I need some advice handling window in rooms.  I usually shoot the hole room autobraketing it.  I then expose for the windows and auto braket them.

I then take the individual shots and combine them in Photomatrix to create HDR images.  Then I stitch them together using Panoweaver. 

I then do the same thing with the window shots.

The end results being two panoramas one exposed for the room the other for the windows.  Next comes photoshop where I cut the windows out of the "Windows" panorama and add place them into the Panorama exposed for the room to complete the final.  Product.

Here's the problem...  Usually the two panoramas don't match up.  Panoweaver seems like it stitches each final panorama differently and then when I combine the two the windows aren't in the same place as the other one so it's not an easy cut and paste.  I have to stretch windows and bend them using free transform.

Looking for tips from people.  Should I do my cutting and pasting of windows in the individual fisheye shots before stitching?

You should take advantage of Panoweaver's RAW stitching in multiple brackets. To do this you need to shoot RAW  and bracket wide apart (cameras vary here) and this way you can get say 4 panoramas at different exposures too combine with your favourite HDR program. Because they are all made at the same time using the same RAW images the blending will be perfect (as far as movement anyway!)

Regards, Smooth

You must have an understanding of RAW files and basic knowledge of processing a RAW image. Multiple exposure's can be pulled from one single RAW image. Panoweaver 5.0 has this as a new option. 5.0 has it all over 4.0 as one would expect.

Auto stitching with dark images can be a problem, especially if the camera/lens is not set up 100% on the NPP. Using the parameters from a successful stitch could be applied to a difficult set of images or use the "manual" self place option of control points.

You should first learn how to process RAW files and find the advantages of doing so. Once you have this sorted you can then use Panoweaver 5.0 to it's full advantage for making HDR images.

Regards, Smooth