Pano problems with Elements 8

I keep getting a wierd error message when trying to do pano's in PSE8. Do you have to convert your images to JPEG from RAW before you load them?

I don't use Elements and am not sure if this works the same as it does in CS5. In Bridge you can select the files that you want to use and then go to Tools-Photoshop-Photomerge. This will do the conversion for you and open the files. If you are doing it from inside of Elements or Photoshop you would need a file that is editable which requires conversion. What exactly is the error message that you allude to.

irishman wrote in post #11672232
I keep getting a wierd error message when trying to do pano's in PSE8. Do you have to convert your images to JPEG from RAW before you load them?

Yes. (or TIFF). It won't stitch RAW files. What's the error message BTW?

Elements can now and then go bananas with the pano option and it needs 'reset'

When I open images in PSE 8, it first goes through Camera Raw forcing it to convert to JPG before I can stitch a pano.

goldboughtrue wrote in post #11676609
When I open images in PSE 8, it first goes through Camera Raw forcing it to convert to JPG before I can stitch a pano.

That's normal and necessary. Photoshop can't process a Raw file until it's converted to an image file. So, in Camera Raw you can ensure that all your settings are good and then go ahead into Photoshop and do the Pano. Or you would convert them individually and save them and then run the auto pano operation.

Thanks for the info. Looks like I need to convert them first.

Still doesn't work. Here is the error message that I get:

Error 1: Unable to create
Window-OS error [1400]
Line 364
-> var w=new Window (res);

That's it verbatim. WTH?

Well, not having Elements I can't check. Are you doing this uusing jpegs or tiffs? If you are using tiffs you would want to ensure that they are 8 bits probably because some Elements stuff won't work with 16 bits. If, though, you're trying this with jpegs, then I wouldn't have a clue.