#Panorama video for stitch how to#

I'm not saying you shouldn't, of course you should, all I'm saying is that it is possible to get away with snapping away hand-held, in horizontal format, and you can sort the whole mess out afterwards. However, in the shot above, I didn't do either of these things. Using a tripod is a very good idea, provided that you set it up properly and the camera is level, as the shots will match up better, you avoid the possibility of accidentally tilting the camera between shots. The only thing with that is, you then end up with more shots to put together and therefore more work to do. There are various ways to tackle the shooting, some say you should shoot in upright format to minimise distortion, and I think that can be a good idea.

This technique will actually work quite well with a large group of people as well, you just have to be extra careful where you make the joins between the photos, don't cut where someone has moved between shots. The full size version of this photo is 11,548 x 3464 pixels, so it is possible to make a good quality print up to 40 inches wide (about one metre).Īnother reason you might use this technique is when you are shooting a scene and space is limited, you can't get far enough back from the subject or you don't have wide enough lens, and you just can't get the whole scene in one shot. The object of this exercise is to produce a large file from which you can make a decent size, high quality print. You could, of course, shoot the whole thing as one shot and crop the top and bottom of the picture if you have a wide enough lens to get everything in the frame, but then you would just have a normal, low resolution file. This technique is most often used to make panoramas of landscapes, like the one below.

#Panorama video for stitch how to#

This tutorial will show you how to shoot multiple shots of a scene, panning as you go, and then stitch the shots together to make one large file capable of producing a large print to hang on the wall.