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stitching

stitching

1 3.9
Joining several photos that overlap into one wide picture using software
  • noun
  • /ˈstɪtʃɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cosido de imágenes
  • Around 2000, von Bonin began to use stitching to render the contours of recognizable figures; by 2007, she had built up several layers of silhouettes, words, and fabric shapes to produce complex compositions.
  • subfield stitching

Examples

  • Then, using the panoramic stitching feature in Photoshop, stitch them into a great image that would be impossible using a single image.

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  • Based on what I've been reading, DPR really needs to consider doing an article on photo stitching if they haven't already.

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  • Information on stitching is assigned to one of the layers.

    Academic text (1995)
  • If it was posted during the rally, it's clearly just a bad stitching job.

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  • Then use the photo-stitching app to meld them together.

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  • I use AutoPano Pro to do any stitching or mosaic work.

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  • The photographer used advanced software for stitching to create a beautiful panoramic view.

  • By applying image stitching, the artist was able to combine multiple photos into one seamless landscape.

  • The digital artist perfected her technique of stitching several images to produce a striking final piece.

Compounds

blind stitching
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A way of sewing so the stitches do not show on the outside

How Seamless

blending
3.7
stitching
  • Specialized
1 3.9
compositing
  • Specialized
1 6.5

Surface Forms

stitching singular
stitchings plural

Morphology

stitching = stitch (semi-transparent) = stitch + ing

The photographic/software sense is a metaphorical extension of sewing (joining pieces together), so learners can often infer the meaning but it relies on domain knowledge and metaphorical transfer.

Etymology

Stitching in photography borrows the sewing idea from stitch: it means joining many overlapping pictures so they fit together like pieces of cloth 'sewn' into one seamless image.