Is there a way to combine panoramic images in GIMP like you can in Photoshop?

I don’t think the Gimp does that but there is another piece of OSS that I’ve used in the past to create panoramas and multi-images stitches is hugin. Last time I used it I had some stability problems under OS X but by now I’m sure they’ve ironed them out. Takes a bit of toying with to get the hang of it but once you do its quite useful.

Forget GIMP, forget Photoshop. Get Autostitch, it’s what a lot of prosumers use, including myself. It may look like a dorky, unfinished, unpolished piece of software because of the site design but trust me, this software performs hands down far better than most others.

After you’ve stitched your panorama, you can post process in your other application to your heart’s desire.

It used to be free, but I see it’s not now. Check around on their links for your best pricing. Serif is usually fairly competitive. There is a demo but it may have limited capability, I haven’t tried it, but you should check it out.

Autostitch is still free as a “demo” version – it is actually pretty much a full version, the only restriction is that you are supposed to acknowledge that you used it (if you publish the photo somewhere).

Thanks, I wondered about that. Anyway, it’s probably one of the best stitching programs out there.