How to make an Orb of Life

[creampuff]

Here's two from me

Way cool stuff on this thread.

 

[Redsun]

Here's two from me

Way cool stuff on this thread.

Nice 1

 

[Kit]

siamese merlions. redo an earlier image.

 

[night86mare]

Hehe~ You miss out the Eye of London leh~ ;p

mickey mouse says hi and thanks for asking about him :bsmilie::bsmilie:

 

[night86mare]

a few more:

 

[eikin]

somemore!

 

[Yoshima]

WOWOWW :bigeyes:
All addicted !

But mine always can see the line ..its becoz of the merge? :dunno:

 

[eikin]

WOWOWW :bigeyes:
All addicted !

But mine always can see the line ..its becoz of the merge? :dunno:

nothing wrong with having the line, use it as part of the picture ;p if you don't start with a symmetrical image the line will surely appear

 

[eikin]

somemore!

 

[Redsun]

WAAA
some VERY nice ORBS here!!!:bigeyes:
Now must go out and take some nice pics for ORBing:bsmilie:

 

[Yoshima]

nothing wrong with having the line, use it as part of the picture ;p if you don't start with a symmetrical image the line will surely appear

....I think i get one of the step wrong ... tats why i didnt get the round shape rite.. always see the line in between..no round enuff...

 

[Kit]

This is created from 4 duplicates instead of the usual 2.

 

[eikin]

....I think i get one of the step wrong ... tats why i didnt get the round shape rite.. always see the line in between..no round enuff...

post here and see?

 

[Reflection]

OK! Now you got a wedding photographer interested. Hahahah!

 

[Golgotha]

You guys are poisonous! I'm supposed to be studying and argh stumbled into this addictive thread!;p

 

[dahaoren]

Some of mine!

 

[All Blue]

hi redsun,

i've tried to multiply the width by 2 but it didn't work for me. instead, i've tried to multiply by 1 and then it worked. anyone having same problem like me?

Reference to the thread for what is an Orb Of Life(Term coined by Falconite)

http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=327040

First of all,you need an image..of course...you need not use an image that is very high res.
Use something smaller because we will be multiplying the size of the canvas.I used a size of about 800x600.You can use any size around there.
This is the image that i am going to use


Step 1
Open up the image,and double click on the layer to unlock the layer

Next,go to Image->Canvas size and look at the width of the image.Mine is 800 so i multiply by 2 which is 1600.Its very important that you multiply by 2.Thats why i said don't use a large image.Imagine if you're using a high res image with a width of 3506.

press ok and you will see the long canvas

Step 2
This step is pretty important
Now you see your image on the blank canvas.
Press Ctrl+A to select all,Press Ctrl+C to copy the layer,and press Ctrl+V to paste the layer
of course,you can right click on the layer and select Duplicate layer too
So now,you have 2 layers of the same image.
click on the bottom layer,press Ctrl+A.and then,Layer->Align layers to selection,Left edge
Click on the top layer,Ctrl+A if everything not selected,Layer->Align layers to selection,RIGHT edge
The idea is to use the 2 images to fill up the canvas side by side.Now,go to Edit->Transform->Flip horizontal to flip 1 of the image so they look symmetrical

Step 3
Click on the topmost layer,and merge the layers(Ctrl+E)or Layer->Merge Down
My image looks inverted doesnt it?Yes next step is to invert the image
Image->Transform->Flip vertical
Go to image->image size and look at the width and height.
Uncheck constrain proportions and change the height to be exactly the same as the width
Mine is 1600 and now you have a stretched ugly image

Last step!
Go to filter->Distort->Polar Coordinates
Select Rectangle to Polar and press ok

Ta daaaaaaaaa
You have your Orb of life!!


I hope i have made this guide clear and easy to understand
Hope to see Orbs from you guys!

 

[Golgotha]

1 more!:bsmilie:

 

[Yoshima]

Some of mine!

NICE!

 

[Yoshima]

1 more!:bsmilie:

Cool Image!