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Have there been any changes/upgrades to the photomerge function since PSE 10?

Nobody can really answer that but you. The best thing is to download the trial and see what you think.

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PSE 10 Photomerge pano error ... AGAIN!

Hi folks
Unhappy with Adobe PSE photomerge error ... again!
Two years ago I got the bottom error message when trying to make panos on PSE 8 on an older XP computer. Last year, I got a new Dell (i7 12 GB RAM) and got the same thing when I re-installed PSE 8. I recently purchased PSE 10 and still get the same message! (The top one.)
This error occurs when PSE has been used for assorted tasks before attempting a photomerge. The ONLY fix is to close PSE 10 and start it up again...same with PSE 8. That 'fix" is usually only good for one photomerge and is frustrating of working on several panos. Adobe knew about this as it had been reported before at least two years ago with PSE 8.
Is there a proper fix for this? Two PSE version on two computers. I don't think it is my electrodynamic personality causing the problem. ☺
Thank you!
Clive
This is the error message in PSE 10 on my Dell Studio XPS i7 12 GB RAM Win 7
This is the error on my old HP running XP...PSE 8.

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PSE 8 - Photomerge Panorama not working?

Trial version (is Panorama disabled in trial?), XP, default preferences
File->New->Photomerge Panorama and select either 2 open files or 2 files off disk. Tried Auto reposition, manual , and in both cases, the program thinks for a couple seconds and then shows me an empty file on screen (checkerboard) entitled Untitled_Panorama1.
Tried a series of different photos, and have done this before in PSE7 with no trouble, so this is puzzling.
Is this a bug?

John, I want to add some other information for you concenring this problem with Photomerge Panorama in PSE 8 that you have been looking into, as I too get the error message you detailed in your earlier comments on this problem. I tried your solution (saving for the web) and found that it did work but, of course, it is a pain having to do this workaround. Then, quite by chance I found that Photomerge Panorama was working correctly and so I tried several files, some of which had not worked before!
Tonight, the old problem returned and I have been able to replicate both the problem and the solution. If I have the Organiser open (which I must) but not the Editor, then it works fine. If I then try to do another panorama with new files, then it usually throws up the error message and fails to work. Any further attempts with the image files (or previous ones that have worked) also fail, ending with the error message. However, if I close the application completely, and then reopen it, the same files will work perfectly with Photomerge Panorama.
Maybe this throws some new light on the cause for you? (and hopefully Adobe if they read this posting). Is it a memory problem? (I have 1 GB of RAM)
It is certainly very odd.
On another matter, but kind of memory/processor related, although I doubt if you will remember this, but last year when PSE 7 was announced but before it was available, I queried the processor spec moving up to requiring a 2GHz processor (it was a huge leap in spec from previously required processors and also not a size much then available for PC Notebook users!
You kindly advised that you thought it was more a case of "sloppy marketing" which seemed to be borne out by some later advice that I received and sent you and others from Adobe Technical suppoort. Recently, when I saw that PSE 8 required a 1.6 GHz or faster processor (the website spec sheet) I was pleased and thoughtful! Today, my purchased copy of PSE8 arrived. (I have been using a free trial version). Guess what, on the box the processor specification is "2 GHz or faster" So now we have either another case of "sloppy marketing" or perhaps, it DOES need 2 GHz and maybe this is the problem/part of the problem with Photomerge Panaroma not functioning correctly/consistently?
Maybe though, it IS just a bug and one that I really hope that Adobe can address and rectify AND thsat we don't have to wait until PSE 9. That would be very, very poor.
How do you report bugs/possible bugs to Adobe or will you further report the issue, assuming that you can replicate what I have found with Photomerge Panorama?
Hope this posting is helpful to you and others experiencing this problem with PSE 8
Kind regards

Preview pictures resolution breaks down while using PSE 13 photomerge for focus stacking

