George & Tony,
I'm going to have to give the Arcsoft product a try. I'll test it against CS3 and see if it works better for the panos I put together.

I could be wrong, but it seems to me if you're real careful about the pan -- exposure, overlaps, keeping everything level -- then the software doesn't have to do as much to make the blends. Am I right or is that just wishful thinking?

Jim