What kind of software is needed to make a panorama?
Some digital cameras come bundled with panorama software. Adobe Photoshop 7 and CS use Photo-merge. Easypano Panoweaver and iSeemedia PhotoVista are two easy to use stand alone software packages. Here is some background for general understanding. It is not necessary to know the detail, just be aware of the concepts. Objective: First came the world and it is a round sphere. Your 8 to 24mm lens creates distorted lines that will need to be software adjusted to become straight again. We will assemble an equi-rectangular image from a series images that will eventually be a cylinder or spherical display. A cylinder is analogous the label on vegetable tin can. A sphere would like your image projected on the “Inside” of a basketball. So lets start with a FLAT cylinder world picture like shown below. Cartographers (map makers) use an Equi-rectangular Map Projection. A projection which maps a sphere (or spheroid) onto to a plane. Simply put, the World is a Sphere shaped object. A flat world map
