In various examples, two or more cameras in an automotive surround view system generate two or more input images to be stitched, or combined, into a single stitched image. In an embodiment, to improve the quality of a stitched image, a feedback module calculates two or more scores representing errors between the stitched image and one or more input images. If a computed score indicates structural errors in the stitched image, the feedback module calculates and applies one or more geometric transforms to apply to the one or more input images. If a computed score indicates color errors in the stitched image, the feedback module calculates and applies one or more photometric transforms to apply to the one or more input images.