Stitching (overlaying) images to create panoramas

Is there a way to create panoramas by stitching/overlaying images together?

Or even an actual stitching program like PTGui, Stitcher, Autopano Pro or Hugin...
Ian

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Is it possible to create Panoramic photos in Aperture

I know it is possible to create Panoramic photos in PS, but was wondering if it is also possibel in Aperture.

Imho ( ) it is worth understanding the difference between Aperture and programs like it (LR, etc.), and Photoshop. The difference is compositing. PS and other Graphics programs are built from the ground up as compositors. Aperture and its cousins are Digital Asset Managers and digital photo development tools. You use Aperture to manage your collection of digital photos, and to make any one photo into the best version possible for whatever use you have. Then you export your digital photos from Aperture, and use them in graphics programs to create new graphics.
In general, if you are combining things (text, geometric primitives, multiple graphic elements, etc.), you use a graphics program; if you are optimizing a photo for a particular use, you can do it using Aperture.
For panoramas, I import the photos I'm going to use into Aperture, Stack them and add a color label (so I can see at a glance that these Images are part of that kind of series), check the WB, the export them to a temporary Finder folder. I use Hugin to open all the exported files and stitch them together. Then I import the panorama I created using Hugin and place it as the Stack Pick of the Stack, and make whatever additional adjustments I want for the use I have for the panorama.
Message was edited by: Kirby Krieger

Stitching DICOM images in CC

A client wants to stitch x-ray image sets into full-spine images. The images are in DICOM format, three overlapping images of the top, middle and lower spine. Testing on non-medical images in DICOM format, I know I can stitch using Photomerge. What I'd like to know is if the composite image will retain its EXIF data (DICOM has its own section in the EXIF specification).
Has anyone used Photoshop for this purpose, or had experience with DICOM images?

A couple of questions:
You have two (or more) Images in Portrait orientation, that you wish to stitch together. Do you wish for them to "stitch" side-by-side, creating a wider Image, or stitch them end-to-end, making them taller? I assume the former, but am not positive.
Were the Portrait Images shot with overlap, and aligned, when captured, or were they just shot randomly, i.e. did you shoot a planned, full panorama, with vertical Images?
Can you Open one, then increase the Canvas Size, and drag the other into that Image, manually aligning it to match up (skipping PhotoMerge)?
Can you get by with using the above method, with say both pictures near each other, and maybe the Canvas (say choose black, when you extend it), so that you have two, separate photographs in one Image?
Good luck,
Hunt

