Image Composite Editor for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffFebruary 21, 2024

There is something kind of magical about creating panoramic images. If all goes as planned, you take several separate photos and then use a piece of software to stitch them seamlessly into one. The best programs do this with little effort on the part of the user and return images that don't betray their piecemeal origins. Image Composite Editor is just such a program. It's easy enough for anyone to use, but the end result is better than we've seen from other, more complex programs.

Image Composite Editor has a plain, uncluttered interface, and creating a panorama is as simple as dragging and dropping your images onto the program. Users can choose between different styles of camera motion--rotating motion or different types of planar motion--each of which gives the panorama a different look. The program can crop the resulting panorama automatically, or users can do it manually. The panorama can be resized and saved in a variety of different file types, including JPEG, TIFF, Photoshop, BMP, and PNG. We do wish that the program came with a Help file, because beginners might not be familiar with all of the terminology used, such as the different types of camera motion. But even users with no previous experience should still be able to create some fairly good-looking results. We were particularly impressed that the program did such a good job of merging our images together with not even a hint of where the seams might be; we've used the same set of images to test other programs and did not get such good results. Overall, Image Composite Editor might not be the best choice for serious photo nerds who like to have a lot of control, but for everyone else, this program is a no-brainer.

Image Composite Editor installs and uninstalls without issues. We recommend this program to all users.

What’s new in version 2.0.3

Version 1.4.4 improves blending engine.

Image Composite Editor for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: May 26, 2011

Latest update: February 21, 2024

Version: 2.0.3

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 2003
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2000

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 11,067

Downloads Last Week: 5

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User Reviews

3/5

7 User Votes

Great Program - Great Price (free) - Great Results
sndwnrJune 18, 2015
Pros
Blends pictures together seamlessly, with very little effort. Has various options for different results. Also has various file type outputs to serve various needs/wants. Automatic cropping High Quality output on finished product.
Cons
Not a lot of explanation to the different aspects of the program. But experiment with different results and choose what works best for you.
Summary
I tried many of the other 'free' programs but none of them gave me the outstanding, high quality results of this one. In fact, most pictures came out blurry and very low quality. With this one here you can actually zoom in on the finished product and everything is still crisp and clear. I used eight pictures of the San Diego skyline and it blended/stitched them together perfectly, there were no 'jaggies' (jagged edges) whatsoever. After saving my finished picture, I found a company on the web that will print out any size picture (depending on size) as a canvas print, which will be my excellent souvenir from America's Finest City (which by the way it is).
Was outstanding for what I wanted
gawallyMay 26, 2012
Pros
I have only given 4 stars because I have only used once to stitch a document that I had to scan in 2 parts. It was outstanding and very simple to use. Just select the 2 images and it does the rest. I haven't tried on photographs as yet so I can't comment on how it does for them
Cons
No cons, is an excellent program
Summary
Very simple to use and was outstanding for what I wanted. It was so good that I found it necessary for me to write a review.
Very useful piece of software
avifalJune 22, 2011
Pros
Operating by the "Keep It Simple Stupid" principle Almost fully automatic Let you change the perspective after the composition
Cons
None, in my opinon
Summary
fast and good but not very good
dre belgiumJanuary 8, 2011
Pros
works very fast and in any direction; throw photos at it and it searches matches and stitches the photos together. Due to narrow stitch zone, there is a big tolerance for moving objects.
Cons
Sometimes it is OK but often there are many errors visible.
Summary
I try it first when I need panorama's. When it is not OK, I use another software that is much slower but sometimes better.
only used it once and it was ok
ric67October 26, 2010
Pros
easy to use
Cons
none when I used it
Summary
Wrong Version-Need 64bit not 32bit
cimofj2December 16, 2009
Pros
Wrong Version can't try!
Cons
Wrong Version can't try!
Summary
Wrong Version can't try!

Developer’s Description

Get the panoramic image stitcher for your PC.

With Image Composite Editor, you can easily stitch your images together to create a seamless panorama. This enables you to take a set of overlapping photographs of a scene shot from a single camera location and creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all the source images at full resolution. You can then save the stitched panorama in a wide variety of formats, which include common formats, such as JPEG and TIFF, as well as multi-resolution tiled formats, such as HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom.