Adobe photoshop elements User Manual

CHAPTER 6

Choose File > Photomerge.

Click Add in the Photomerge dialog box.

Navigate to the source files and select the files 

for your Photomerge composition.

Click Open to add the files to the Source Files 

list in the Photomerge dialog box. You can always 
remove a file from the Source Files list by selecting 
the file and clicking Remove.

Specify an Image Size Reduction value to set the 

size at which the source files are imported. A 
reduction value of at least 50% is recommended 
for 2 megapixels or larger.

Do one of the following:

Select Attempt to Automatically Arrange Source 

Images if you want the Photomerge command to 
attempt to assemble the source images for you. 

Deselect Attempt to Automatically Arrange 

Source Images if you want to assemble the source 
images manually.

If you selected Attempt to Automatically 

Arrange Source Images, you can select additional 
options. These options determine how Photoshop 
Elements processes the source images when 
assembling the composition.

Apply Perspective to correct perspective across 

the assembled composition. 

Click OK. The source images open automati-

cally, and then the Photomerge new composition 
dialog box appears.

this effect appears on-screen. You can still assemble 
the composition manually in the Photomerge 
dialog box. However, you may want to review the 
information in “Taking pictures for use with 
Photomerge” on page 118 to make sure that your 
source images follow the recommended guidelines.

You use the Photomerge dialog box to edit a 
panoramic composition. This dialog box contains 
tools for manipulating the composition, a lightbox 
for storing source images that are not in use, a 
work area for assembling the composition, and 
options for viewing and editing the composition.

How source images appear in the Photomerge 
dialog box depends on how you set up the compo-
sition in the Photomerge Setup dialog box. If you 
selected Attempt to Automatically Arrange Source 
Files, Photoshop Elements attempts to assemble a 
composition for you in the work area. If 
Photoshop Elements can’t determine how to place 
a source image, the image appears in the lightbox. 
If you deselected Attempt to Automatically 
Arrange Source Files, all source images appear in 
the lightbox, and you must manually assemble the 
composition by dragging each image from the 
lightbox to the work area.