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Procedure to create “virtual
ornament” images
By Ted Demetriades
I am using Photoshop Elements 4, so depending upon
what you are using, there might be some slight variations but the basic
process should be the same for all versions of Photoshop.
1. Use
the Crop tool to crop a square portion of your selected image.
I’ve been using a 5x5 format for convenience.
You can select a fairly small part of your image and still come
out with a decent “ornament” – with 10 megapixel images I’ve
cropped a section as small as 1/4 of the image.
2. Next,
go to Filter à
Distort à
Polar Coordinates, and select the Polar to Rectangular option.
3. Next,
go to Image à
Rotate à
180 degrees
4. Then
go back to Filter à
Distort à
Polar Coordinates, and this time click on the Rectangular to Polar
option.
That’s all there is to it!
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Editors Note Ted used this procedure for
the image "Kaleidoscope", the first place winner in the April Color
Prints - Advanced. Each of the several "virtual ornaments"
were arranged on separate layers for the composite
image. |
