost. LOTS of it. When I let the dog out this morning, this was the scene that greeted me. I keep my Canon by the door for just such cases. We sometimes get deer out there or hawks or any one of a number of things that scream to be captured.

[LensBaby]

I like it Gary. I really like the Frost. Its cool looking.

[gjtoth]

I like it Gary. I really like the Frost. Its cool looking.

No pun intended, I'm sure, eh? heheheheh

[LensBaby]

Haha I didn't even think of that! Funny

[daltoned]

Many Thanks Gary for your detailed reply. Looks like I'll have to stick with my Elements 5 and Windows XP for the moment. My Son is very anti windows and a great supporter of Linux. Maybe when I'm through the course I'll have a look at options.
EddieD

[gjtoth]

Many Thanks Gary for your detailed reply. Looks like I'll have to stick with my Elements 5 and Windows XP for the moment. My Son is very anti windows and a great supporter of Linux. Maybe when I'm through the course I'll have a look at options.
EddieD

Elements is supposedly a scaled-down version of Photoshop. If that's true, Eddie, you can do panoramas as well. Here's how it's done in Photoshop:


Creating a Photomerge composition

When you set up a Photomerge composition, you identify your source files, and then the assembly of the panorama is automatically done for you. Once the panorama is complete, you can still make changes to the placement of the individual photos, if necessary.

To set up a new Photomerge composition:

1. Do one of the following:
* Choose File > Automate > Photomerge.
* In the File Browser, select the images you want to use and then choose Automate > Photomerge from the File Browser menu bar (see Running automated tasks from the File Browser).
2. In the dialog box, choose an option from the Use pop-up menu:
* Files to generate the Photomerge composition using individual files.
* Folders to use all the images stored in a folder to create the Photomerge composition. The files in the folder appear in the dialog box.
* Open Files to use the image files you have open in Photoshop.
3. Click the Browse button to navigate to the source files or folder you want to use to create the Photomerge composition. Select Attempt to Automatically Arrange Source Images if you want Photoshop to try to line the images up in their proper order. Deselect this option if you want to arrange the images in the lightbox yourself.

Tip iconYou can add more files by clicking the Browse button again and navigating to the source files. You can always remove a file from the Source Files list by selecting the file and clicking the Remove button.
4. When you've added all the source files, click OK to create the Photomerge composition. The source files will open automatically and will be processed.

Tip iconIf the composition can't be automatically assembled, a message appears on-screen. You can assemble the composition manually in the Photomerge dialog box using the lightbox. (See Using the Photomerge dialog box.)
5. Once the new panorama image appears in the Photomerge dialog box, you can work with individual source files and change your view of the work area. If you need to rearrange the order of the images, drag an image in the work area to reposition it, or rearrange the images in the light box (see Using the Photomerge dialog box).
6. If necessary, adjust the vanishing point or blending settings of your composition (see Changing Photomerge composition settings.)
7. If you'd like to save each image in the composition as individual layers, which is useful if you need to correct the color of each image separately, select Keep as Layers.
8. Do one of the following:
* Click the OK button to generate the panorama as a new Photoshop file. The composition then opens in Photoshop.
* Click the Save Composition As button to save the composition so you can open it again at a later time.



Hope this helps.

[daltoned]

Hi Gary, What can I say, again you've given such a detailed reply, I had tried Elements Panorama but did not find it as good as the rest of the Elements package. I've also a copy Panorama Plus and that seems to do a better stitch than Elements, but as I said earlier, I need to spend more time after the course to look at all the packages I'm using.
Many thanks
EddieD

[gjtoth]

Hi Gary, What can I say, again you've given such a detailed reply, I had tried Elements Panorama but did not find it as good as the rest of the Elements package. I've also a copy Panorama Plus and that seems to do a better stitch than Elements, but as I said earlier, I need to spend more time after the course to look at all the packages I'm using.
Many thanks
EddieD

So many choices, eh? It sure can get the better of you. Besides, panoramas maybe included in future lessons so, I may be jumping the gun. heh :o

[Snappers]

Ugghhhhhh Frosty!.

Very nice shot Gary, What is it that is sitting in the middle of the pic at the bottom?

[gjtoth]

Ugghhhhhh Frosty!.

Very nice shot Gary, What is it that is sitting in the middle of the pic at the bottom?

That's a small arbor vitae shrub, Andy. I was toying with the idea of taking it out of the shot since it's rather distracting. But, since it's taken in jpg and not RAW, I've decided to leave it rather than lose anymore image quality.

<See, Peter? I *AM* learning!>

[Snappers]

I think it adds some interest to the shot, I dont think it distracts that much.
It would be interesting to see the shots side by side with it and without it to see the difference.