Creating Panoramas with Lightroom

Course details

A great panorama is more than the sum of its parts. A panoramic image can showcase landscapes and architecture in a way that a single image just can’t do. Luckily, the process of creating panoramas is easier than ever with Adobe Lightroom. You can combine multiple images into a new file and preserve the flexibility of raw photo editing. Additionally, by combining Lightroom and Photoshop you can get an advanced level of control over the final results. Rich Harrington introduces all these techniques, plus a workflow for creating high dynamic range (HDR) panoramas. Learn how to use the Photo Merge commands in Lightroom Classic CC, change projection methods for different visual results, and automate your workflow to save time. Rich also performs the same tasks in Lightroom CC—the alternative to Lightroom Classic—and integrates Photoshop features such as Content-Aware Fill and third-party filters.

Learning objectives
Shooting strategies for panoramas
Organizing photos in Lightroom Classic CC
Starting Panoramic Photo Merge
Merging raw files
Changing your projection method
Creating an HDR panorama
Invoking Camera Raw as a filter

Concepts

Introduction

Creating panoramic images with Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic
Before watching this course
Exercise files
Lightroom CC or Lightroom Classic, which should I use

What You Need to Create a Panoramic Photo

Shooting strategies for panoramic photos
Essential panoramic equipment
Making do with what you have

Organizing Panoramic Photos in Lightroom Classic

Manually sorting after import
Automatically stacking based on shoot time
Organizing panoramas with collections and stacks
Making initial adjustments to correct orientation

An Introduction to Panoramic Photomerge

How Lightroom is different from Photoshop Photomerge
Required metadata and properties in order to merge
When should you develop a panoramic image
Starting the panoramic Photomerge process
Analyzing the preview image
Creating the final merge
Correcting lens issues with lens profiles
Refining the panoramic image with Boundary Warp
Using camera profiles with the profile browser

A Raw Panoramic Workflow

Organization and naming strategies for raw files
Merging raw images in Lightroom Classic
Developing the new DNG file
Removing ghosts and echoes with the Spot Removal tool
Invoking upright to fix perspective issues
Modifying the crop after the merge

Understanding Projection Methods for Panoramic Images

Why use different methods of projection
The auto method
The perspective method
The cylindrical method
The spherical method

Creating an HDR Panoramic Photo

An overview of the shooting process
Merging HDR panoramic images and creating a stack
Developing the merged file
An advanced HDR example
Additional Photoshop post-processing to remove distortion
Filling in missing areas in Photoshop
Finalizing the photo

The Lightroom CC Panoramic Workflow

Key differences between Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic for panoramic photographers
Importing and organizing your panoramic photos
Invoking the Photomerge command
Developing the panoramic image in Lightroom CC
Advanced strategies to refine a panoramic image in Lightroom CC
Additional editing tools
The Lightroom CC and Adobe Photoshop handoff

Combine Lightroom with Photoshop for Panoramic Photos

The Creative Cloud connection
Using the Adaptive Wide Angle command
Using Content-Aware Fill to fill in missing areas
Advanced healing and cloning in Photoshop to remove ghosts and echoes
Invoking Camera Raw as a filter
Third-party filters to enhance panoramic photos - Luminar
Third-party filters to enhance panoramic photos - Perfectly Clear
Sending the image back to your Lightroom Catalog

Conclusion

Conclusion