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When you get the stitched image back, this is stored as a PNG image in Xara Web
Designer Premium. This is the highest quality, but takes a lot of memory and file space,
especially if it's a high-resolution panorama. (The BITMAP GALLERY will show you how
much). Therefore you can usually benefit from reducing the resolution of the final image
and converting it to a JPEG instead. Again use the "UTILITIES" > "OPTIMIZE PHOTO" option
for this.

Notes:
• The panorama stitcher expects the images to be the same resolution and size.
• Try to avoid taking pictures with moving objects in. These can confuse the system
since the same object might appear in different places, or not at all.
• Try to keep the horizon at the same approximate position on each photo

Hint: By taking photos in a portrait orientation, you can get maximum vertical coverage.

Upgrades to Panorama Studio

There is an optional upgrade to a more flexible and powerful panorama studio program.
This provides more features and controls over the stitching process. Xara Designer Pro
users get this separate program for free, bundled on the product CD.

If Panorama Studio is installed, you will be given the option to use it instead of the
standard version when you select the "Panorama" button.

Color palette from photo

The COLOR PALETTE FROM PHOTO tool can analyze a photo, identify the most
predominant colors in the image, and create a color palette of those colors. It adds or
updates the theme colors in the current document accordingly. This makes it easy to
match the colors in a document to those of any photo.

Simply select the photo you want to use to set the document colors, then click the icon
on the PHOTO TOOL flyout bar.

The pages below have been designed to use the standard Xara theme colors that work
with the PALETTE FROM PHOTO feature. Each of the 3 versions of the page has had the