Create your own mini planet (polar panorama tutorial)
Hi there ! !
I’ve been told that many people were wondering how to achieve this kind of pictures:
From dusk til dawn
This is a pretty easy thing to do !!
What you need is a panorama picture, where both sides (left and right) are similar (horizon level has to be more or less at the same level).
Once you have your picture opened in photoshop, first change the size of the image (image > image size).
Unselect the constrain proportions option, and set the same height as the width of the picture: you should get a square image.
Make a 180° rotation of the image (edit > transform > rotate 180°).
Once this is done, one more step and we’ll get something looking like a planet:
You need to apply the polar coordinates filter (filter > distort > polar coordinates).
Once you have the window opened, choose the rectangular to polar option (see below)
polar coordinates panel
That’s it !!
You should have a nice planet now !!
Next and final step is to make some retouching to get a nice, clean, and awesome result !
That was easy wasn’t it ?
Feel free to join groups on flickr to share your creations !
Here are some of the submissions to the group Create your own planets:
