How to Create Your Own Planets Using Your Panoramas


	How to Create Your Own Planets Using Your Panoramas
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5-2-2009 3:29 AM
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5-3-2009 6:57 AM
miad20
wow, i can actually do this myself just using photoshop?? great
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5cef6fa9-aa2b-4712-bd52-9d1dbcec52db/C0D6A694-5459-4A34-B74F-2EEB79514729/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/create-your-own-panorama-planets/" href="http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/create-your-own-panorama-planets/" style="font-size: 11px;">photojojo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/create-your-own-panorama-planets/"><SPAN class="large-headline">
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(Launching your new planet into solar orbit may take a bit longer.)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><P>To make a long story short: The “Polar Panorama Effect” is one of my favorite ways to process photos into unique pieces of art. It takes a panoramic (or landscape) photo and uses the Polar Coordinates filter of Photoshop CS or The Gimp to create a circular image that seems to wrap the panorama around a planet.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><CENTER><A title="by Dirk Paessler" rel="lightbox[samples1]" href="http://www.photojojo.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/169626218_d4ce1c6140.jpg"><IMG width="200" hspace="5" height="200" alt="" src="http://www.photojojo.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/169626218_d4ce1c6140_thumb.jpg" id="image206" /></A><A title="by Dirk Paessler" rel="lightbox[samples1]" href="http://www.photojojo.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/164125556_b2ba8aa3f8.jpg"><IMG width="200" hspace="5" height="200" alt="" src="http://www.photojojo.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/164125556_b2ba8aa3f8_thumb.jpg" id="image204" /></A></CENTER></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><H4><SPAN>Selecting a Source Photo for Your Planet</SPAN></H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><H4><SPAN>Starting Simple: Planet San Francisco</SPAN></H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/photojojo.com/img/66326E3D-59F0-4108-9736-B8393CFE097E" alt="168820033_9f33f26583.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><H4><SPAN>Step 1: Resize and Rotate</SPAN></H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/photojojo.com/img/B0F1246C-F74A-4111-A9B5-3AEC9D7C2D8F" alt="screenshot1_thumb.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><H4><SPAN>Step 2: Apply the Polar Filter</SPAN></H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><P>(If you’re using The Gimp the command is Filters &gt; Distorts &gt; Polar Coords.)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><P>As you can see we’re 90% of the way there!:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/photojojo.com/img/20F53B1D-A6DD-4751-B07A-F68E7F060FDF" alt="Planet San Francisco, almost complete!" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><P>Easy cheesy, right? Now for some finishing touches…</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><H4><SPAN>Step 3: Rotate and clean up</SPAN></H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/photojojo.com/img/564991AF-0FCE-4D24-80DF-2629583D59E2" alt="screenshot5.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><H4><SPAN>More Advanced: Planet Venice</SPAN></H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/photojojo.com/img/7FA8922C-C04B-4F33-A075-D649CBD81E90" alt="sangirgio.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><H4><SPAN>Crop and Straighten</SPAN></H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/photojojo.com/img/65FC3ACE-FCD1-40D0-88C3-C036E4A8F357" alt="sangirgio2.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/photojojo.com/img/19492B23-A033-4A0C-9C1A-C1C287727B3B" alt="sangirgio3.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/photojojo.com/img/C537126E-3DAC-442A-AB18-BCC108E58991" alt="sangirgio4.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://photojojo.com/content/websites/flickr-tag-photo-search/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/photojojo.com/img/808844F2-B2A3-495E-84A9-4631D5878B15" alt="San Girgio final result" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C0D6A694-5459-4A34-B74F-2EEB79514729/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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