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​​​​Lesson 10 - Objectives 1-2 (Monday)   

B10-01 Skill: Creating panoramas with photomerge

Objectives:
  • Use Photoshop's photomerge feature to create panoramic vistas.
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Central Utah Panorama - by Nathan Smith
Learn:
Many of the modern digital cameras have the ability to create panoramic images.  However, you don't need to buy a camera that can do that if you have Photoshop. Camera Raw or later has the ability to stitch together images into a panorama - and can save them as camera raw dng files with all the image data.  Photoshop also has a photomerge feature that will not only stitch images together in a panorama, but use content aware tools to fill in transparent areas.

When taking photos to create a panorama, you will have the best results if you use a tripod.  Take a photo - turn the camera enough so there is some overlap in the scenery between shots - take a second photo - and repeat that process as many times as you wish.  If you don't have a tripod, that's OK - Photoshop and Camera Raw both do a great job at stitching images together.  Just make sure you have a little overlap between each shot you take.  You can either crop out the transparent areas or use Photomerge's content aware fill.  The panorama above were taken without a tripod.  Watch the videos "Photoshop Playbook: Creating Panoramas" and "Create a Panorama in Camera Raw."
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Video: Photoshop Playbook: Creating Panoramas (4:28)
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Video: Create a Panorama in Camera Raw (6:15)
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Apply: Exercise B10-01
Exercise 1 (estimated time to complete - 15 minutes):  Now you try it!  Click here for a zip file of four photos that will stitch into the panorama below.  Or take 3 or 4 shots on your own camera and stitch them together for a great portfolio exhibit! You can choose to use Camera Raw or Photoshop's Photomerge.  I used Photomerge on the panorama below. But I also used the camera raw filter in Photoshop CC 2018 to adjust it, sharpen it, and remove noise. I used the puppet warp tool to straighten the horizon.  Save this exercise as B10-01_Your_Name.PSD (or DNG if done in camera raw).
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Wellsville Mountain Panorama - by Nathan Smith

B10-02 Skill: Combining multiple images

Objectives:
  • Use aligning images, selection techniques and masking to place multiple iterations together into a single image.
Learn:
One of the things you can do in Photoshop is to combine multiple frames or images together into a single action shot. For example, if you have a tripod, you can take multiple shots using the same background and combine them like the image below-right.
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The Jordan Quintuplets. Photo by Nathan Smith
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Apply: Exercise B10-02
Exercise 2 (Estimated time to complete - 45 minutes): I've taken five photos of Jordan, one of my employees in the Adele & Dale Young Education Technology Center.  No tripod, but I leaned against the door frame to hold my camera steady.  I have prepared a video for you with step by step instructions on how to do this.  Click link or image above to go to the file.  One step to remember, though. When you open all five images into layers, be sure to select all the layers, go to the edit menu and choose AUTO ALIGN LAYERS.  This command does most of the work aligning things. The key to this is masking.  Remember that painting with white on a mask reveals what is on that layer, whereas painting with black conceals and lets the layers underneath show through.  Download the five images (zip file) by clicking here!
Spend no more than 45 minutes on this!  Since this is a repetitive process, having only 3 individuals showing will prove to me you know what you're doing.  Save this exercise as B10-02_Your_Name.PSD
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Did you realize with the same masking skills, you can create double exposure images?

Optional resources to share with you! (Not required)

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Video: [Photoshop Tutorial] Double Exposure Effect - EASY TO FOLLOW (15:09)
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Video: Double Exposure Effect - Photoshop Tutorial (6:16)
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​This page last updated October 28, 2020. 
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