Hello,
I'm new to this forum as well to Photoshop elements but I hope, someone can help me with the problem I encountered ;-)
For the technical background I've got PSE 13 installed on a Win 8.1 Laptop (Core I5, 8 GB RAM). Camera is a Canon EOS 60D with 18 MP.
I like to do macro photography and I wanted to use PSE13 for focus stacking to get a picture with higher dept of field.
Therefore, I used eight diffrently focused macro photos from a daisy blossom in raw format after processing them with the camera raw plugin.
I loaded them in photomerge ( ias "raw" but later I also tried as "jpg"s) and wanted to mark the region of the first photo to combine with the background picture.
When I zoomed in to about 150% the resolution of the image seems to have broken down and all I saw was the details in such a low resolution that I couldn't distinct between focused and not correct focused regiones. When I zoom in to the same magnification but at another point of the processings in PSE13 I do not experience this effect.
With that I cannot use PSE13 for focus stacking at all... That can't be it...
Has someone an idea whether I made a mistake or forgot to fix some settings issues or something?
Thanks in advance,
cheers,
Gruenblatt

Hello,
I'm new to this forum as well to Photoshop elements but I hope, someone can help me with the problem I encountered ;-)
For the technical background I've got PSE 13 installed on a Win 8.1 Laptop (Core I5, 8 GB RAM). Camera is a Canon EOS 60D with 18 MP.
I like to do macro photography and I wanted to use PSE13 for focus stacking to get a picture with higher dept of field.
Therefore, I used eight diffrently focused macro photos from a daisy blossom in raw format after processing them with the camera raw plugin.
I loaded them in photomerge ( ias "raw" but later I also tried as "jpg"s) and wanted to mark the region of the first photo to combine with the background picture.
When I zoomed in to about 150% the resolution of the image seems to have broken down and all I saw was the details in such a low resolution that I couldn't distinct between focused and not correct focused regiones. When I zoom in to the same magnification but at another point of the processings in PSE13 I do not experience this effect.
With that I cannot use PSE13 for focus stacking at all... That can't be it...
Has someone an idea whether I made a mistake or forgot to fix some settings issues or something?
Thanks in advance,
cheers,
Gruenblatt

PSE 10 - Photomerge Panorama Grayed Out

I am using PSE 10 on a Windows 7 platform. When I go into full edit mode and want to select Photomerge Panorama, it is grayed out. All other selections for Photomerge are available. Previously I had no problem on the same computer using Photomerge Panorama with PSE 8. I have tried to research the forums for answers but cannot find any nswers for PSE 10.
Thanks for any help.
Michael

Well I finallly got it fixed. Had to go to Adobe Tech Support. It took them nearly two hours to resolve the problem. It turned out the Presets folder which contains the Photomerge data was missing. They tried to remove PSE10 and then reinstall it from my disc. However we could not get the program uninstalled. It kept finding an error. The error had to do with the Presets folder missing. They ended uploading a new Presets file and copying it into the PhotoshopElements 10 Folder. Everything now works perfect. Thanks for all your suggestions.
Michael

PSE 10 Photomerge on Win 8.1

Moved my licence for PSE 10 from old computer (Win 7) to new computer (Win 8.1). Have re-installed twice to confirm installation is correct. Photomerge does not work - it raises a Windows error message that the program has crashed. I wonder whether it is a known issue - official OS grid on Adobe site says that PSE 10 has not been extensively tested on Win 8.1, but there are no known issues. Is this a previously unknown issue? and is there a solution to make it work properly?

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PSE 7 Photomerge

I am using PSE 7 and trying to use the interactive layout. After the files are selected I see the merging of files on the screen but the final file never appears. Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong?

Interactive layout is used when you want to align the photos yourself. Initially PSE7 tries to align the photos and then a new window is open in which you can move the photos. Incase PSE is not able to align the photos by itself it gives you a msg and then opens the new window in which you need to drag the photos to the workspace from the top and then manually align them.
I hope it helps.
Thanks
Siddharth

PSE 11 - Photomerge: No alignment possible for panorama even with equal focus width

Plötzlich habe ich ein Problem mit Photomerge: Fotos lassen sich nicht mehr zu einem Panorama zusammenfügen, obwohl alle mit gleichem Cameraprogramm und gleicher Brennweite erzeugt wurden. (PhSE 11).
"Suddenly" I got a problem with Photomerge in PhSE11 while connecting some fotos to a panorama: No alignment possible, even if all pictures were taken with the same focus with and the same camera program. The SW from Canon ZoomBrowserEX works fine with these files. Where is my mistake?