I continue to have a problem attempting to create Panorama with PE 7

Has anyone ever received and answer from Adobe for this problem that actually worked?
Updated
Sunday, November 1, 2009 12:39:26 PM PST
Opened
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:47:58 PM PDT
Status
Open - Pending Adobe Response
Product
Photoshop Elements 7.0
Support contract
Adobe Support Program
Subject
Panorama function does not work
Notes & responses
Notes from Customer
Sunday, November 1, 2009 12:39:26 PM PST
I followed your directions and closed all open files including "spySweeper" and "Norton". I went to "run" and entered %appdata% and
deleted "Adobe" NOTE: there was another file titled AdobeUM which I did not delete. I opened Adobe Elements and went to File->New
->Photomerge Panorama and immediately
got
Error 1: Unable to create Window
-Internal error.
Line: 364
-> var w = new Window(res);
I tried this several times from both the edit screen and the screen that shows the individual images and always got the same results
Notes from Customer
Friday, October 30, 2009 9:41:22 AM PDT
I have tried your suggested solution several times and it does not work......fortunately I have found another product that does work
and have moved on to it. I would like to know what is causing the problem particularly since a "lot" of other users are reporting
the same problem on the Internet.
Notes to Customer
Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:10:51 PM PDT
Hello John,
Thank you for contacting Adobe® Web Support for assistance with Adobe
Photoshop® Elements 7.0.
Our engineers hopefully will find the issue and post a document about it
in the Adobe Knowledge Base and/or release a fix.
Kind regards,
Nathan F.
Adobe Web Support
Notes from Customer
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 5:10:30 PM PDT
I followed your instructions and still have exactly the same problem, but thanks for the attempt. I hope your engineers can find th
e problem as if you look on the internet a lot of other people are having exactly the same difficulty.
Notes to Customer
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:03:39 AM PDT
Hello John,
Thank you for contacting Adobe® Web Support for assistance with Adobe
Photoshop® Elements 7.0.
I received your images and was able to reproduce your problem on my
machine several times and also triggered the same error even after
resaving the images using the "Save for Web" function.
Interestingly, after deleting the program's preferences, I was able to
use Photomerge successfully on your images and could not reproduce the
error.
Try the following and see if these steps fix the issue for you as well:
1. Close all open programs.
2. Click on Start > Run.
3. In the run dialog field, type: "%appdata%" [without the quotes].
4. Delete the Adobe folder shown there (this will delete all Adobe
software preferences and settings).
5. Close the window.
6. Launch Photoshop Elements Editor and try using the Photomerge command
on your images again.
The files are being forwarded to our engineers to see if they can
isolate why these images may corrupt or damage Photoshop Elements'
preferences and settings.
I hope this information helps to resolve your issue. If you require
further assistance with this issue, please update your web case with
complete details, including what steps you have applied and any error
messages you are receiving.
You may also call Technical Support at (800) 642-3623. We are available
from 6:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday - Friday, Pacific Time.
Kind regards,
Nathan F.
Adobe Web Support
Notes from Customer
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:29:17 PM PDT
Second file
Notes to Customer
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:32:49 AM PDT
Hello John,
Thank you for contacting Adobe® Web Support for assistance with Adobe
Photoshop® Elements 7.0.
We show only one image uploaded to our Support Portal. Its file name is
Slide-2.jpg. We will need all the images that you are attempting to
merge uploaded to the Web Portal in order to test and to properly
investigate your issue.
Kind regards,
Nathan F.
Adobe Web Support
Notes from Customer
Monday, October 26, 2009 5:40:57 PM PDT
Files used to attempt to create panorama are attached
Notes to Customer
Monday, October 26, 2009 4:05:05 PM PDT
Hello John,
Thank you for contacting Adobe® Web Support for assistance with Adobe
Photoshop® Elements 7.0.
I understand that even after using “Save For Web” that you got the same
error message when you attempted to use Photomerge.
I checked the attachments on the case and did not see the files that I
suggested you upload for our engineers to examine.
Could you please attach the files and we will then see if we can solve
your problem.
You may also call Technical Support at (800) 642-3623. We are available
from 6:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday - Friday, Pacific Time.
Kind regards,
Nathan F.
Adobe Web Support
Notes from Customer
Monday, October 26, 2009 3:14:06 PM PDT
Will this help?
Notes from Customer
Monday, October 26, 2009 11:03:21 AM PDT
I tried the work around with the "save for web" and got the same message:
Error 1: Unable to create Window
-Internal error.
Line: 364
-> var w = new Window(res);
I can't believe with as many people as are having this problem that Adobe had not developed a solution and released it as a "bug" fi
x. I see that it is also a problem for people using Elements 8 and I can not imagine that is a very good endorsement for your new p
roduct.
Notes to Customer
Monday, October 26, 2009 10:28:41 AM PDT
Hello John,
Thank you for contacting Adobe® Web Support for assistance with Adobe
Photoshop® Elements 7.0.
I understand that when you attempt to use the Photomerge feature in
Photoshop Elements that you immediately get the errors:
Error 1: Unable to create Window
- OS error:[1400]
Line: 364
-> var w = new Window(res);
We have seen customer reports of this error and have the matter under
investigation.
Currently, it has been determined to be image specific and isolated to
problems processing the metadata in some images.
Our software engineers have been unable to isolate the exact issue with
these problematic images' metadata and have requested that people who
have images exhibiting this behavior be asked to upload them via the
Adobe Support Portal so that they can be examined.
Fortunately, we also do have a potential workaround that may allow you
to merge your images.
Try the following:
1. Open your images in Photoshop Elements Editor.
2. Save each one using the "Save for Web" command available in the File
menu in JPG format with the quality set to "High".
[This will remove all metadata from the images]
3. Close Photoshop Elements Editor and all open images.
4. Open the images that you just removed the metadata from using "Save
for Web" and use Photomerge on them.
I hope this information helps to resolve your issue. If you require
further assistance with this issue, please update your web case with
complete details, including what steps you have applied and any error
messages you are receiving.
You may also call Technical Support at (800) 642-3623. We are available
from 6:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday - Friday, Pacific Time.
Kind regards,
Nathan F.
Adobe Web Support
Notes from Customer
Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:03:21 AM PDT
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look here
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2275858#2275 858
Notes from Customer
Friday, October 23, 2009 2:42:48 PM PDT
When I go into Elements 7 and select File->New->Photomerge Panorama I get the message
Error 1: Unable to create Window
-Internal error.
Line: 364
-> var w = new Window(res);
and can not go any further. If you look at this on your Forum Site
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/362825 you will note that a lot of other users are having the same problem
or look here
http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showth read.php?t=44409
Same thing.
I even notice that people usiong Elements 8 are now having the problem.
Notes to Customer
Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:52:08 AM PDT
Hello John,
Thank you for contacting Adobe® Web Support for assistance with Adobe
Photoshop® Elements 7.0.
I understand that when you try to use the Panorama function in Elements,
you receive a message “unable to create window.”
Does this problem happen when you are trying to merge specific images or
does it happen with all images?
What size are the images you are trying to merge? What dimensions, dots
per inch, and file type are the images?
How many images are you trying to merge? Do you have the same problem
if you try merging just two images?
Make sure when you are going to do the photomerge that any extra
programs are closed. The merging process is rather memory intensive so
the less programs running at once, the better.
Try to resize each of the photos to a smaller size, and then retry the
command.
If you receive the error when saving a panorama, try flattening the file
(use the Layer>Flatten Image command), or save the panorama in the
smaller, JPEG format.
I hope this information helps to resolve your issue. If you require
further assistance with this issue, please update your web case with
complete details, including what steps you have applied and any error
messages you are receiving.
You may also call Technical Support at (800) 642-3623. We are available
from 6:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday - Friday, Pacific Time.
Kind regards,
Scott K.
Adobe Web Support
Notes from Customer
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:47:58 PM PDT
When I try to use the panaroama function I get this message
Error 1; unable to create window
-Internal error
Line; 364
-> var w = new Window(res);
I have tried all the solutions from the forum and they do not work. I even bought a new copy of the program, but no luck.
The function worked before and then stoped working (I had a downloaded version of release 7) That prompted me to buy the new copy A
LL COPIES WERE PURCHASED BY ME
Operating System: Windows XP Home
Has it ever worked? If so, what's changed? (provide comments in description field): Yes
Same results with different file?: Yes
Same results with different computer?: Not Applicable
Recent System Hardware or Software change?: No

