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Post by tonyw on Jan 14, 2019 20:29:45 GMT
I thought we should start the new year off with something simple and it's been a while since we orbed! I was introduced to orbs by the late Wendy Williams. You can read more about them at: www.billbarberphoto.com/category/orbs/ , there's an active facebook group where you can see lots of examples at: www.facebook.com/groups/181794065304487/ and many of the forum participants here have posted orbed image examples before. The instructions for creating orbs are very simple. 1. Crop your image into a square - to make a perfect orb it needs to be a perfect square.
2. Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates and select Polar to Rectangular
3. Image>Rotate>Flip Vertical
4. Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates and select Rectangular to PolarThese instructions work in every version of Elements. In Photoshop the only difference is that Flip Vertical is under Edit>Transform Although every image will make an orb what it looks like depends very much on the image and how it's cropped. It's quick and easy to experiment. What you do after step 4 is up to you - feel free to experiment and, if you remember, tell us what you did. Happy 2019 Orbing and Have Fun! Tony |
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Post by kdcintx on Jan 14, 2019 21:31:25 GMT
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Post by tonyw on Jan 14, 2019 22:36:52 GMT
Very nice too! Thanks for getting us started. I'm still working on my example as it didn't quite do what I wanted first time.
Tony
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Post by hmca on Jan 14, 2019 23:10:54 GMT
Haven't tried this in a long time! Thanks for the links......some beautiful submissions in the FB group. Good idea to include the original, Karen! Here are mine:   Duplicated and set blend mode to soft light to darken the perimeter. |
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Post by Lillias on Jan 14, 2019 23:52:36 GMT
Both of these are beautiful ladies...
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 15, 2019 0:30:53 GMT
Tony, you brought up a favorite of the crowds. I love orbs! Thanks for fuelling my addiction! 
- Applied Topaz Glow. - Created the frame effect with Filter Forge (Smoke Frame).
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Post by Tpgettys on Jan 15, 2019 0:38:35 GMT
For this one I deleted the black before applying the Orb actions, the put a texture layer behind it. The original was from some experiments with the polarization filter. | Orb | Original |  |  |
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Post by Tpgettys on Jan 15, 2019 4:17:12 GMT
Original from Pixabay. 4 copies to make 4-fold symmetry, then applied the orb actions. The background layer is essentially the original.  |
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 15, 2019 4:36:10 GMT
Orbs are like potato chips. We can't just have one.
- Applied Topaz ReStyle.
- Applied the Emboss filter (Filter>Stylize). - Created the final effect with a template by LeGraficano.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jan 15, 2019 5:11:53 GMT
"Orbs are like potato chips. We can't just have one." HA HA! "GDPs in USA, Canada and elsewhere take sharp downturn: economists confused" But we know why.  Northern lights. I flipped the final image upright as it look wrong being upside down.  Original ...  |
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Post by Tpgettys on Jan 15, 2019 5:52:27 GMT
The images below might be helpful in developing an intuition about what is going to end up where with this effect. The first thing I noticed was that the middle square became the outer border. After that, the areas above, below and to each of the sides dominate, the four corners taking a lesser role. | Before | After |  |  |
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Post by Lillias on Jan 15, 2019 15:00:21 GMT
I used my entry for the Endless Possibilities Challenge for this challenge. Thanks Tony...  |
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Post by hmca on Jan 15, 2019 15:28:19 GMT
Tom, like your rope orb! Lillias......so delicate.....would make a beautiful paper weight.
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Post by ritage on Jan 15, 2019 18:49:57 GMT
Wow, these have become very sophisticated since the last time we worked with them.
Rita
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 15, 2019 19:49:10 GMT
Orbs are definitely addictive. Blame it on tonyw !
- Applied the Poster Edges filter.
- Applied the Exclusion blending mode, 100% Opacity.
- Applied the Darken blending mode, 100% Opacity.
- Ran the file through Aurora HDR (preset by Serge Ramelli).
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