Plötzlich habe ich ein Problem mit Photomerge: Fotos lassen sich nicht mehr zu einem Panorama zusammenfügen, obwohl alle mit gleichem Cameraprogramm und gleicher Brennweite erzeugt wurden. (PhSE 11).
"Suddenly" I got a problem with Photomerge in PhSE11 while connecting some fotos to a panorama: No alignment possible, even if all pictures were taken with the same focus with and the same camera program. The SW from Canon ZoomBrowserEX works fine with these files. Where is my mistake?

PSE 10 Photomerge-Panorama

Hello,
my English is not. Maybe you can help me anyway. I've been working recently with PSE10.
I've uploaded 3 frames and wanted to
then edit with Photomerge Panorama. The result is shown in the screenshot.
Can anyone help me what should I do?

Before starting try making copy images at reduced size e.g. 1500 px x 1000 px
Try interactive and arrange images yourself.
http://help.adobe.com/de_DE/PhotoshopElements/8.0/Win/Using/WS27101fef35e777f9-2794c94411f dcce7142-7ffe.html

PSE 8 Photomerge

When trying to do a photomerge, I am getting the message pictured below:
Have played with memory allotment to no avail. Any ideas would be appreciated!

Yes, it's definitely a bug.
However, did you try step 3 of the FAQ exactly as described:
3. Restart the Editor and open the files directly in the Editor with File > Open, rather than from the Organizer.
Make sure the Organizer isn't started. This workaround has worked for many people posting on the forums who have experienced that error message (including me).

PSE 8 Exposure and Panoramic Merge Blur

When I am doing Exposure and Panoramic Merges in PSE 8, or a combination of both for exposure reasons, I often get background features that are double images. In the above merge, the leaves and some of the smaller branches in the background (look above the falls) are not sharp and some appear as double images. The rocks and solid ground objects retain much of their sharpness. When I use the same equipment to take single exposures, the sharpness is usually good. Is there a solution. Here is the process I used and a list of equipment.
Camera: Canon 40D
Lens: EF-S 10-22mm
Tripod: Man. 055xwnb
Head: 410 geared
ISO 100
FL: 17mm
f: 22
ss: 1.3 sec.
Mode: Raw
With the 3 adjustment on the geared head set at 0, the tripod was leveled. The pan for the second of the two exposures taken as achieved with the use of the geared movement with no change in the leveled tripod position.
Each of the two exposures was bracketed to achieve 3 exposures at +2/3, 0, and - 2/3.
In PSE 8 the two sets of 3 exposures each were corrected except for sharpening, and then put through the Photo Exposure Merge process. This produced the two exposures used for the Panoramic Merge. The Panoramic Merge was then done. Final sharpening was done using the final Panoramic Exposure.
I have always thought that one of the reason for the blur in the trees and leaves may be due to the long exposure time required to get the flowing water look in the falls and rapids. A shorter exposure time would be better for stopping any movement in the trees cause by any breeze that is present but the water would then have a much different look.
Does anyone have a possible solution?
Thanks, Bernie

Bernie,
There are two plausible hypotheses, both of which could be in play here:
1. The motion of the trees caused by the wind is causing misalignment of the images during Photomerge Exposure.
2. A bug in PSE's Photomerge Exposure causes its auto-alignment to silently fail on images 10 MP or larger (1 MP = 1024 x 1024 = 1,048,576 pixels):
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2320219#2320219
I'm assuming your original images are at the maximum 3888 x 2592 resolution of the 40D (10.1 MP).
(Since misalignment is occurring in the upper-left of your example, it can't be due to Photomerge Panorama, since the left and right frames only overlap in the center.)
Closely examining the image suggests that misalignment occurs on some but not all of the branches and leaves, but not on the bigger trunks and branches, indicating that wind is likely causing at least some of it. I think that reducing the shutterspeed would help, but you'll still get some unavoidable motion due to the wind, since doing the bracketed raw exposures will take more than half a second.
To troubleshoot whether the bug is affecting these images, try resizing the original images to be significantly less than 10 MP, e.g. 3504 x 2336, and then do Photomerge Exposure (but no Panorama). Is the alignment any better?

