PanoFuser
PanoFuser 1.3.2
A clean, focused panorama maker for people who want more control than a quick sweep. Import or capture source photos, stitch locally, refine the result, and save it back to Photos.
Why PanoFuser exists
There are panorama apps out there. But I wanted something that felt simple when I came back with photos and already had the source frames in front of me. I use both iPhone and a digital camera, and I often capture panoramas as individual overlapping frames instead of using the built-in iPhone panorama sweep. The sweep is convenient, but it has limits.
When those source photos are already in Apple Photos, I want to select them, stitch the panorama in high quality, check the result, and save it back into the same library without losing the context around the original photos.
PanoFuser was built for that missing step: turn selected source photos into a finished panorama, keep the workflow local and focused, preserve useful metadata where available, and let the result land where it belongs.
PanoFuser can save the finished panorama back to Apple Photos as a new asset. You can choose whether the output is placed before the oldest source photo, at creation time, or after the newest source photo, so finished images do not end up detached from the moment they belong to.
When source metadata is available, PanoFuser can inherit details such as capture date and time, camera model, focal length, and GPS location. That makes the finished panorama easier to find and understand later in Photos or another library.
For camera sets, I often clean up and sort files on disk first. PanoFuser can export the panorama and build an archive folder with the output and source photos, so there is a tidy backup outside the Photos library.
HDR gives photos another level of life in the Apple ecosystem. For supported HDR photo sets, PanoFuser can preview HDR on HDR-capable displays and preserve compatible HDR appearance in HEIC panorama exports.
Turbo Mode can run selected actions automatically: Create, Save to Photos, Export to Files, and Archive. Use it when you know the source set and want PanoFuser to move through repeated output steps without stopping for every confirmation.
Guided Camera helps you capture source photos directly in PanoFuser. It uses device orientation information and shows practical overlap guidance, helping you capture enough shared detail without wasting too much of each frame.
What you get
Import overlapping photos from Apple Photos or files. On Mac, drag images onto the canvas or open selected Photos images with PanoFuser.
Guided Camera on iPhone and iPad helps you capture source photos directly in the app with overlap guidance for later stitching.
Panorama creation, preview, crop, metadata preparation, and export happen on your device. Source photos stay untouched.
Use grid, manual crop, Straighten, projection, Source Tilt, overlap trim, blend quality, and export controls when the source set needs extra care.
Save finished panoramas back to Apple Photos as new assets, export HEIC, JPEG, PNG, or TIFF files, or archive the source set with the output.
For supported HDR photo sets, PanoFuser can show HDR preview on HDR-capable displays and preserve HDR appearance in HEIC panorama exports.
Guided Camera
On iPhone and iPad, PanoFuser can capture panorama source photos directly in the app. The camera view shows practical overlap guidance, so neighboring frames share enough detail for stitching without wasting too much of each photo on repeated content.
Captured photos enter the same source review workflow as imported images, with device orientation information helping the app prepare the set before panorama creation.
Workflow
PanoFuser keeps the panorama process visible. The app moves from source review to stitching to output without burying the core flow under a full editing suite.
Choose photos from Apple Photos, import image files, drag photos in on Mac, use Edit With from Apple Photos, or capture a source set with Guided Camera on iPhone and iPad.
Check that every source is present, review overlap, sort by capture time, reverse the sequence, or manually reorder the filmstrip before creating the panorama.
After stitching, use the grid to judge horizon and composition, adjust the crop, straighten the result, and open the inspector only when advanced controls are useful.
Choose HEIC for Apple workflows and supported HDR preservation, JPEG for broad sharing, PNG for lossless SDR output, or TIFF for editing and archive workflows.
Mac workflow
Two short Mac recordings show the import-to-create path and the adjustment-to-export path. They load only when you choose to play them.
HDR and output
The same focused workflow continues after stitching: check the crop, preview supported HDR, choose where the panorama belongs, and automate repeated output steps when the source set is predictable.
Use the grid and crop handles to judge composition, straighten the result, and export exactly the frame you want.
Save to Apple Photos, export a file, or build an archive folder with the panorama and source photos.
Turbo Mode can run Create, Photos, Files, and Archive actions automatically when you already know how you want the job handled.
Mac, iPad, iPhone
Use the device that fits the moment: a wide Mac workspace for review, a touch-first iPad canvas, or a compact iPhone workflow when you are still on location.
Privacy
Panorama creation and export happen on your Mac, iPad, or iPhone.
PanoFuser does not require sign-in for normal panorama creation.
The app does not collect analytics and does not track users.
PanoFuser writes a new panorama output and leaves source photos as they are.
iCloud originals: If a selected Photos original is stored only in iCloud, PanoFuser asks first. If you confirm, Apple Photos downloads it through Apple's own Photos/iCloud path. PanoFuser still does not upload your images anywhere.
Current version
The 1.3 line adds integrated Help, supported HDR preview, improved HDR and SDR stitching performance, compact mobile toolbar polish, and refinements for result preview and crop handling.
App Store
Once the public App Store URLs are approved, this section is ready for the Mac, iPhone/iPad, and bundle links. Until then, the page avoids publishing placeholder store URLs.
FAQ
The built-in sweep is convenient. PanoFuser is for cases where you already have source photos, want to use a camera set, need more controlled crop and export, or want the result back in Photos.
No. Panorama creation, preview generation, and export happen locally on your device.
No. PanoFuser writes a new panorama output and leaves the originals untouched.
Yes. Import the photos as files or bring them into Apple Photos first, then create the panorama in PanoFuser.
For supported HDR photo sets, PanoFuser can preview HDR on HDR-capable displays and preserve HDR appearance in HEIC panorama exports. JPEG, PNG, and TIFF exports are SDR.
Try more overlap, fewer photos, stronger visual detail, a different order, Source Tilt, or overlap trim.