ICE ---- Image Composite Editor (Panorama +) Freeware from Microsoft • Type “ICE download” in your search engine and the above entry should be somewhere near the top of the list. • Use this web site to avoid being led up the garden path to other applications. Next stop Your Downloads folder • Click on the Installer to open the file the file. • Allow ICE to make changes to your computer. • When ICE opens, right click and select create a short cut on the task bar. In order for ICE to operate correctly you need to have C++ installed. Probably it has been installed as part of a Microsoft update. If not you will be told to install it before ICE will function properly. In most cases you will need the 64bit version. Microsoft ecosystem includes Visual Studio which is used for developing applications used for Windows Operating System. Microsoft Visual C++ is one programming language which can be used to develop applications in. But to run applications build in Visual C++, users need to install Visual C++ runtime libraries. • Select your pictures Ctrl+click on each. • Drag your pictures from your folder to the left hand space below “loading” • N.B. Copy and paste may not work Selected and dragged pictures appear here. Click on stitch Adjust size The stitching is complete. Note the projection choices listed on the right. In this instance cylindrical has been Try these selected. Click for rotate tool Click on Crop to continue Crop manually by dragging the dots to eliminate the unwante d blanks or parts of the panoram a. Note auto Click on crop export. Click on Export to disk Select where you wish to save the panorama. Name the file to suit. Make sure you save as a JPEG file. If you save as a panorama file you may have difficulty finding it later. seniornetsounds.org.nz In the future information about DIG (Digital imaging group—camera club) will be able to be found on our new web site. Check it out regularly..