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Inspiration and Instruction for Creating Spectacular Panoramas
O'Reilly Releases "Assembling Panoramic Photos: A Designer's Notebook"

Sebastopol, CA--"A beautiful photograph--whether panoramic or not--is born
of one-third technique and two-thirds creativity," says Sacha Popovic, one
of the eight visionary photographers showcased in the new "Assembling
Panoramic Photos: A Designer's Notebook" (O'Reilly, US $19.95). A
one-of-a-kind collection of panoramic photos by renowned French artists,
this book serves as both creative inspiration and serious technique
training for amateur and professional photographers, graphic designers,
and digital artists.

This is the fourth book in the highly acclaimed Designers Notebook series
from O'Reilly.  While it's beautiful, colorful, and intriguing enough for
the coffee table, "Assembling Panoramic Photos: A Designer's Notebook"
will end up on the photographer's desktop with its uncompromising,
in-depth coverage of specific digital montage techniques experts use to
assemble panoramic photographs.

Successful panoramas deliver a true-to-life perspective and a magical
appeal that simply isn't achievable with a rotating panoramic camera. In
this notebook, step-by-step demonstrations take readers into the minds and
studios of eight diverse photographers as they reveal their tips and
secrets for using Adobe Photoshop and dedicated applications (Stitcher,
Quicktime VR, and ImageAssembler) to assemble landscape, interior, and
other stunning panoramic photos. In addition, the book includes detailed
instruction for producing spherical panoramas and 3-D interactive
panoramas for viewing on CDs and web pages.

Individual artists take readers through the entire creative process--from
conception and original vision through to the finishing touches that
polish an exquisite panoramic image. They list the exact hardware and
software that make it happen and include seasoned advice, personal
reflection, and creative insight as they guide readers through all aspects
of assembling panoramic photos:

-Envisioning and planning a project
-Executing a photo shoot with foresight and efficiency
-Digitizing photos
-Artfully assembling images, including superimposing and manipulating them
-Editing photos: cropping and correcting, optimizing and color adjusting,
  retouching, adding special effects, and more
-Polishing panoramas

Newly translated into English, "Assembling Panoramic Photos: A Designer's
Notebook" is for anyone who enjoys pushing the limits of imagination with
photography and digital imagery, and everyone ready to prove what one of
the featured artist/photographers, Christophe Noel, promises: with digital
imaging, "everything is possible." There's no better inspiration or
education for exploring new and inventive techniques to create beautifully
rendered panoramic photos.

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Assembling Panoramic Photos: A Designer's Notebook
William Rodarmor
ISBN: 0-596-00975-5, 96 pages, $19.95 US, $27.95 CA
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