I've noticed an interest in my old spinning globe post. Today, I relearned how to make them. That led me to amazing circles and relearning how to make them. The results are not as good as I used to be able to make, but it is a beginning for something to do in the winter. If it ever comes. I have put some links here if you are interested in them, also. You need GIMP (free) for the globes and Photoshop Elements (not free but my version is 11 which is very old) for the amazing circles. I'm pretty sure you can use GIMP for the circles, too. These globes and circles really are not of much use, but are fun to create and pretty to look at.
The top globe was created from this white trillium photo below.
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| White trillium |
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| Musk mallow spinning globe from 15 years ago. |
For the GIMP spinning globe, I followed this video. Do it exactly as it shows, especially the file type at the end of the file name.
This winter I will play with getting rid of the seam in the globes, as chatted about here:
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| An amazing circle made today from musk mallow photo. |
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| The original musk mallow photo. |
For the amazing circles in Elements, I decided to cut and paste the instructions from the Amusives blog:
The technique for making Amazing Circles is similar to above.a. Enhance the photo as desired.
b. Choose the Crop Tool (looks like a knife, sort of). Select a Fixed Aspect ratio of 1:1 and select the area you want to use.
c. From the menu bar, choose Filters- Distorts- Polar Coordinates. Uncheck the “To Polar” button. Okay.
d. From the menu bar, choose Image- Transform- Flip Vertically.
e. From the menu bar, choose Filters- Distorts- Polar Coordinates again. Check the “To Polar” button. OK.
f. The resulting circle may not have the background color you desire. Use the Color Picker Tool to select a color from the image. Then use the Paint Bucket Tool to fill the background.
I hope this helps those of you who are interested and have to fill a long, boring winter with something. If there are any questions, I'll see them in the comments and do my best to help.
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What a fun little creativity clinic! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteThe spinning globes are cool, very creative and fun. Love the flowers!
Have a great day!
The spinning globes are beautiful images, thanks.
ReplyDeleteLooks fun to try when I get free on the weekends
ReplyDeletePretty flowers and cool spinners too!
ReplyDeleteMy winter promises to be full of work. Maybe someday i can explore such things.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool!
ReplyDeleteo dear ! those iamges are busy! :) :)
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