What’s a good umbrella term for combining multiple photos into one image?

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I’m looking for a broadly recognized term that covers techniques where several shots are used to produce a single final image. Examples include HDR, panoramas, exposure bracketing/AEB, and focus stacking. Is there one accepted umbrella term, and are some of these better thought of as capture methods versus post-processing results?

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Is there an almost-universally recognized term for shooting multiple shots to create a single photo?

In general, an image made by combining several photos is called a composite image or a composite photo.

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A good umbrella term is composite image or composite photo. More generally, people may also say merged or combined image.

One useful distinction: some of the terms you listed are capture techniques, while others are the resulting output or processing method. For example, exposure bracketing/AEB is a way of shooting multiple frames, often used to create an HDR image. Likewise, a panorama is the stitched final result from multiple overlapping shots. Focus stacking can refer to both the capture process and the combined result.

So if you want one broad heading, composite photography or composite image is probably the clearest choice. Just note that it’s a general term rather than a precise technical label for every case.

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