- Collage is capable of scaling and rotating images, but it
will not distort them. - Reposition Only moves the images into alignment but
does not distort them. Select this option only if you plan
on applying the Auto-Align Layers command manually at
a later point.
For our purposes, go ahead and select Cylindrical—even though
Photoshop would probably opt for it if we selected Auto—and
click OK. Then sit back and watch as Photomerge assigns each
photo to its own layer. Shortly thereafter, you’ll see progress
bars for the Auto-Align and Auto-Blend functions.
- Enjoy the miracle of the Photomerge calculations. It may take
a while (a long while on older machines), but as you can see in
Figure 9-29, Photoshop does a spectacular job of merging the
pieces. Each component image is represented on its own layer
with its own layer mask.
The odd shape is created by the distortions that Photoshop
has applied to get all the pieces working as a seamless whole.
You can see from the layer masks that Photoshop has chosen
particular parts of each original image however it saw fit. To
be safe, preserve this minor miracle by pressing Ctrl+Alt+S
(�-Option-S) and naming it “Theatre Pano.psd.”Figure 9-29.324 Lesson 9: Pro Photography Tools