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HOW TO CREATE AN ORB!

11/19/2016

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Not every image will make a good orb. Flowers make a great orb as they are colorful and their petals and stems make the orb interesting.

After you open the image in Photoshop crop it to a square.  See image below:

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After cropping click on Filter >Distort>Polar Coordinates. Making sure it is Polar to Rectangular. Then click Okay.

My image will look like this. Pretty weird, huh?

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Now click on Image>Image Rotation>Flip Canvas Vertical. There are no actual steadfast rules. You could always skip the flip if you like.   Now my images looks like this below.

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Now to get an orb. Click on Filter Distort Polar Coordinates. Do make sure you switch back to Rectangular to Polar. Then click Okay. Make any adjustments like adding Vibrance and sharpening. I also rotated mine clockwise as I didn't like it on it's side. See the image at the top of the Blog post for my finished image:

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Couple of things to keep in mind. If you didn't crop your picture to a square it won't be an orb. If you leave the image wider than it is tall it will be an oval. Remember as I said above there are no rules in this. Just play around and have fun.

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