These interesting photos go by various namings -polar panorama, panorama and polar, little planet, planet panoramas, 360 degree panorama, etc but they all mean the same thing. It is created with a panorama photo under one of Photoshop’s Distort filter, Polar Coordinates.
They are not as hard to create as they looked. In this article, we attempt to show you how some of the nicest Polar Panorama photos we’ve found, together with Photoshop tutorials to that help you to create them. Full list after jump.
Merdeka Square
by riefa
Baroque Planet
by Simon The Fox
The Planet of Detroit
by firelog1970
The 99th Planet
by jeckham
Sydney Polar Panorama
by datazoid
Roudnice Railway Station
by miniplaneter
Sultan Ahmet Polar Panaroma
by Nikolof
PlanetIMAX
by olliollio
Planet of Perth
by scotteek
Planet New York
by isaac-and-his-mind
Planet Mars Cyvilization
by hot360
Planet Kharkiv
by mudakisa
Paris s’éveille
by gadl
My Little World
by smileyno1
Minatomirai Bridge
by drachenman
Manhattan Skyline
by Athalfred
Lightning Ridge
by datazoid
Interact Globe
by Sarah Lee
Hamburg Rathausplatz Planet
by konderminator
Eglise Lumière
by clic me
Berlin Alex Polar Pano
by suckup
Eglise Notre-Dame
by jeromebg
How to create one?
These tutorials are created with Photoshop with your existing panorama photos. If Photoshop is not at your disposal, try usng GIMP
Create your very own planet
Rames of Adobetuts gives you an idea how to create a polar panorama in 10 simple steps.
How to Create Your Own Planets Using Your Panorama
Another great Photoshop tutorial by Photojojo.
More Examples
Flickr: Create Your Own Planets
Flickr group with more than 2300 members sharing about 6000 polar panorama photos.
Flickr: Polar Panoramas – A smaller group but yet sharing some really stunning photos.
Compfight Search – Random search with CompFight Flickr Search
World’s best photo of panorama and polar
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Posted by hongkiat in Inspiration , at 04.27.09 |
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Comments
Ramy April 27th, 2009
Damn… how nice are those. Thanks.
ReplyJustin April 27th, 2009
Cool, thanks`
ReplyBrandon April 28th, 2009
Those are stinkin’ cool. What a unique perspective on ordinary places. Love it!
ReplyHowToWinAtVideoPoker April 28th, 2009
Me too… awesome stuff.
ReplyGeckoandFly April 28th, 2009
hmm… would be nice if those are wallpapers
ReplyKendall April 28th, 2009
What a fun technique! It’s almost a little dizzying!
ReplyDanh ba web 2.0 April 28th, 2009
Nice post. Good job !
ReplyVim April 28th, 2009
These are really cool, i especially like Baroque Planet. has anybody tried the tutorial?
Replyrohin April 28th, 2009
very nice HK , This actually reminds me of the box art for the game SimCity
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LakeHavasuSpringbreak April 28th, 2009
Just great, thanks for the post.
ReplyLangleyBingoPalace April 29th, 2009
Nice, alot of imagination for this
Replytcmean April 29th, 2009
This is cool.
Replydev.My April 29th, 2009
Great, very beautiful
ReplyButch Decossas April 30th, 2009
Cool. I really like it. Butch Decossas
ReplyLouisianaLottoResults May 1st, 2009
Very nice, I really like it… good job!
ReplyRahul Chowdhury May 2nd, 2009
Thanks for the Photos, and the Tutorials Hongkiat, they are really great.
ReplyGearModa May 7th, 2009
These are simply amazing!
Replyvenkat May 12th, 2009
These are really awesome and very cool .
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The designs are awesome and Looks like unimaginable
Replyseo faqs November 21st, 2009
stunning-polar-panorama-photos are amazing and excellent
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