creating a 360 image

[Patty Clarke]

Donna,

There are several threads that have discussed panoramas here that gave references to tutorials, different plug-ins etc. Use the search function with panorama as the key word.

Patty

[Burton Ogden]

Donna,

The easiest way is to use special software for that purpose. It is rather tedious to do in Photoshop. You can always post-process the stitched panorama in Photoshop and sometimes it is helpful to pre-process the images to be stitched in Photoshop.

But the actual process of stitching the images is not really a Photoshop thing, at least not in the present version of Photoshop. I recommend you try the free demo of Image Assembler from Panavue:

<http://www.panavue.com/index.htm>

The Panorama Factory is a shareware program with a free trial period, also worth a try:

<http://www.panoramafactory.com/>

You can find out all about stitching software at PanoGuide:

<http://www.panoguide.com/software/>

-- Burton -- (not associated with any vendor mentioned)

[Burton Ogden]

Patty,

Your suggestion to use the forum's Search utility was just fine. The majority of people asking questions here could probably find the answer to their questions by using the forum's Search or the FAQ. But circumstances do change and it doesn't hurt to give fresh answers every now and then.

...I just haven't come across a time efficient way of giving referrals
yet.




I have a lot of bookmarks organized in folders in the Favorites section of Internet Explorer. For example, I have a separate folder just for Stitching Images. I have dozens of folders on every subject that interests me. Any time I visit a new site worthy of revisiting, I add an entry for it in my Favorites, selecting an appropriate folder or creating a new folder if necessary.

When referring to a site in a message, I just open the appropriate Favorites folder and right-click on a bookmark (to avoid actually going there) and click on Properties to bring up a properties window for that entry and Ctrl-c to copy the URL from that window for insertion into my message.

Sometimes I open a second instance of Internet Explorer and actually go to the site to make sure it is still there and relevant.

Or, while my message is still editable, I test the links in the posted message. Either way, it amounts to just a few mouse clicks.

A side benefit of either method is that I revisit sites that may have changed since my last visit. That was the case with The Panorama Factory site, which was offering a new version of the software that I didn't know about. And also the PanaVue site was offering a new version of my Image Assembler, which I downloaded.

-- Burton --

[Patty Clarke]

Thanks Burton, I printed out your method and put it in the "real life folder" on my desk that says---"Pending Projects."

As always, I appreciate your time and your words of wisdom. You are the first of many helpful people that I have met in this forum and my illumination process keeps going strong.

Thanks to all of the "guiding lights."

Patty

Patty