| Sorry... didn't think to put the explanation. Here's the simplified version: (I use photoshop CS) Open all the pictures you want to use to make a sequential shot in photoshop. Mess with curves, brightness/contrast, etc until you get them to be pretty much the same tone/shade/brightness so it will be a natural fade from picture to picture. Then save all the files. Then on photoshop choose File, Automate, Photomerge and select all the files you wish you use. Personally, at this point I choose to de-select the checkbox in the bottom left of the window that reads "Attempt to automatically arrange source images". Choose ok. In the bar at the top you'll see your images to be used for the shot. Drag and drop them to the empty workspace in the order you wish for them to be in the final draft, but it's not important that they are lined up or even touching each other. On the right under settings it should be set to normal, advanced blending and cylindrical mapping should be unchecked, and snap to image should be checked, as well as keep as layer(this option may not be available until later). Now you should start with the two photos on the far left (or right). Drag one photo slightly on top of the other. You'll see photoshop attempt to snap the picture into place where it belongs by trying to recognize similiar pixels and mapping them over each other. Keep "wiggling" the picture around until you get it to look somewhat close to what you want. Then do the same with the rest of the pictures until you have one long image. Hit ok when you are finished. Now you have a merged image, with the different images existing as layers. Now you should start fixing any problems you see by choosing the layer where the problem exists and attempting to erase it out of the picture. If one of the other pictures under it contains pixels under the part you are erasing, it will show through and hopefully look natural in place of anything that had to be removed. If not, once you've done all the erasing you can do, (I SUGGEST AT THIS POINT YOU SAVE A COPY OF THE FILE YOU ARE WORKING WITH AS A DIFFERENT FILENAME TO PRESERVE THE LAYERED COPY) then choose Layer, Flatten Image. Now you can use the clone tool to clone out areas the eraser couldn't fix. Some more minor touching up and you should have a flawless sequential image. |
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