Adobe 65045315 Photoshop Elements Manual - Page 189

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10 183 Crop an image Cropping, resizing, retouching, and transforming photos Create a Photomerge panorama composition 1 Do one of the following: • In Full Edit mode in the Edit workspace, choose File > New > Photomerge Panorama. • In the Elements Organizer, choose File > New > Photomerge Panorama. 2 In the Photomerge dialog box, choose an option from the Use pop-up menu: Files Generates the Photomerge composition using individual image files. Folders Uses all the images stored in a folder to create the Photomerge composition. The files in the folder appear in the dialog box. Or, click Add Open Files to use the images you have open in the Edit workspace. 3 Do one of the following to select photos you want to use: • Click Add Open Files to use images you have open in the Edit workspace. • Click the Browse button to navigate to the source files or folder. You 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 Choose a layout option: Auto Analyzes the source images and applies either a Perspective or Cylindrical layout, depending on which produces a better photomerge. Perspective Creates a consistent composition by designating one of the source images (by default, the middle image) as the reference image. The other images are then transformed (repositioned, stretched, or skewed as necessary) so that overlapping content layer is matched. Cylindrical Reduces the "bow-tie" distortion that can occur with the Perspective layout by displaying individual images as on an unfolded cylinder. Overlapping content is still matched. The reference image is placed at the center. This is best suited for creating wide panoramas. Spherical Aligns and transforms the images as if they were for mapping the inside of a sphere. If you have taken a set of images that cover 360 degrees, use this for 360 degree panoramas. You might also use Spherical to produce nice panoramic results with other file sets. Collage Aligns the layers and matches overlapping content and transforms (rotate or scale) any of the source layers. Reposition Aligns the layers and matches overlapping content, but does not transform (stretch or skew) any of the source images. Interactive Layout Choose this option to open the source images in a dialog box and position them manually. 5 (Optional) Select any of the following options: Blend Images Together Finds the optimal borders between the images and creates seams based on those borders, and to color match the images. With Blend Images Together turned off, a simple rectangular blend is performed. This may be preferable if you intend to retouch the blending masks by hand. Vignette Removal Removes and performs exposure compensation in images that have darkened edges caused by lens flaws or improper lens shading. Geometric Distortion Correction Compensates for barrel, pincushion, or fisheye distortion. 6 Click OK to generate the panorama as a new file. A message asks whether you want to fill the panorama edges that are left transparent. If you click Yes, Photoshop Elements fills the edges with content-aware healing. Last updated 1/2/2012