Can I print one panorama picture over 2 or 3 pages?

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Can I print one panorama picture over 2 or 3 pages?

Hi!

I have created a panorama picture from 4 pictures, using PhotoShop CS5 and imported it into Aperture as my photo archive application.

Now, I wonder if I can print this picture over several pages, A4 or A3, and stitch them manually together, as I want to have it big on my wall.

If I cannot use Aperture, do anyone have any other suggestions?

IMac 27", Quad Core, i7, 8Gb Ram, 1Tb HD, Mac OS X (10.6.4), MacBook Pro, iPhone, Nano, AppleTV, Time Capsule

Posted on Apr 25, 2011 2:00 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 25, 2011 4:06 AM in response to Sitara

If you want to make a good job of it, I would suggest a printing shop as their paper comes on rolls and this might produce a tidier output. If I were thinking about Aperture, I would consider the crop command then export. Then try crop again (the whole image is shown when the tool is accessed a second time) and export another image, with some overlap.

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Apr 25, 2011 6:59 AM in response to Graham K. Rogers

Thanks Graham!

I want to do it myself, since i am very well equipped with several printer options.

I did try Panorama Maker 5, just downloaded a trial. It worked fine, except for the color fading, the picture lost it´s sparkelig colors. It prints the picture on two sheets of paper, making it possible to keep the panorama size. But the colors were dull.

And I do not know if I want to pay $79,9 just for the printing option. I read somewhere that it should be possible with PhotoShop as well, but I don´t know how...

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Answer 3

Apr 25, 2011 8:48 AM in response to Sitara

Hi, well if you have the printer, perhaps more satisfying for you to do it yourself. If you are going to print out, whichever application you use (and I was suggesting export of images from Aperture rather than a direct print - that may not have been clear) I suggest leaving some overlap which would make it easier to assemble into a single display.

There are other applications for making panoramas, like Hugin which is Open Source.

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