It took my a while to blend all the joins together, but by using a different combination of tools and techniques, i manged to mask most of my joins, if not all of them.
Firstly, i used a lot of layer masked. These allowed me to edit the photo, while not doing any damage to the original file. This is called constructive editing, because it will not destroy the original file, but more overlay information, that masks the photo. This allowed me to blend from one join to the other, using a very soft brush, with about 35% opacity, and a 20% softness. This was particularly useful when merging a shadow to a wall.
Quick mask was also very useful. It has the same principle of a layer mask, but allowed you to select certain parts of the photo with the brush tool. This is effective because it permits different softness and opacity to the brush, letting you choose soft areas, or hard areas, or hard areas with soft perimeters.
When creating my final join, from far left to far right, I chose a neutral zone, and cut it down the middle. With this done, i placed both sides facing out wards on either side of the document. I then warped my two middles together, did a bit more blending, and then i had a clean panorama that would work at 360 degrees. The last thing i did was to make sure i could fit as much as i could in this image, so i used the Ruler tool (Apple+R) and marked out where i would like to cut. I then carefully warped the image to fit in the lines I had to be extra careful not to warp my two ends, otherwise it wouldn't work at all.
I then cropped, and saved. I am yet to code it, but once i have at least one more panorama finished, I shall..!
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