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PSE 15 Using the Photomerge Panorama Command

In Photoshop Elements

In PSE 15, all of the Photomerge commands are in the Guided Edit View. In this exercise, we

will combine three images into a panorama using the Photomerge Panorama command. The

Photomerge command can merge many more photos to make sweeping panoramas or 360 degree

perspectives. It can also be used to stitch photos vertically to capture tall buildings.

1. In the Organizer, select the images that will be used to make the panorama.

2. On the Menu bar, click File > Edit > Photomerge Panorama as shown in the figure

below:

Edit > Photomerge > Photomerge Panorama

3. OR from within the PSE 15 Editor, click on Guided > Photomerge > Photomerge

Panorama as shown in the figure below. In this case make sure that the selected photos

are not only open, but are also selected, as shown by their white border.

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Guided > Photomerge > Photomerge Panorama

4. Stay with Auto Panorama for this tutorial. Expand Settings by clicking on the right-

pointing arrow, as shown in the figure below.

5. Select the following Options:

a. Blend Images Together – Does the stitching process.

b. Vignette Removal – Minimizes the darkening that can occur around the edges of

the image.

c. Geometric Distortion Correction – Minimizes Lens Distortion during stitching.

6. Click on Create Panorama.

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7. The Photomerge process begins and may take a minute or two to produce the figure

below.

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8. In the above figure, the area around the edges of the image within the dotted lines

represents that portion of the panorama that has had Content Aware Fill applied to make

the completed panorama a rectangle. It very often does an excellent job, and can be used

as is. If you are unhappy with what Content Aware Fill has done, you can crop the image

in one of the edit modes.

9. As shown in the above figure, you can Save the completed panorama, apply further edits,

or share in with selected photo sharing sites.

10. For this example, we will open it in the Expert Editor. Each of the original images are

shown on their own layer along with a layer mask that defines what part of the image is

included in the final panorama. See the figure below.

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11. The merged image is now ready for any needed exposure or color adjustments before

saving it in the usual manner