Question on matching pictures

Greetings kind ppl!!

I have a problem in that I have been taking pictures (using tripod etc) in the glorious but treacherous blue sky sunshine that the UK has been having lately with a view to stitch them into panoramas using another prog.

However because of the bright sun and my only having a rather basic, little more than point and shoot, d camera the difference in exposure and colour between sequential shots is very remarkable.

I have been trying to play with the darn things side by side in PS CS2, using basic eyeball, levels, curves saturation and even brightness/contrast. Sometimes a minor win, more often a sad miss.
The revolving worm in my head is screaming that this must be a common problem and as such there is likely to be a quick fix somewhere in PS to match sequential pictures.

Perhaps some kind person could give me some pointers and stop an old man removing the rest of his hair??

TIA
regards
Keith J Chesworth

The revolving worm in my head is screaming that this must be a common problem and as such there is likely to be a quick fix somewhere in PS to match sequential pictures.

Perhaps some kind person could give me some pointers and stop an old man removing the rest of his hair??

Greetings kind ppl!!

I have a problem in that I have been taking pictures (using tripod etc) in the glorious but treacherous blue sky sunshine that the UK has been having lately with a view to stitch them into panoramas using another prog.

However because of the bright sun and my only having a rather basic, little more than point and shoot, d camera the difference in exposure and colour between sequential shots is very remarkable.

I have been trying to play with the darn things side by side in PS CS2, using basic eyeball, levels, curves saturation and even brightness/contrast. Sometimes a minor win, more often a sad miss.
The revolving worm in my head is screaming that this must be a common problem and as such there is likely to be a quick fix somewhere in PS to match sequential pictures.

Perhaps some kind person could give me some pointers and stop an old man removing the rest of his hair??

TIA
regards
Keith J Chesworth

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"BoilerBill" wrote in message

The revolving worm in my head is screaming that this must be a common problem and as such there is likely to be a quick fix somewhere in PS to match sequential pictures.

Perhaps some kind person could give me some pointers and stop an old man removing the rest of his hair??

It is and there is!
Use the Match colour between images command!!
Image > adjustment> match colour

Just as a matter of interest – you can also use this dialogue to remove a colour cast in just one picture by clicking on neutralise! and using the slider – very effective.

BoilerBill wrote in
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Usually the stiching software will correct the differences then you can touch up the panorama in PS

"BoilerBill" wrote in message

The revolving worm in my head is screaming that this must be a common problem and as such there is likely to be a quick fix somewhere in PS to match sequential pictures.

Perhaps some kind person could give me some pointers and stop an old man removing the rest of his hair??

"BoilerBill" wrote in message

The revolving worm in my head is screaming that this must be a common problem and as such there is likely to be a quick fix somewhere in PS to match sequential pictures.

Perhaps some kind person could give me some pointers and stop an old man removing the rest of his hair??

Bill,

If you haven’t tried it yet, CS2’s built-in File>Automate>Photomerge works a treat for stitching together images, and I believe it does some color matching. Take your panoramas vertically, and overlap 1/3 to 1/4 of each frame.