Posted by Tony Kuyper on August 17, 2006 at 12:32 AM
I'm looking to use parts of two different captures of the same scene in one print. The images of the scene were taken only seconds apart, but I touched the camera between exposures. Consequently, the pixels don't overlay each other exactly, and it's going to be hard to get the separate areas to match well in the final print. I can use PS's transform tools to come close to getting the images to align atop one another in my layers palette, but the match is pretty rough at best. While I've not used stitching software, I know you can select anchor points and then the software matches these up transforming the images as needed so the effect is seamless. I'm wondering if there something similar that will do this for an image laid atop another, that is, transforming the top layer to match the bottom layer by making these anchor points match. Or anything to automate the transformation that can come a lot closer than my attemps to do it manually.
Posted by Jasper Doest on August 17, 2006 at 3:30 AM
http://www.panoramafactory.com
This might do the trick....I use it quite often and it is pretty amazing! You can do it full-automatically....but you can also use anchorpoints if you would like to.
Posted by Sean Bolton on August 17, 2006 at 7:00 AM
Try Autopano Pro too. It has worked for me stitching images that I didn't even intent to stitch when the shots were taken. I thought about it later and decided to see if they would stitch and Autopano put them together flawlessly.
Posted by Tony Kuyper on August 17, 2006 at 10:54 PM
I will check these out. Thanks for the suggestions.
Posted by Barry Siegel on August 19, 2006 at 11:18 AM
Tony-
Did the focal length change when you touched the camera? If so, I don't think you can get a match. If not, then just decrease the opacity of the top layer to about 50% and use the move tool to line it up in position. You can use the arrow keys to move the layer one pixel at a time. (of course, I'm talking about in Photoshop).
Well, I don't know. Perhaps those warping tools in some of those programs can make it match if the focal length has changed.
Posted by Colin Smale on August 19, 2006 at 4:56 PM
http://www.panoramafactory.com
Posted by Doug Dolde on August 22, 2006 at 6:47 PM
I really like Panavue Image Assembler. PC only though.
Posted by Lin Evans on September 17, 2006 at 12:43 AM
A little late to the party for this one, but I don't think you want stitching software - it seems to me that you want to "combine" the best parts of each image and they don't properly register -am I correct?
If so, stitching software is not what you want, but you might try software designed to give increased depth of field. This software corrects for slight mis-registration and is designed to enhance depth of field for photomicroscopy but can also be use for getting infinite depth of field on landscapes, etc., In doing so, it combines multiple images taken at slightly different focus points into a single frame with greatly enhanced DOF. There are several out there, but just to test it I would Google "Combine Z" which is freeware but does a great job. Also you might try Helicon Focus....
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8 repliesThis might do the trick....I use it quite often and it is pretty amazing! You can do it full-automatically....but you can also use anchorpoints if you would like to.
Try Photomatix
http://www.hdrsoft.com
cheers
Sean
Did the focal length change when you touched the camera? If so, I don't think you can get a match. If not, then just decrease the opacity of the top layer to about 50% and use the move tool to line it up in position. You can use the arrow keys to move the layer one pixel at a time. (of course, I'm talking about in Photoshop).
Well, I don't know. Perhaps those warping tools in some of those programs can make it match if the focal length has changed.
If so, stitching software is not what you want, but you might try software designed to give increased depth of field. This software corrects for slight mis-registration and is designed to enhance depth of field for photomicroscopy but can also be use for getting infinite depth of field on landscapes, etc., In doing so, it combines multiple images taken at slightly different focus points into a single frame with greatly enhanced DOF. There are several out there, but just to test it I would Google "Combine Z" which is freeware but does a great job. Also you might try Helicon Focus....
Best regards,
Lin