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Photoshop gurus, I need help with my stitched landscape shot!

blurredvision

blurredvision

Lifer
Hey guys, I finally got around to stitching together some photos I took last month during my honeymoon/vacation to Vegas. Unfortunately, I wasn't thinking at the time, and had my camera in auto mode, so no pictures were exactly the same as far as exposure. The pan comprises of 11 pictures with varying overlaps, which I stitched together manually in CS2.

sunsetpan3.jpg

The image is originally over 18,000 pixels wide, and might make a great print for my room, so I'd like to fix it best I can. I know it can be done, as I'm willing to accept some sacrifices in the picture, but I've reached my limit of know-how. I've adjusted brightness levels from layer to layer, and have even made adjustments on particular ground/sky sections using the Alt+lasso selection tool. However, I'm not getting it done with matching up the seams.

Any suggestions or tips on leading me in the right direction?

EDIT: I've been making some headway, although it's obvious there's still more work to be done.

sunsetbeforeafter.jpg
 
Soft brush over the edges on a new layer. Select contents of said layer. Select layer with pictures. Gaussian blur until satisfied 🙂.
 
Originally posted by: Vegitto
Soft brush over the edges on a new layer. Select contents of said layer. Select layer with pictures. Gaussian blur until satisfied 🙂.
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Will try this, thanks.
Originally posted by: Jejunum
im not a pan expert, but would you be willing to try another program?
ptgui (using panaroma tools) is highly recommended and many people at dpreview like it more than photoshop
http://www.ptgui.com/
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Will look into this, thanks.
 
My camera came with a program called Canon Photostitch which works flawlessly. But your pic would be hard to do manually since the contrast and lighting is slightly different in each pic.
 
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I use Hugin in conjunction with PTStitcher and PTOptimzer and Enblend (Hugin is a GUI for all these.) Enblend takes care of the color differences between scenes.

http://www.fuzzybabybunny.smugmug.com/gallery/1435010/1/63574179/Large

I just couldn't get this picture to work by hand. Put it into enblend and this popped out. Worked like a charm.
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Very nice. I've installed hugin and downloaded the newest enblend version, and pointed to the new enblend executable within hugin. How do I get it to work now? Do I need to run it from a prompt (which I see the options, but haven't done yet)?

EDIT: Thinking it needs TIFF files to work, trying now.....
 
Originally posted by: blurredvision

Very nice. I've installed hugin and downloaded the newest enblend version, and pointed to the new enblend executable within hugin. How do I get it to work now? Do I need to run it from a prompt (which I see the options, but haven't done yet)?

EDIT: Thinking it needs TIFF files to work, trying now.....
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Yup Yup. In the final step, Image format as TIFF, then select Soft Blending (requires enblend, only TIFF output).
 
Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I use Hugin in conjunction with PTStitcher and PTOptimzer and Enblend (Hugin is a GUI for all these.) Enblend takes care of the color differences between scenes.

http://www.fuzzybabybunny.smugmug.com/gallery/1435010/1/63574179/Large

I just couldn't get this picture to work by hand. Put it into enblend and this popped out. Worked like a charm.
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Was that taken with a fancy expensive camera?
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Rebel XT + Sigma 30mm f/1.4. These were the last images I took before my camera went belly-up from sand exposure 🙁

Canon repair clerics managed to resurrect it later on, but for a ~$300 fee.
 
Yea I bet that sand would be hard on cameras. I almost stopped at the dunes but didn't have enough time on my trip.
 
Originally posted by: blurredvision
Originally posted by: Vegitto
Originally posted by: blurredvision
Originally posted by: Vegitto
If you haven't had success, feel free to e-mail me the pictures 🙂.

vegitto@densa.demon.nl
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I actually was going to PM you sometime today 🙂. Do you use an instant messaging program by chance?
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I have MSN 🙂.

bejiito@hotmail.com
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Added........you just need to open your messenger window now 🙂.
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It's open 😛. You can talk, don't be scared 🙂. (Although I might not respond in the first few minutes, a lot of people are on right now 😛.)
 
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I use Hugin in conjunction with PTStitcher and PTOptimzer and Enblend (Hugin is a GUI for all these.) Enblend takes care of the color differences between scenes.

http://www.fuzzybabybunny.smugmug.com/gallery/1435010/1/63574179/Large

I just couldn't get this picture to work by hand. Put it into enblend and this popped out. Worked like a charm.
Click to expand...

Was that taken with a fancy expensive camera?
Click to expand...

Rebel XT + Sigma 30mm f/1.4. These were the last images I took before my camera went belly-up from sand exposure 🙁

Canon repair clerics managed to resurrect it later on, but for a ~$300 fee.
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🙁 That's like half the price of a new cam...at that point it's time to upgrade to a 30D 😀
 
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