Learn how to create a comprehensive panorama by merging multiple images focused on different areas from the same spot using Photoshop. This article provides a step-by-step guide on using Photoshop's built-in tool to blend and merge images to create a larger, seamless panorama.
Key Insights:
- The process of creating a panorama in Photoshop involves opening multiple images focused on different areas from a single scene and blending them together using the built-in photo merge tool.
- Users can navigate to the photo merge tool via the file and automate options. Here, you'll find different layout options for your photos. For this process, the 'auto' layout was selected. After adding and highlighting all the images, allow Photoshop to blend the images together.
- After Photoshop has completed the photo merge, the resulting panorama may need some areas filled to complete the image. Once done, save the work and group the images used in the panorama into a single folder for easier access in the future.
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In this video, we'll be creating a panorama. Let's start by opening up our first image for the panorama.
We'll go to **File > Open**, and here we're in the **Telluride Panorama** folder. It contains multiple photos, each of which was taken of a scene in Telluride. Let's simply open the first one.
Essentially, we can build a panorama from multiple images, each focused on a different area from the same spot. If we combine all of these photos together, we can see the larger picture in the panorama. Photoshop actually has a built-in tool that allows us to do this successfully.
The way we access that is by going to **File > Automate > Photomerge**. Next, we’ll see that our **Photomerge** window appears, giving us several different options. The first option we have is how our photos are laid out.
For these photos, we're simply going to select **Auto**; however, you do have the option to change it based on your needs. In addition, we'll check **Blend Images Together**, and then click **Browse** so that we can add our photos. I'll click the first image and then, holding **Shift**, click the last image so that all are highlighted, and click **OK**.
Next, we're going to click **OK** again and allow Photoshop to do its job. Don't be discouraged if it takes your computer a little bit of time to process these photos—it often takes a few minutes. I'll come back once the **Photomerge** is complete.
Here we can see that Photoshop has finished creating our panorama, and we have some areas that we need to fill in to complete it. So let's save our work by going to **File > Save As**, and let's title this **Telluride Panorama**. We'll save it in the **Lesson 2 – Editing Photos** folder, then click **Save**, and **OK**.
Finally, let's make one more change. Take all of the layers that make up the panorama, and drag them into the **Folder** icon below to group them. We'll rename this group **Panorama**, and hit **Enter**.
We'll save our work again by hitting **Ctrl + S**, and in the next video, we'll begin filling in some of the missing areas in the corners. See you there.