STEP BY STEP QUICK PANORAMA MIXING

Use merge to HDR panorama in camera raw or Lightroom to combine a set of photos

01 Open the image set

Open Adobe Bridge and navigate to the set of images (if using Lightroom, import the photos and go to the Library module). Click on the first image, then hold Shift and click on the last to select them all. Then right-click them and ‘Open in Camera Raw’.

03 experiment with Projection

The three options – Spherical, Cylindrical and Perspective – at the top right each affect the way the panorama is stitched. Click through to find the best option for your image set. At this stage it can be useful to uncheck ’Auto Crop’ so you can see the edges.

05 tidy ghosting

One of the drawbacks of the HDR Panorama feature is no Deghost option – it can be found when merging single HDRS. For us, slight movement has caused ghosting in these flowers. Grab the Spot Removal tool from the toolbar and paint to remove them.

02 Begin the merge

Once open, hit Cmd/ctrl+a to select all the images in Raw, then right-click the selection and choose ‘Merge to HDR Panorama’ from the list that appears. After a few seconds, the merged .dng image will appear in the ‘HDR Panorama Merge’ dialog box.

04 Fix the edges

The Boundary Warp slider works by reshaping the edges of the panorama. Here dragging it to 80 allows us to correct for the tilt in the set of shots (which often happens with panoramas). We can recheck Auto-crop to tidy the edges up. Once happy, hit Merge.

06 enhance the tones

We use tonal sliders and the local adjustment tools to enhance our shot. Get the Graduated Filter tool, click the minus icon next to the ‘Exposure’ slider and drag down from sky to land. Next, up Dehaze to make the clouds more intense and make any final adjustments.