vonb
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Post by vonb on Mar 26, 2016 6:40:22 GMT
I have been unable to get Photomerge feature to work at all. I'm most interested in the panorama feature. I either get an error message, or it simply outputs one of the photos I was trying to combine. I've tried every combination of type of panorama and option. I've reset the preferences. I've installed every update. I've installed every Windows 7 update. Panorama worked great in PSE 9, especially the simple interactive option which allowed me to abut photos. I still have PSE 9 installed or I'd be up a creek without a panorama paddle. No response at all on the Adobe forum. Any thoughts? Thanks much. UPDATE 03/26/16: Well I've diddled with this problem for another 2 hours of my life that I will not get back. In PSE 14 when panorama simply outputs one of the two photos, if I go to expert edit both of the photos show up as layers but completely unmerged and in no way panoramic. I cannot work with them as layers to do what I want to do, which is abut them precisely along the short edge. This was a piece of Easter cake with the old interactive option. By creating a new blank file in the expert editor when both photos are in the bin, I can insert both photos on/into that new file/layer. I make the new file/layer the size of the paper I'll be using, then futz with size and position of each photo to precisely align them, and then center the combined image (selecting all similar layers), which still takes far more time than the old interactive option in panorama where the photos just snapped to. This still doesn't get Photomerge and panorama to work in PSE 14.  |
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Post by michelb on Mar 26, 2016 9:05:19 GMT
See my answer to the same question you posted in the Elements user to user forum. forums.adobe.com/thread/2122889I am pretty sure that Adobe is aware of the problem, but I think it's one of those tricky installation problems which occur for updates when you have different softwares or versions. That makes troubleshooting difficult. The update of version 13 to 13.1 is one such example. For the above reason, the occurence of the precise error 8800 may be rather rare and difficult to reproduce. For me, I am not sure what I done, but the problem is now solved  . |
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Post by vonb on Mar 26, 2016 16:07:59 GMT
Michel - thank you again. I acknowledge that the 8800 error may be a difficult one to diagnose, but even when I do not receive the error, Photomerge does not function at all. It simply outputs one of the two photos I'm trying to merge or otherwise operate on. I have the download/install codes for both 13 and 14. I may try one without the other installed. I will not under any circumstances uninstall 9 even with its secret disappearing menu, since it has the simple interactive panorama option.
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Post by artemus on Mar 27, 2016 16:34:25 GMT
I have finally been able to get Photomerge to work in PSE-14. For those that aren't aware, Photomerge cannot be done from Expert mode, but must be done in Guided mode. The problem I used to have is very much like described here - I always wound up with just one of the photos selected for the merge.
The trick relates to the fact that the Phot Bin (along the bottom of the screen) is closed when you elect Photomerge. Just click on the Photo Bin button at the bottom of the screen to display the bin and then select the images you want to include in the merge.
I hope this helps!
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Post by vonb on Mar 29, 2016 3:29:46 GMT
Thanks, Artemus, but I already tried this. I found out quickly that all the Photomerge features are only accessible in the Guided section. I did open the bin containing both photos in Guided Photomerge Panorama. I had both photos in the bin. I clicked on one and ctrl-clicked on the other. The panorama function clunks away and outputs a photo to be edited, asking if you want to do this in guided or in the expert mode. I've selected Expert. Perhaps I should continue in Guided, never tried that. Anyways, in the expert mode the output "panoramic" photo has two layers, one of the photos in the first layer and the second photo as the second layer. I've been unable to do anything with the layers by way of creating a panoramic merge. I acknowledge that I know only the basics about layers, never had need for them, but I did try. Sigh. It was so much easier with the panoramic options in PSE 9, which I understand were continued up through 11.
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Post by vonb on May 22, 2016 22:28:37 GMT
I started pursuing an answer on an Adobe forum at the same time I posted here. ON May 5 I provided an Adobe employee with the photos via dropbox. Since then, no communication and the thread has died - no additional posts permitted. I've concluded it is just a matter of a feature that was in PSE 9 has been dropped or is not functional in PSE 14. Probably an unintended consequence. I'm thankful I retained PSE 9. On to more pressing problems, like the BSOD that appears at least once a day with no clue in the mini or kernel dmp file as to which driver is causing it. It's all a matter of perspective!
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Post by Moto on May 23, 2016 0:43:28 GMT
Update: VonB - Your posted image shows no images highlighted in the Photo Bin with a thin white box. That's the problem. Elements 14Make sure the images in the Photo Bin, for the panorama, are Highlighted with a White Border. Highlight images by using Ctrl-Click (on Windows). The Blue Border without the White Border inside doesn't work.The Photo Bin can be either the one in Expert mode or Photomerge Panorama screen. Click the Create Panorama button on the lower right of the Photomerge Panorama screen. Comment: I consider the UI for this to be unintuitive.  Result Panorama.  Image - Pixabay
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