Many people have asked me why I paid for Calico when I also paid for Photoshop CS3 and CS3 has a great panorama tool. Now that is true, and the pano tool in Photoshop is enormously improved, but let’s not kid ourselves. There’s no comparison between what Calico does versus what Photoshop CS3 does.
Here’s Photoshop CS2:
Note the unevenly exposed sky and the discontinuity in the building and on the fence (some of the fence was broken, but it’s less than what’s here.
Here’s Photoshop CS3:
Note how the exposure in the sky is more even, but the building looks like it’s about to collapse to the right.
Here’s Calico:
Aside from the lens correction that Photoshop does the blending is significantly better in the Calico version. It seems better at finding details and matching points. CS3 is probably fine for most people, but even though Calico isn’t free, it’s a no-brainer as far as I’m concerned.
[tags]calico, photoshop, panorama, photomerge[/tags]