2015
Lynda
Richard Harrington
2:57
English

Whether the subject is landscape or architecture, a great panoramic photo offers a new perspective that can really capture the viewer's attention. The process of creating panoramic photos has gotten even easier with the release of Lightroom 6 and Lightroom CC. You can now combine multiple images into a new file and even preserve the flexibility of raw photo editing. Additionally, by combining Lightroom and Photoshop you can get a most advanced level of control over the final results. Rich Harrington introduces all these techniques, plus a workflow for creating high dynamic range (HDR) panoramas.

Welcome
What you'll learn in this course
What you should know before watching this class
How to use the exercise files
1. What You Need to Create a Panoramic Photo
Shooting strategies for panoramic photos
Essential equipment for shooting panoramic photos
Making do with what you have
2. Organizing Panoramic Photos
Manually sorting photos after import
Automatically stacking photos based on shoot time
Organizing panoramas with collections and stacks
Making initial adjustments before merging
3. An Introduction to Panoramic Photomerge
How Lightroom's tool is different from Photoshop's Photomerge
Required metadata and properties to merge
When should you develop a panoramic image?
Starting the Panoramic Photomerge process
Analyzing the preview image
Creating the final merge and processing oversized files
Correcting lens issues with lens profiles
4. A Raw Panoramic Workflow
Organization and naming strategies
Merging raw images
Developing the new DNG file
Removing ghosts and echoes with the Spot Removal tool
Invoking Upright to fix perspective issues
Modifying the crop after the merge
5. Understanding Projection Methods for Panoramic Images
Why use different methods of projection?
The Auto method
The Perspective method
The Cylindrical method
The Spherical method
6. Save Time Creating Panoramic Photos with Automation
Importing and organizing for automation
Running in Headless mode
Modifying the image after merging
Viewing progress in the Activity Center
Finishing the HDR panoramic photo
7. When to Combine Lightroom with Photoshop for Panoramic Photos
The Creative Cloud connection
When Lightroom fails, try Photoshop
Handing off high-quality images from Lightroom to Photoshop
Using the Adaptive Wide Angle command
Advanced healing and cloning in Photoshop to remove ghosts and echoes
Using Content-Aware Fill to fill in missing areas
Invoking Camera Raw as a filter
Sending the image back to your Lightroom catalog
8. Creating a HDR Panoramic Photo
An overview of the shooting process
Merging HDR images
Combining HDR images to create the initial panoramic photo
Developing the merged file
Additional Photoshop post-processing to remove distortion
Filling in missing areas in Photoshop
Finalizing the photo
Conclusion
Wrapping up

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