Panorama Maker Stitcher v5 now has a fully automated engine that joins graphic files to form a single large-format file.

The tool uses a drag-and-drop interface and features 16-bit colour support, lens distortion correction and automatic colour balancing.
Sheffield-based DCP Systems has aimed the software at pre-press professionals who want to create expansive images but are restricted by small scanners.

It will launch in a series of roadshows next month with a new feature, Movie Export, which exports panoramas as movie files,  due out in November.

Stitcher 5 runs on Macintosh OS X or later and Windows 98 SE, 2000 SP2 or XP platforms. Users of versions 4 and 5 can obtain a free upgrade from www.dcp-systems.co.uk.