I have recently started having this problem in PSE8. The Adobe workaround
did work, but I don't fancy having to re register each time I use it.
What I have discovered is that it's nothing to do with the image metadata as it occurs before any image is opened.
It SEEMS to only occur if you use file/open with to open an image in the editor - IE start PSE with that command.
If you close elements down, and start it using programs/PSE/Elements (or your desktop shortcut) - the panorama feature magically works.
Each time I've opened the editor 'automatically' using image/open with, it seems to create the problem.
Hope this helps

Best practice to put overlay images on video?

Hello community!
I would like to know what's the best way to put overlay images on videos, like ads ( actually ads )
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Yes, you're on the right track. See this sample app for some additional guidance:
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Easy way to manipulate overlay image file?

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Now, the client has changed the background video from a 4:3 video to a 16:9 video, and wants to move the text and buttons on the menu. In doing so, this means the button "tile" needs to shift many pixels down.
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System Image Utility - Create User - Activate Remote Management

When creating an image with system image utility, based on a DVD image instead of a cloned image, I cannot create a user and activate Remote Management.
I have created an installer package with Apple Remote Desktop that is supposed to do both, however it doesn't work. I do not get an error, but no user is created.
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Message was edited by: NeedSomeAnswer

After configuring all the appropriate settings, I
push the "Create" button and it appears to start
working, prompts me for a location to save the actual
image itself, creates a folder with the default name
and then nothing happens.
ok here's the deal: i created a folder in my OSX server home directory labelled "images" and keep our multiple images there. although you CAN have your images on other drives or on the network, that would take a LOOOOOOOONG time to do the data transfer to the invisible netboot folder on your server. my advice: keep local copies of all images. save a ton of time for yourself, eh?
then, when it's time to use the system image suntility to load up an image, i go to that same location each time, call it up and have the app set to the prefs i want or need. i'm on 10.4.7 server and have had no problem using the software.
so try using images locally and then, if that doesn't work, upgrade to 10.4.7

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You don't say which version of PSE or which operating system, but except for PSE 12/mac, all versions of PSE are 32 bit programs, which means they can only use a maximum of about 3 GB of ram, no matter how much you have in your system. You can try going to the editor>preferences>performance and upping the percentage available for PSE.

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ByteArraySeekableStream bass = new ByteArraySeekableStream
(fileData.toByteArray());
image = JAI.create("stream",bass);
Steve

I got this to work, but the above method should also work:
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upload the error situation block diagram
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System image utility : creating Leopard & SL Netinstall images to share on Lion

Hi!
I have recently upgraded to Lion server from SL server, our server had 1 main purpose: host Leopard & SL Netinstall images as well as some netboot diagnostic drives.
It seems however that with a fresh install of Lion Server that trying to create a netinstall image from anything other then Lion doesnt work, even whipping out the old 10.6.3 install DVD mounts on the system but image utility shows no valid source.
i remember going from tiger sever to leopard that i could no longer make tiger images, and had to run from a tiger system to create them, but when i was running SL, i was able to share leopard images without issue.
So, is there anyway i can (without having to reinstall SL server ) i can create fresh netinstall images of 10.5 & 10.6OS's for my shiny new Lion server to share?
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Richard

