Planets

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1. Crop a landscape into a long narrow panorama or take multiple shots and stitch them together into a panoramic photo. Planets work best if a complete 360 degree view is used so the left and right edges line up with each other.


2. Select Image Size from the Image Menu. Uncheck the "Constrain Proportions" box and make the width and height the same. (You're squishing the image to fit into a square.)

3. Flip the image upside down. (Image: Rotate Canvas: 180, degrees)

4. Now rotate it into a ball using the Polar Coordinates Filter. Go up to the Filter menu down to Distort and select Polar Coordinates. Make sure Rectangular to Polar is selected and click OK.

5. Touch up the seam to make it blend "seamlessly".

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From "Rethinking Digital Photography by John Neel"

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