A couple tips on doing panoramas by "hand". 1) Keep everthing on seperate layers as long as possible. 2) To line up your layers, set your top layer to "Difference" mode and adjust position, size and shape until the overlapping region looks as black as possible. 3) Once your layers are lined up, add a "layer mask" to your top layer and use a large soft airbrush with black color to erase the seam. 4) If your photo's were taken one after another, most of the color difference can be taken care of with a "Levels" command or adjustment layer clipped to the layer you're working on. Hope that helps, - Ken Heronheart -