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We have a new Xserve that we're finally going to be available to use for Open Directory/Net Boot/Net Install/etc in our coporate network. So, this is all new to me but I'm trying to make a Net Install image to export to the server.
My G5 workstation (Mac OS X 10.4.6, but the imaged drive has 10.4.5) has two hard drives, one of which has our corporate image of software installed on it, "clean". The other hard drive is my own with lots of extra software and customization. I'm trying to use the System Image Utility (v. 10.4.4 (251)) to create an image. I am an administrator user on my computer. After configuring all the appropriate settings, I push the "Create" button and it appears to start working, prompts me for a location to save the actual image itself, creates a folder with the default name and then nothing happens. The spinning gear would seem to indicate that the System Image Utility is doing something, but the "Create" button continues to throb blue. I can click "Create" again and another folder is created when I'm promted to save the image and it continues to remain empty. All I can do is click "Cancel" and start over.
I was quite frustrated until I logged into my computer as the local administrator user (this user is employed when we're configuring a workstation for the first time to give it the correct file sharing name and bind it to the Active Directory). Creating an image works just find while I'm logged in as the local administrator. (At least as far as creating/exporting the image, getting Net Boot to turn on the Xserve is proving a challenge.)
So, is there something preventing network administrator users from creating images? I'd really rather have my own e-mail open and running as well as my own bookmarks while I'm working on a project like this, but it doesn't seem possible. Any tips would be appreciated.
-Doug

After configuring all the appropriate settings, I
push the "Create" button and it appears to start
working, prompts me for a location to save the actual
image itself, creates a folder with the default name
and then nothing happens.
ok here's the deal: i created a folder in my OSX server home directory labelled "images" and keep our multiple images there. although you CAN have your images on other drives or on the network, that would take a LOOOOOOOONG time to do the data transfer to the invisible netboot folder on your server. my advice: keep local copies of all images. save a ton of time for yourself, eh?
then, when it's time to use the system image suntility to load up an image, i go to that same location each time, call it up and have the app set to the prefs i want or need. i'm on 10.4.7 server and have had no problem using the software.
so try using images locally and then, if that doesn't work, upgrade to 10.4.7

Resizing Images Originally created in InDesign

I created a Logo in InDesign CS 5.5. It contains a number of different elements and I grouped all of the lements together. The original size of the Logo is approximately 15.5 X 7.5. I also formatted the interior of a book in InDesign. I copied and pasted the logo on the title page of the book, and resized the logo to around 6.75 X 3.25 by changing the percentage of the image. I am unable to change the width and height directly because it gives me a “Requested Value is not a Legal Dimension” message. After sending the interior to the printer for review, they replied indicating that the image was less than 300 DPI. Is there a way to manage or control the resolution of images originally created in InDesign so that when they are resized, the DPI will still be a desired resolution for print?

Thanks to all who replied.
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On the other hand, since I was exporting to a print PDF wiht the compatibility as Acrobat 5 or higher, I assume that it was doing this at the Low resolution, which was 288 ppi, which is the exact resolution that the printer cited. It is my understanding that if you create images with effects applied like Bevel and emboss, drop shadow, etc., and exporting them to a print pdf, it would be best to export as Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3) in order to control the Transparency Flattener Presets.
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Adding an overlay image over an activex control

Hello,
In my VI I have an ActiveX control containing an image grabbed from a camera.
My aim is to overlay a yellow X in the center of the image for facilitating in centering the camera.
Any control or decoration I place sits behind the image, not in front of it.
I tried looking for a way to add an overlayed image to the grabbed image - but I guess it's not supported.
I tried to run a separate VI that includes just the yellow X. I managed to get this VI over the image, but LV doesn't enable me to make the background of this simple VI transparent.
I tried placing the VI inside a subpanel. It's transparent all right, but the subpanel is again behind the image.
If anyone is willing to try and help me on this riddle, place an ActiveX container, and insert into it either "Microsoft Forms 2.0 Frame" or "Microsoft Forms 2.0 Image". I found these behave the same as my image. Now try to find a way to overlay an X over it.
Thanks for your help,
Nitzan

Thanks for the tip - it'll be useful when I upgrade to 8.0 (planned for when my boss is in a good mood ;-)
Is there any way (programatically) to make the VI transparent on version 7.1?
Meanwhile I found a way around that isn't very comfortable, but may interest a few:
To make a cross-hair I place two sub-VIs. One is a vertical line, the other is a horizontal line.
In the VI that I use, the block diagram is just an endless while loop. The front panel is blank and painted yellow. The required stop button is placed out of the way. I customised the window appearance to show nothing but the inside of the front panel.
In my main VI I use a reference to open the sub-VI. I resize the window panel to 100x1 to get just a thin yellow line appear. I do this twice (1x100 the second time) to get the crossing line.
I'm working on a demo for this, coming soon.
Nitzan

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