if you’re like me and want to create panoramic images w/out spending lots of money i’d highly recommend autostitch. things it has going for it:
it’s what i use for all of my panos at this point. i’m still to cheap to go out and buy the full version of photoshop ($699 last time i checked).
here’s an old pano i did when i first started. this was done with autostich and as you can see it did a pretty good job.

mytoesarecold gallery series