The first step of the Stitching Wizard prompts you to import the images that you will use to construct your panorama.

Start by pressing the import button:

Importieren... / Import...

Imports your images.

The Panorama Factory displays the Bilder importieren / Import Images dialog box so you can select the images to open. When you open images, The Panorama Factory places them at the end of the imported thumbnails.

You can use the Importieren... / Import... button as many times as necessary to import all your images.

Your images must be right side up and in order from left to right in the main window.  If your images are not right side up, press one of these buttons to rotate them:

	Nach rechts drehen / Rotate right	Rotates clockwise 90 degrees.
	Nach links drehen / Rotate left	Rotates counter-clockwise 90 degrees.
	Um 180 Grad drehen / Rotate 180	Rotates 180 degrees.

When you open multiple images at the same time, The Panorama Factory loads them in alphabetical order.  Usually this will put your images in the correct order, but if it orders them in reverse (from right to left), use:

Reihenfolge umkehren / Reverse order

Reverses the order of the images.

In some cases, the image order may be scrambled so that the reverse button cannot put them in the correct order.  In this case, to move individual images to their correct positions, you should click and drag them in the main window.

If you import more images than you need, you should delete the extras from your project.  Or, if you wish, you can remove them from the panorama but leave them in the project.  To delete images, select them in the main window by clicking their thumbnails and type the DELETE key.  To remove images from the panorama without deleting them from the project, select the images and use:

Bilder ausschneiden / Remove images

Removes selected images from the panorama.

To indicate that the images have been removed from the panorama, their thumbnails are displayed with faded colors.  If you remove an image from the middle of the panorama, its thumbnail is moved to the end of the list so that the images in the panorama are in an uninterrupted sequence.

If you remove the wrong image, you can add it back into the panorama by selecting it and using:

Bilder einfügen / Add images

Adds selected images to the panorama.

Another way to add and remove images from the project is to click and drag their thumbnails.  If you drag a thumbnail that has been removed from the project onto one that is part of the project, it will be added back into the project.  If you drag a thumbnail onto one that has been removed from the project, it will also be removed.

 

When you are satisfied with your imported images, press the Nächste / Next> button to advance to the next step of the Wizard.  You must import at least 2 images before the Wizard will permit you to go on to the next step.

 

To choose whether the Wizard will run automatically the next time you start The Panorama Factory, select one of these radio buttons:

Beim nächsten Mal den Assistenten benutzen / Next time use the Wizard interface
Select this option if you want the Wizard to run automatically each time you start The Panorama Factory.

Beim nächsten Mal die klassische Oberfläche benutzen / Next time use the Classic interface
Select this option if you do not want the Wizard to run automatically each time you start The Panorama Factory.  In this case, The Panorama Factory will start with a new, blank project each time you run it.  You can return to the Wizard by selecting the Assistent für neue Projekte / New project wizard command (Datei / File menu).