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Most of the users will produce panorama shots by stitching together single photos, using an appropriate software application. We have summarized some very useful hints for you, because a few things should be kept in mind, while taking the photos, to avoid problems later in the process.

• All of the photos of a panorama should be taken with the exact same camera settings. For analog cameras, this means the same settings for aperture and exposure time. For digital cameras, this means that in addition to aperture and exposure, the white balance must be kept the same as well. The easiest way to achieve this, of course, would be through a panorama setting offered by some of the newer cameras on the market.
• The photos of a panorama require sufficient overlap to be rendered correctly. As a rule of thumb, the overlap should be at least a third to a fourth of the image width. Some cameras offering a specific panorama mode will display the previous picture within the viewer, which is very helpful in determining the overlap of the images. If your camera does not offer this feature, you should take your time and plan you panorama photos more precisely. Memorizing certain shots within the overlapping images is very helpful.
• Using a tripod not only improves the quality of the image but also reduces the editing work required later on. Though, great panoramas can still be taken without a tripod, too. Even rather bumpy horizons can be smoothed out later on.
• Analog photos (e.g., prints, negatives) need to be scanned before producing a panorama. For the scanning process too, you should pay close attention to the settings of the scanner. All images need to be scanned using the exact same settings.

There are a number of software applications that will stitch your photos together and produce the final image. The quality of the applications varies widely. Here you will find brief introductions to a selection of the better quality applications.

Hugin  hugin.sourceforge.net
Hugin is based on the Panorama Tools of Panorama Tools. The software offers an extensive range of transformation and correction tools (e.g., removing falling lines). Taking advantage of all of the possibilities of this application to produce high quality panoramas might be very demanding and might require substantial amounts of time. Even though the learning curve is rather steep, you will be able to fix the most demanding panorama that other applications will not be able to handle.
A good introduction is the tutorial of Rob Park:
Creating Panoramas with Hugin

Outstanding results can be achieved effortlessly by using some of the most up-to-date software applications.

Autostitch www.autostitch.net
University-born Autostitch lets you produce your panorama almost without effort. The demo version (free of charge) produces also very large panoramas. Just feed it the single images and after little wait you get a completely stitched panorama - without any visible transitions and without any user intervention. In a second step, one can increase the resolution as well as the JEPG-quality within the options settings. Autostitch can produce some of the highest quality panorama. Actually, some of the great panoramas on this website were produced with Autostitch.

Panorama Studio www.tshsoft.de
Panorama Studio, a commercial application (€ 34.95) by Tobias Huellmandel, works almost completely automatic as well. In comparison to Autostitch, the user can intervene and change settings manually if required (e.g., defining the horizon). The German computer magazine c’t recently tested Panorama Studio and rated it 'excellent'.

There are two requirements for a panorama to be labeled.

• The user must be registered.
• The owner of the panorama must allow labeling through other users.

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