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Trim the images
You can use one of three strategies to trim the imported images.
- If all your images already have the same width and height (in
pixels) you may not need to trim them. Go directly to Step
3 - Stitch the images into a panorama.
- If you’ve scanned negatives or prints and the corners of
the frames are visible, open each imported image in turn and Trim marking corners.
- If neither of these approaches works, open each imported image in turn and Trim rectangle.
You’ll need to have the images in left-to-right order in the computed thumbnails pane or the imported thumbnails pane. You can either trim them in this order, or trim them in whatever order is convenient and use click-drag to rearrange them.
If you are stitching a 360 degree panorama, this is a good time to plan how you want to frame the finished image. You can rearrange the thumbnails to try different ways of unrolling the cylindrical panorama into a rectangle. You may want to make it more than 360 degrees wide by duplicating one or two images at either end of the panorama with the Duplicate selected command. This gives you the option of making small framing changes later. It’s extremely frustrating to complete the entire stitching process only to decide that you want a little more image at the left or right end of the panorama.
It’s probably a good idea to save the project each time you change to a new imported image. This lets The Panorama Factory move the previous imported image out of main memory.
>> Step 3 - Stitch the images into a panorama
Revised: October 12, 1999