你还记得那些小的一次性全景相机吗？它们让您在一卷 35 毫米胶卷上拍摄几张非常宽的照片。自从数码相机问世以来，通过将几张照片合并在一起来制作全景照片，一开始，这是您只能使用昂贵的编辑软件才能完成的事情。现在，任何人都可以使用Windows 照片库(Windows Photo Gallery)制作全景图，而且过程再简单不过了。这是如何做。
制作全景(Panoramas)图的要求(Requirements)
我假设您已经安装了Photo Gallery，并且您知道使用它的基础知识。如果不是这种情况，我们有很多不错的教程，您需要先阅读。从这里开始(Start)：如何使用Windows 照片库(Windows Photo Gallery)编辑照片(Edit Photos)。
首先(First)，你需要一些照片。它们应该属于同一主题，从几乎相同的位置但从不同的角度拍摄，并有足够的重叠，以便软件可以在每个主题中找到一个共同的参考框架。您还需要选择视觉上有趣的照片，以便有很多细节可以拼接在一起，并且在大多数情况下，您希望避免照片中有很多动作或很多人。事实上，如果没有人、动物或其他可以移动的物体，除非它们通过多张图片保持在同一个地方和位置，否则这种方法效果最好。(place and position)
您将需要至少两张照片，但三张或更多会更好。
在本教程中，我将使用我在加利福尼亚州(California)北部的一场野火中(smoke clouds)拍摄的一系列照片。
您需要在照片库(Photo Gallery)中为您的全景图创建一个新文件夹。我叫我的全景(Panorama)，但你可以随便叫它。如果您要使用的所有照片都在它们自己的单独空间中，它会更容易。请记住(Remember)，将文件复制到照片库(Photo Gallery)文件夹不会以任何方式更改原始文件或其位置。
如何在Windows 照片库中创建(Windows Photo Gallery)全景图(Panorama)
将照片全部放在一起后，单击“创建(Create)”选项卡。您可能会发现全景(Panorama)按钮是灰色的。
这是因为您尚未选择要包含在全景图中的任何照片。如果该文件夹中只有要用于全景图的照片，请单击以选择一张照片，然后按键盘上的Ctrl + A以选择文件夹中的所有照片。然后你会看到全景(Panorama)按钮已经可以使用了。
现在，您必须做一些非常非常困难的事情……点击全景(Panorama)。🙂
您将收到一条消息，表明照片库(Photo Gallery)正在将照片拼接在一起。这个过程不需要很长时间。
拼接照片后，系统会要求您输入新全景照片的名称。输入您喜欢的任何内容，然后单击Save。默认图像类型(default image type)为JPG，但您可以根据需要选择其他图像类型(image type)。
很快，您的全景图就会出现。
由于用于将照片拼接在一起的过程，全景图的边缘会不规则，您可能会注意到一些视觉错误。在上图中，看到中心，同一辆车似乎处于两个不同的位置，右下角是(hand side)汽车的局部图像。
如何改进您刚刚创建的全景图(Panorama)
您可以随意编辑全景照片。至少，您可能希望裁剪它以使边缘均匀。单击(Click)编辑(Edit)选项卡，然后单击裁剪(Crop)。
一个框将出现在您的全景图上。拖动边缘以根据自己的喜好裁剪全景图。在这里，您可以看到我已拖动框以消除视觉故障和前景中的一堆无趣的停车场。
再次单击Crop按钮，然后单击Apply Crop。
你有它，完成的全景图。
结论
使用Windows 照片库(Windows Photo Gallery)制作全景图非常简单。我想一旦你尝试过，你就会寻找更多的主题变成全景图。它们可以比任何一张单独的照片在视觉上更有趣。如果您尝试过制作全景图，请在下面的评论中告诉我们您的体验。
How to Create Panoramic Pictures with Windows Photo Gallery
Do you remember those little diѕposable panоrama cameraѕ? They let you take a few very wide photographs on а roll of 35mm film. Since the advent of digitаl cameras, making panoramic photos has been done bу merging several photоgraphs together and, in the beginning, that was something you could only do with expensive editing software. Now, anyone can make a panorama using Windows Photo Gallery and the process could not be easier. Here's how.
The Requirements for Making Panoramas
I'm going to assume you've got Photo Gallery installed, and that you know the basics of using it. If this isn't the case, we have quite a few good tutorials you'll want to read first. Start here: How to Edit Photos with Windows Photo Gallery.
First of all, you will need some photographs. They should be of the same subject, taken from pretty much the same position but from different angles, with enough overlap so that the software can find a common frame of reference in each one. You will also want to pick photos that are visually interesting, so that there is plenty of detail to stitch together, and for the most part you want to avoid photos that have a lot of motion or a lot of people in them. In fact, this works best without people, animals or other objects that can move unless they stay in the same place and position through multiple pictures.
You will need at least two photos, but three or more would be better.
For this tutorial, I am going to use a series of photos I took of the smoke clouds from a wildfire north of my home in California.
You will want to create a new folder in Photo Gallery for your panorama. I've called mine Panorama, but you can call it whatever you like. It makes it easier if all the photos you want to use are in their own separate space. Remember, copying files into a Photo Gallery folder does not change the original files or their location in any way.
How to Create a Panorama in Windows Photo Gallery
Once you have your photos all together, click the Create tab. You may find that the Panorama button is greyed out.
This is because you have not yet selected any photos to include in your panorama. If you have only the photos you want to use for your panorama in that folder, click to select one photo and then press Ctrl + A on your keyboard to select all the photos in the folder. Then you'll see that the Panorama button is ready to use.
Now, you have to do something really, really difficult... click Panorama. 🙂
You'll get a message that Photo Gallery is stitching the photos together. This process does not take long.
When the photos are stitched, you'll be asked for a name for the new panoramic photo. Type in whatever you like and click Save. The default image type is JPG, but you can choose another image type if you prefer.
And presto, your panorama appears.
Because of the process used to stitch the photos together, the edges of the panorama will be irregular, and you may notice some visual mistakes. In the picture above, see the center, where the same car appears to be in two different positions, and the lower right hand side where there is a partial image of a car.
How to Improve the Panorama You Just Created
You can edit your panoramic photo any way you want. You'll probably want to crop it to make the edges even, at the very least. Click on the Edit tab and then click Crop.
A box will appear on your panorama. Drag the edges to crop the panorama to your liking. Here you can see I've dragged the box to remove the visual glitches and a bunch of uninteresting parking lot in the foreground.
Click on the Crop button again, and then click Apply Crop.
And there you have it, the finished panorama.
Conclusion
Making panoramas with Windows Photo Gallery is spectacularly easy. I think once you have tried it, you'll be on the lookout for more subjects to turn into panoramas. They can be a lot more visually interesting than any one photo alone. If you've tried making panoramas, tell us about your experience in the comments below.
