KEY SKILL All for one!

Once you’ve taken your photos, here’s how to merge them using Photoshop CS5 (or above)

01 Merge the shots

Go to File>Automate>Photomerge. Select Files from the menu, and navigate to your images. In the dialog, leave Auto selected and tick Blend Images Together.

02 Neaten things up

When your panorama has been created you’ll see blank areas at the edges, so crop to remove these. Right-click on any layer thumbnail in the Layers panel and select Flatten Image.

03 Fill in the gaps

If you have small blank areas at the edges, you can fill these with the Clone Stamp tool if they don’t contain lots of detail. Alt-click to sample pixels, and clone these into the blank areas.