Photoshop Creative Issue

Round things out

01

Create a 230mm x 310mm file, 300ppi.

Open ‘pex_132983_ocean.jpg’. Go to

Image>Image Size, (uncheck Constrain

Proportions) and resize to 3000x3000px. Go to

Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates, select

Rectangular to Polar. Drag the image to your file.

Adjustments

02

Duplicate the layer once (Cmd/Ctrl+J) and

rotate it 60° counter-clockwise, create a

layer mask and paint over the line to remove it.

Duplicate again, increase the size, create a layer

mask and hide the middle parts. Create a Curves

adjustment layer, move the line down.

Finish the composition

03

Add some adjustment layers to the water,

like Colour Balance and Brightness/

Contrast. Insert ‘pex_241044_man.jpg’ in the

centre and remove unnecessary parts. Add

adjustment layers for the man; Colour Balance,

Brightness/Contrast, Curves and Levels.

Achieve an incredible effect using the Polar Coordinates filter, adjustment layers and

colour corrections. It is a simple and fast effect that is easy to achieve using some basic

techniques and tools in Photoshop. This technique offers countless possibilities of

composition, so feel free to exploit it to its full creative extent.

“It is a simple and fast effect

that is easy to achieve using

some basic techniques”

Bend with Polar Coordinates

Combine this filter with edits to create surreal worlds

SPHERIZE

Go to Filter>Distort>Spherize to bring

more focus on the subject and make

the composition feel more globe-like.

RADIAL BLUR

Use Radial Blur (Filter>Blur>Radial

Blur) to add a touch of motion in a

circle around the image.