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Shooting Hints• It is convenient to use the Stitch Assist
mode to quickly confirm as you shoot
that successive images overlap.
• When shooting images for 2x2 matrices,
ensure that each frame overlaps its
neighbor to prevent a gap appearing in
the middle of the merged image. Two
images that are askew or mismatched
from right to left (or top to bottom) will
result in such a gap.
• Shoot all images with the same focus
setting. Two images shot with substan-
tially different focal distances — one
focused on the foreground, for example,
and another on the background — may
produce unsatisfactory results. Be
particularly careful with interior shots.
• When shooting a horizontal series of
scenery shots, hold the camera as level
(horizontal) as possible. Tilting the
camera up or down may prevent the
images from being successfully merged.
• Shooting images with a moving object in
the overlapped portion may produce
poor results.
• When shooting close-ups of documents
and magazines, avoid shooting segments
from different angles. Hold the camera
as close to parallel as possible.
• The difference in brightness of an image
shot with a flash and one without can
sometimes be too great to permit a
successful merge. If you intend to merge
images later with PhotoStitch, it is
recommended that you shoot without
the flash in relatively bright places.