digital cameras and methods that provide improved image alignment for panorama image capture . the present invention identifies features that will likely be used by a stitching algorithm , and highlights those features for a user by superimposing them on top of a “ liveview ” image presented on a display of the digital camera . by applying an edge detection algorithm to the previously captured image , the user can select and display those features of the previous image that are relevant to aligning the camera for the subsequent image .