Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual

Chapter 11: Creating Panoramas and Correcting Perspective 289

Creating Panoramas

Photomerge where you want that point to be in your finished panorama.

Knowing the vanishing point helps Elements figure out the correct perspective.

Press V to activate the Vanishing Point tool. Figure 11-6 shows an example of

how it can change your results.

• Zoom tool. This is the same Zoom tool (page 79) you meet everywhere else in

Elements. Click the magnifying glass in the Toolbox or press Z to activate it.

• Hand tool. Use the Hand tool (page 80) here when you need to scoot your

entire merged image around to see a different part of it. Click the Hand icon in

the Toolbox or press H to activate it. When moving an individual photo within

your panorama, use the Select Image tool.

You have a few other aids on the right side of the window. Some, like Advanced

Blending, adjust the way your photos blend together. Others, like Cylindrical Map-

ping adjust the camera’s-eye view angle. (More on both in a moment.)

To control your onscreen view of your panorama, Elements gives you the Naviga-

tor on the right side of the Photomerge window. It works just like the regular Nav-

igator described on page 81. Move the slider to resize the view of your panorama.

Drag to the right to zoom in on one area, or to the left to shrink the view so that

you can see the whole thing at once. If you want to target a particular spot in your