Panorama Stitcher combines multiple photographs into a higher-resolution composite image. It automatically aligns photos by matching similarities in overlapping areas, with spherical alignment for rotating-camera panoramas and planar alignment for scans, microscope images, and aerial maps. Its algorithm also levels exposure and corrects lens shading. Spherical panoramas can use rectilinear or equirectilinear projection, while planar images have a rotation control. Before export, users can straighten or rotate a panorama, adjust exposure, and set cropping. The app imports image formats supported by macOS, including Apple RAW formats, and exports JPEG, 16-bit TIFF, or PNG. It can merge EXIF tags from the source files, and equirectangular panoramas can use Photosphere tags. Panorama Stitcher Mini is a free Mac edition for smaller projects and stitches up to five images; its listed plan costs 0.00 USD per free. The app accesses only user-selected files, does not collect data or send images to the maker or third parties, and has no Internet access. Release notes state that version 1.11 requires macOS 10.14 or later and added native Apple M1 support.
Who it is for
It suits Mac users assembling panoramas from photographs, or creating composites from scans, microscope images, or aerial maps. The free Mini edition is intended for smaller projects of up to five images.
What is good
- Supports both spherical and planar alignment
- Automatically levels exposure and corrects lens shading
- Imports macOS-supported formats, including Apple RAW
- Exports JPEG, 16-bit TIFF, or PNG
- Mini edition stitches up to five images
What to know first
- Mini is limited to five images per stitch
- Requires macOS 10.14 or later according to version 1.11 release notes
- Available on macOS only
Verdict
Panorama Stitcher provides automatic alignment for both photographic panoramas and planar image sets, with editing and export controls. The free Mini edition is a limited option for projects of up to five images.
Panorama Stitcher plans and pricing
All plansCompared on panorama stitching software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Panorama types
- both
- RAW input
- Yes
- Supported platforms
- macos
