General Discussion & Chat: photo posting question, 0 by gardenwife

gardenwife wrote:
Irfanview lets you do it simply, too -- Nothing fancy, but gets 'er done.

1. Click IMAGE > CREATE PANORAMA IMAGE
2. Click the Add Images button
3. In the resulting Open file dialogue, navigate to the folder where your images are
4. Hold CTRL down and click the files you want to open within the folder
5. Click the Open button
6. To add more images from other folders, repeat 2-5 as needed
7. Use the Sort Images or Move Up and Move Down buttons to sort photos
8. Indicate whether you want the panorama to go horizontal (across) or vertical (up and down)
9. Click the Create Image button.

Depending on your original images' sizes, you'll probably need to resize the whole new panoramic image.

1. Click IMAGE > RESIZE/RESAMPLE
2. Make sure "resample" is chosen under "Size Method"
3. Resize so the longest dimension of the panorama is around 800-900 pixels

You will probably want to sharpen the image just a bit after resizing it smaller (IMAGE > SHARPEN or Shift+S). To change the amount of sharpening that does, first go to IMAGE > EFFECTS > EFFECTS BROWSER and adjust the sharpness default. I have mine set to 5.

If you want to number the photos, do this in an area of each image in your panorama:

1. Select a rectangle with your mouse
2. EDIT > INSERT TEXT INTO SELECTION (or press CTRL+T)
3. Use that dialogue to insert a number in the selected area -- you might need to experiment with font size and color until it is how you like it
4. Repeat 1-3 for each image

Hope that helps! :)

This message was edited Apr 25, 2005 11:11 PM