September 2006
Beginner
574 pages
24h 23m
English
Content preview from Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual
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292 Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual
Correcting Lens
Distortion
• Snap to Image. When you drag photos into the merge from the Lightbox, Ele-
ments automatically places your photos in the panorama exactly where it thinks
they should go. If you want to override Elements and position your photos
yourself, turn off “Snap to Image.”
• Keep as Layers. When you create a panorama, Elements ordinarily combines all
your photos into an image that has only one layer in it. If you turn on “Keep as
Layers,” you get a multi-layered panorama in which each photo is on its own
layer (page 139). This makes it a bit easier to go back and apply corrections to
one of the photos after the merge, but it also makes for a hugely larger file. Gen-
erally, you’re better off canceling a merge and working on the photo by itself
and then remerging.
NOTE There are many other panorama creation programs available, like Canon’s PhotoStitch
software. You may find you prefer these dedicated programs since they automate more of the
work than Elements does.
Finishing Up: Creating Your Panorama
Once you’re happy with your panorama, click the OK button and wait while Ele-
ments puts everything together for you. You may need to wait awhile, especially on
a memory-challenged computer, so don’t worry if it seems like nothing’s happen-
ing—Elements is calculating like mad.
Usually you have to crop (see page 71) your panorama to get
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