Hi Dave,

Can it be done? Yes. Easily? That depends upon the images involved. If you do a forum search on "panorama" and "stitching", that should turn up a few hits with relevant threads along with some recommended 3rd-party applications or plug-ins that simplify the task. Unlike Photoshop Elements and Photoshop CS, PS7 does not have a native capability for automatically assembling multiple imags together, but if you have either Photoshop Elements 1.0 or 2.0, you can carry over the PhotoMerge plug-in and use it in PS7. I've provided details on that at <http://www.jazzdiver.com/photoshop/photomerge.htm>.

But, without Photomerge and skipping some of the detail, the basic process in PS7 would follow something like this:

1. Open the two images to be stitched together and a new blank image that is larger than the combined size of the two stitched images (allowing some room for image manipulation).

2. Copy each of your source images and paste them into the blank canvas so that each is created as a new layer.

3. Adjust the opacity of the top image so that the bottom image is partially visible.

4. After selecting whichever layer seems easier to work with use the Transform tool (Ctrl+T) to move, rotate, scale, the layer as needed so that the two images match up as closely as possible. It may even be best to transform both layers some rather than applying a larger transform to a single layer.

5. Once you feel you've got the best matching of the overlapped images accomplished, reset the opacity to 100% and review your results.

6. If satisfied with the overlap matching, save your results at this point and then flatten the layers so the images are merged as one. Then, using the Clone Tool, Healing Brush, Smudge, and Blur tools as needed, strive to blend out any visible seam between your images. Not that you can also leave your images on seaparate layers if you don't want to use the Healing Brush, but I think it is a rather valuable tool for this sort of work.

Hope that helps,

Daryl

firecop5002

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