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Rebecca Santo
I always liked those round creations which look like your own little worlds and wanted to try to make one. I finally did.
Here is a step-by-step guide of how I make little world photography, using the Polar Coordinates filter in Photoshop.
First, we will need to choose the image to work with. Ideally, a Little World is supposed to be a 360 panoramic shot, but it is not necessary.
The trick is to get the edges of your image to match perfectly when they are connected in the end. You can make two types of images using this technique: your own little planet, looking something like this:
1. Let’s start with the first version of the little world. I had a panoramic shot which I made using the panorama setting on my cell phone.
2. To get our little world we will have to flip the image upside down.
3. To do so go: Image>Image Rotation>Flip Canvas Vertical. Now we have an upside-down image. Next, we will need to resize our little world image and make it square.
4. Go to Image>Image size and set for width the same number as your height is. Just copy and paste it. Remember to uncheck “Constrain Proportions”.
5. Next click ok, and now we have a square upside-down image. Our little world does not look too impressive, but we have one more step to do.
6. Go to Filter > Distort >Polar Coordinates Choose Rectangular to Polar.
7. Click OK. Now rotate and crop the image as you like. That’s it! We have our little world photograph!
The last thing you can do is to add some finishing touches. Play a little bit with the contrast levels, maybe boost the hue/saturation sliders or tweak the colour balance to get the colours you want.
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