How should I PP this pano to get rid of the "border"?

Adjust exposure on the different images.
If you still have the image in layers, use a curves adjustment layer between the layers, and use a gradient on the adjustment layer mask if needed.
If you don't have the image layered, start over

A great new feature of CS3 is the "AUTO-BLEND LAYERS".

Although it's not really suited for this image at this stage but auto-blend layers can really speed up image editing when merging layers.

This is a good example of why using exposure lock is a good idea when taking panos

Coolhand wrote in post #3595765
This is a good example of why using exposure lock is a good idea when taking panos

Or better yet, just shooting in manual mode and determine the optimal exposure setting for all the pano frames.

BrewsterPilot wrote in post #3595198

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Hi,
I tried out Photoshop CS3's new Photomerge feature yesterday, and love it a lot, but...
As you can see there's a "border" clearly visible on the left side (at the blending point of two exposures), what can I do to PP it away?

Thanks!
-BrewsterPilot

Adjust the exposure of the right most frame(s), which I think are a tad underexposed, using Levels or Curves so that it (they) are as bright as the leftmost frame.

Kind of a hijack but: once you've photomerged how do you get them back into ACR to play with them some more?

Importing them into PS as 'smart object' should work I think...
Go here, and have a read on Dr. Drowns 'Place-a-Matic'. I think you'ld have to merge the images by hand though.

chauncey wrote in post #3597579
Kind of a hijack but: once you've photomerged how do you get them back into ACR to play with them some more?

When you say ACR, are you talking about Adobe Camera Raw, or did you mean Photoshop?

Try an application made for Panos - My pic is AutoPano Pro. It uses Smartblend. I wouldn't say you have a "border" issue, I'd say you have a "seam" issue

Do you mean like this:

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That's pretty amazing Rammy....I usually use SmartBlend only..the blend looks good on my monitor but I see bands (seams) in prints sometimes. Maybe I should follow this WF.

aRJun wrote in post #3604301
Maybe I should follow this WF.

You shouldn't have to if you get the technique right in shooting a pano

Do everything in MANUAL basically.Set the mode to "M" - manual. Preset the aperture, shutter speed, ISO and white balance (metering on the most average area of the scene) and then manually focus using the hyperfocal distancing. Shoot left to right and when you blend you will never have to blend any seams PP.

Take a look at the sky in this scene which is a 10 shot image (nearly 180 degree pano), the PP was only on the toning - taken using the rules above (Imagine how time consuming it would have been to keep the smooth tones in the sky if I had to PP) :

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Thanks rammy! I found this information very useful. I have done many pano images in the past, but this will certainly help me with future attempts!!

gef wrote in post #3613503
Thanks rammy! I found this information very useful. I have done many pano images in the past, but this will certainly help me with future attempts!!

You're welcome!

BTW - Where are the pics I uploaded and posted to show the fixes? All I can see is a red cross, name, number of views and size.

Is this cause of the new server and image uploads still pointing to an IP?