Microsoft Image Composite Editor (ICE) is just 3MB in size but does a wonderful job to make great panoramic images.

Download -> Microsoft Image Composite Editor (ICE)


What is Microsoft ICE ?

Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. You shoot a set of overlapping photographs of a scene from a single location, and Image Composite Editor creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all your images at full resolution.

Lets give it a test

Recently I have gone to Bangalore for some work and I have taken few overlapped images of Bangalore Airport with my Nikon s51c. There are 5 separate images which I have taken while standing still at a same place.

Image 1

Image 2

Image 3

Image 4

Image 5

As you take a look at these images, you may notice the camera rotation in every image, however still all these images needs to be stitched together to give us a panoramic impression.

Though the software says “Advance” but as you launch the software, you would find a very simple and easy to navigate interface.

So as it says, all I need to do is drag and drop the images inside the work pane. Once I have added those  5 above shown images, this is the output which I get.

Only thing which is now left is saving the image after cropping it to leave out the choppy edges. There is an option given called “Automatic Crop” which does the job nicely and makes the image ready for export !!!

The Stitched Image

Intelligence of the software can be seen on a closer look to the stitched image while in extreme zoom. As for example in this below section, which is a zoom-in section of the stitched image, you may see the software has sacrificed the floor matching, in order to make sure the car is matched properly, while joining image 3 and image 4.

Microsoft ICE can definitely be an answer to the question, How to make beautiful panoramic images. Ohh, one more thing, this is a free software by the way !!!

Related posts:

  1. Windows Live Movie Maker trial extender Those who have Windows Live Movie Maker installed, must note that present version of the product has expired on...
  2. Quick look at Microsoft ZUNE 30GB After the initial scare from the Fedex I have finally received my Microsoft ZUNE 30GB Video player… Lets take...
  3. Kaspersky / Norton (Symantec) / AVG – AntiVirus / Security products for Microsoft Windows 7 With the beta of Windows 7 coming in the market, security software manufacturers are also releasing their Windows 7...
  4. Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 Virtualization is a very interesting and effecting concept, it allows IT Professionals and Developers to test some thing 1st hand...
  5. Quick look (screenshot) at the leaked version of Microsoft Office 2010 Technical preview The Technical preview of up coming version of Microsoft Office, the Microsoft Office 2010 has found is way out...