Panoramic photos are all the rage these days. Although some cameras can capture wide scenes in a single take, many cameras require you to create panoramas by taking multiple shots in sequence and then pasting the individual frames together in your imaging application. Photoshop CS even includes a feature -- PhotoMerge -- which accomplishes just that.

But what's tricky about combining multiple images into a seamless whole is that lighting conditions are rarely consistent from one frame to another. A three-shot panorama could look bright and sunny in one photo and dark and gloomy in another -- even though they were shot just seconds from each other.

There are ways to solve those lighting inconsistencies, however. Your guide is none other than Russell Brown, Adobe's creative director, Photoshop maestro extraordinaire, and the brains behind the upcoming ADIM (Art Directors Invitational Master Class).

In this excerpt from Russell's humorous and informative book "The Photoshop Show Starring Russell Brown," you'll learn several techniques for getting consistent color across stitched images.

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Excerpted from "The Photoshop Show Starring Russell Brown" © 2004 Adobe Systems Inc. Reproduced by permission of Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Peachpit Press. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.