Hello Caedes members, just a post about a free stitching program you might find usefull.
The program is easy to use, settings are easy to adjust, and ... you do not need a tripod.
Just a steady hand, shoot from left to right (or visa versa) and let the program render it at the size you want.

Do not judge this sample image i have uploaded for you, it is as said, just a sample.
8 images shot, and used in this rendering :

http://dutch-sites.xail.net/pano.jpg

(Switzerland, 2006, Steinsee + Steinglacier)

Free program (autostitch) download url:

http://slash72.club.fr/gurl/autostich/iframe.htm

(keep the url, since they update, older versions fail to work as of then)
Let me know what you think.

Hans.

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Reason for posting this thread:
All our montors are horizontal, but sometimes we need to shoot a image vertically, since we can not walk further back due to obsticals.
No longer needed.
Just shoot 4 images : Top left, then top right, bottom left, and bottom right as a final shot. run the 4 through the program, cut it to size, and you have a complete picture without needing to set a border or socalled frame around your vertical image.

Sample image uploaded here:
http://dutch-sites.xail.net/example.gif

Hope it works.

Free stitching program that doesnt put a watermark over the image!?!?!? I've been looking for something better than the job photoshop can do! TY TY TY...i'll have to add this to my favs and download it when i get back to my comp.

Example
Download.

This is a good program.. I have had it for awhile.. its called Autostitch..
I used it here: Brisbane River and here purple haze

No watermark .. no nothing.
Check my sample image.
Sometimes, there ARE free things under the sun that work :-) amazing hey :-)

This looks like a good program. It also adjusts the exposure.

there is a better option - do it manually - last time i checked the human eye/brain could do a much better job on its own - granted I wasnt including you know Noah :-) - thats why god invented layer opacity and distort functions.

Ah, your right. But...

...from the examples, it looks like it works really well - especially if using manual settings and a tripod.

...and you know me. =P