RE: Leaf and Canon questions

Jim,
Thanks for the link. Fantastic images and your technique is flawless.
Marek

> I actually do it 'by hand'. I bring each of the images into photoshop as a
> layer, then align them and make a custom stitch for each join. It results
> in a completely invisible seam. I haven't found a tool yet that doesn't
> have some sort of artifacts at the seam. It takes more time, but for me
> it's worth it. I have a word doc that I was putting together. It's 99%
> done, but large in size (about 20Mb). I have it on my web site if anyone
> wants to download it. The only big thing I'd add is to use a layer mask to
> remove unwanted parts of each layer.. that way it's non-destructive
> (that'll make sense if you read the document)
>
> Can be found at http://www.jcollum.com/fm/stitch.doc
>
> Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mmatusz@pdq.net [mailto:mmatusz@pdq.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 3:23 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: RE: Leaf and Canon questions
>
> Jim,
> What software package do you use to stitch your images?
> Marek, Houston
>
>> I use a 1Ds and the Tilt/Shift lens to get either a large 4:3 image
>> (combine the left middle right frames of the lens in vertical), or a
>> about
>> a 2:5 pano by using the frames in the horizontal orientation. The
>> following two links are a couple of the pano's done. The max length of
>> the neg that I use is 24" , and these images hold up *very* well. These
>> aren't the final versions. I'll separate the black and color info and
>> print the neg with the black and then lay down the color on the paper.
>>
>> http://www.jcollum.com/fm/2004_04_04_pano1_flat.jpg
>> http://www.jcollum.com/fm/2004_04_04_pano2_flat.jpg
>>
>>
>> jim
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Slade [mailto:mike@tawayama.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 10:52 AM
>> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> Subject: Re: Leaf and Canon questions
>>
>> Dennis prompts me to post some of my recent experiments with digital and
>> preparing to make large-format negatives in preparation for
>> alt-processes.
>>
>> You can see some of my early attempts at stitching using PTGui on my
>> site
>> here:
>>
>> http://tawayama.com/panoramas/panoramatests.html
>>
>> There's some text to give you a little background and where I ultimately
>> hope to head with my digital experiments.
>>
>> I'm shooting from a D1x, always shoot RAW (like Dennis suggested), and
>> am
>> gearing up to do all of my stitching in 16-bit .tiff files. The
>> practice
>> attempts that are on my site are all from .jpg files.
>>
>> At the PMA show in Vegas this year I was VERY impressed with Sinar's
>> latest
>> introduction into the portable digital capture backs. Something else to
>> look into for sure.
>>
>> Anyway, just an FYI from another digital user heading in the same
>> direction.
>>
>> Michael Slade
>> Tawàyama Safaris Inc.
>> www.tawayama.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>
Received on Fri Apr 9 07:32:22 2004