Steps: Select Photos

Home - Step1: Select Photos

Browse and select photos for stitching, choose the proper stitch mode and output size.

Folder Tree - The Folder Tree appears on the left side of the screen. Click a folder to view its contents as thumbnails in the Thumbnail Area. To adjust the size of the Folder Tree area, click and drag the line that divides it from the Thumbnail Area. To hide/show the Folder Tree, click the small arrow icon.

Thumbnail Area - The Thumbnail Area displays thumbnail images for the photos contained in the active folder. Rollover a thumbnail to see a pop-up window containing EXIF information. To select a photo thumbnail, click on it – a check mark is added. To select multiple photo thumbnails, drag a selection marquee around the thumbnails or hold the CTRL or SHIFT key as you click.

Output Size - Select an output size for the panorama you want to create from the drop-down list. The options range from Select Original Size for printing, Select 1/4 Size or 1/16 Size for digital display, to web sharing.

Auto-Select by Group - With this unique feature turned ON (checked), the program intelligently selects an entire sequence of photos when one thumbnail clicked. Because panorama photos are usually shot in quick order (less than 40 seconds apart), the program uses shot times (EXIF data) to create panorama groups. By selecting one photo in a group, the entire panorama group is selected.

Selected Tag - The checkmark will appear in selected thumbnails. Un-check it will deselect the current photo.

View Mode:

Rotate Left 90 - Rotates selected photos to the left at a 90-degree increment.*

Rotate Right 90 - Rotates selected photos to the right at a 90-degree increment.*

> *Note: Functions to rotate images may not be available while processing RAW files.

Small Thumbnails - Makes the thumbnails appear small in size - so you can see many at once.

Large Thumbnails - Makes the thumbnails appear large in size - so you can distinguish from others.

Full-Size Thumbnails - Makes the thumbnails appear full size - so you can see details.

Stitch Mode Buttons:

For each style of panorama that can be created with the software, there is a corresponding Stitch Mode. Choose the one that will work for the photos selected:

Horizontal - Stitch photos as a horizontal row.

360 o - Stitch photos as a horizontal set that complete a full circle around the photographer's position.

Vertical - Stitch photos as a vertical column.

Tile - Stitch a group of images and line them up as tiles, up to 16 photos can be stitched at one time.

Next - After selecting photos and choosing the proper stitch mode, click this button to go to the next step, Confirm Sequence.

*Some application versions may not contain all the features listed above.

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