Re: My correction advice for stitching images lexmar

[simon nathan <simonwide@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

robert-ed meyers mentioned you yesterday
when i told him about lexmark 5770 model for on location digital a4 printing.
he had not read about my intended tattoo of your xpan statement. simon
nathan

Robert Erickson wrote:

IMHO- Forget Corel or Photoshop for stitching. My new
love is PanaView, a true professional stitching
program with pleanty of controll if you need it or
full automatic if not. PhotoVista is also excellent
for automatically blending values and color
correction. Both cost about $60 and will pay for
themselves the first time by time saved. Both can be
downloaded and have a free trial. Why not try them
both? Once stitched then import the results into your
favorite graphics program for improving.

Bob

--- Peter Shute <pshute@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have scanned some photos and wanted to stitch them
> together. It
> worked ok, but looked bad because a couple of them
> need colour
> correction.
>
> They are long exposure night shots of New Years Eve
> fireworks. I took
> one series of shots with 10 second exposure, then
> another with 20. One
> set of shots is more purple than the other set
> because of the longer
> exposure. Naturally, the best fireworks bursts were
> on different sets.
> So now I need to correct one set so I can choose
> images from either
> set.
>
> I'm not experienced at colour correction, but found
> a function in my
> software (Corel Photopaint 8.0) that looks like it
> should do it. This
> option allows you to adjust hue, saturation or
> brightness of all
> colours at once, or of red, yellow, green, cyan,
> blue, or magenta
> individually.
>
> When I increased the saturation of red by 50
> (percent?) and decreased
> magenta by 80, it seemed to have corrected it. But I
> can't get it
> right enough that you can't see the variation when
> stitched. I find it
> difficult to judge when it's right without going
> throught the whole
> stitching process.
>
> Can anyone give me any tips that will make it
> easier? Am I on the
> right track?
>
>
> Peter Shute
>

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Robert Erickson, cirkut8@xxxxxxxxx
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