It’s mostly for beginners and creates the panorama for you without any user input. AutoStitch is a free program, which takes multiple digital photos of a scene and blends them together smoothly to create a panoramic photo automatically for you. AutoStitchĪutoStitch is what I started out using and still use quite a bit when I have pictures that I know will easily create a great panorama. There are several different programs that I have used to create panoramic photos, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.
The photo stitching software needs to be able to have the overlap in order to know what to blend together. Overlap – When shooting the photos, if you’re going for a horizontal panorama, then move from left to right and make sure that you overlap each adjacent picture by 20 to 30 percent.For example, if you’re taking shots from left to right of a scene (x-axis), keep the camera in the same vertical position the entire time (y-axis). Centered – When taking the photos, keep all the photos along the same plane.Manually adjust the white balance and flash settings so they don’t “auto-adjust” themselves. Stick with one mode and one type of exposure. Basically, if you’re taking a picture of a street, don’t take one with flash, the second without, and the third in night mode! It’ll all be stitched together, but will look completely different.
Consistent – Firstly, make sure you are using consistent settings for all of your photos.