step By step Make vertical panos

learn how to use the panorama command in lightroom to merge two or more frames

01 Import and merge

Cmd/ctrl+click to highlight the images you plan to merge, then right-click them and go to Photo Merge>panorama. Some edits made to individual frames won’t carry over to the merged image, so edit your images after you’ve merged them together.

02 Choose a projection

Click through the three projection options. We’ve chosen Perspective which uses the middle image in the set (or first if there are two) as a reference then skews the rest to match it. Cylindrical stitches the frames as if they were mapped on a cylinder.

03 Set Boundary Warp

Merging panoramas often results in uneven borders, but the Boundary Warp slider can help by stretching the edges of the frame, which is helpful if cropping off the borders means losing details around the edges. We dragged it to 50 to save the corner of the building.

04 try auto-crop

Check the Auto-crop box and Lightroom trims off any messy edges for you. It is non-destructive, so you can go back and re-crop yourself later. When you’re happy, hit Merge. The panorama will be saved as a new file alongside the original images, with the suffix ‘Pano’.

05 FIX distortion

If the horizon isn’t straight, scroll down to the Transform Panel on the right of the Develop Module, and click the Level button. If you also see a bow to the horizon, head to the Lens Correction Panel, click the Manual tab and tweak the Distortion Amount.

06 tone the Image

We’ve used the Modern08 profile found within the new Profile Browser at the top of the Develop Module’s Basic Panel. A graduated filter will also help to darken down the sky – grab it from the toolbar, dial in negative exposure, and drag down from sky to land.