Saving edited pics

New problem I have successfully used photomerge capabililties and am happy with results. I save the edited photo back into the original folder. When I reopen the folder the picture is not there and also not in the PSE6 album. The only place I can find the edited photo is in the 'recently edited' dropdown uder FILE then 'open recently edited in organizer.
Why doesn't the photo go to the original folder and since it doesn't, how do I get it to be part of the folder or album. glenn

Glenn,
Here are some comments on what I recollect from my experience using the PSE 6 photomerge. I don't have all the details in front of me now, but read this and see if it helps.
My experience with PSE 6 photomerge (and group shot, which is based on photomerge) made me conclude that the result (the merged) photo file is treated as a totally
b new
photo file.
I suspect that its being treated as a new photo causes the merged photo file not to inherit any of the "characteristics" (like presence in an album, date taken/sequence in the Organizer thumbnails etc).
I do think that it did save my merged photo in the folder to which I chose during the Save process. However, I might have needed to explicitly choose that specific folder during the Save process. (again because it is a new photo, there would be no automatically saving to the same folder as a source photo).
Also, I might have needed to explicitly check "Include in Organizer" when I saved the merged photo - not sure about that.
For the Album, I anticipate that you need to explicitly add that merged photo to the Album that you choose. Once you have the thumbnail for the merged photo visible in the Organizer, it will be easy to add to the Album, then drag and drop to the desired sequence within the Album.

Photoshop Elements capabilities

Does Photoshop Elements include the merge HDR editing technic?
If not, which the most suitable Adfobe Photoshot version with this cababilitie (iMac version) ?

Actually PSE's photomerge exposure is not true HDR,, but it can give you the look of photomatix pushed to the max by someone who doesn't understand how photomatix works, if that's what you want.
Personally I prefer Bracketeer, a very reasonably priced exposure blending program, to anything in PS or PSE.

How to open Photomerge Panorama in PSE 12. The option is not available when I choose File/New.

In PSE 12 (iOS) I can't find "Photomerge Panorama". The tutorial says it should be available in the menu File/New. Yet it isn't.

It's now under the Enhance menu in the Expert mode in the pse 12 editor.
Edit>Photomerge in the pse 12 organizer.

PSE 6 Mac photomerge error message?

I am using Photoshop Elements 6 on a Mac. I am trying to use the photomerge group shot feature, following the tutorial video step-by-step. I open my pictures, select New >> Photomerge Group Shot and click "Open All" on the "please select 2-10 photos..." pop-up box. The little clock appears for a bit and then I get the error message "Could not complete the command because the source rectangle is empty."
Adobe support is useless. I think they said it's because my photos are incompatible and I should download them again. (But their English is so poor and there's so many typos in there, I can't be sure that's really what they meant.) I'm using .jpgs. How can jpgs be incompatible?!? Good thing they're copies. Deleted the ones I was working with and got new copies of the originals. Still get the error message.
Tried re-installing PSE, that didn't fix it either.
Dragging the photos to the source and final rectangles doesn't work either.
I think I may have successfully used the photomerge in the past but I can't remember for sure.
Anyone else encounter this problem? Any suggestions of other things to try to solve it? I'm just about ready to throw PSE in the garbage. I pretty much can't ever get it to work right.

I am listing down the precise steps I followed for Photomerge groupshot on my system-
Open images.
Holding the Command key click on all the image that are to be used in Photomerge (select them from Project Bin)
File>New>Photomerge Groupshot.
I am taken to the Photomerge UI with my first image already present in the source rectangle.
Please follow these steps and let me know that at which step are you getting stuck.

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