How to make Pano Planets

[mbettik]

I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to make planet like pictures with Paint.net similar to these at DDOI and Flickr:

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/07/06/20/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshsommer ... g_planets/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sammphoto/ ... wnplanets/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickhof ... g_planets/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewnemo ... wnplanets/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brads365da ... g_planets/

I am trying to use the [Effects > Distort > Polar Inversion] tool in Paint.net and I am not coming anywhere close to the images above.

[Crazy Man Dan]

Are those stitched and warped images, or are those actual Panorama shots? They make cameras that take 360-degree images like that.

[MadJik]

1.New image size 800x800 or more (must be a square)

2.Add you picture up side down in the 1/4 bottom part of the image (for 800x800, your image should be placed at 0,600 to 800,800).

3.Use the rect2polar inversion...

4.Arrange the center and the border line to have a seemless circle (the best is to have a seemless picture before the rect2polar inversion).

5.Effect/Distort/Bulge : -200px

You could try to place your picture closer to the center...

[mbettik]

Madjik--

How exactly do I do rectangular to polar conversion in Paint.net??

My version only shows one option [Effects > Distort > Polar Inversion]. I don't see an option for rectangular to polar.

Also, what does this statement mean?

"2.Add you picture up side down in the 1/4 bottom part of the image (for 800x800, your image should be placed at 0,600 to 800,800)."

I understand that I need to resize to a square shaped image, but what does the rest of that mean?

[spike 121]

polar to rect is a plugin, just use search

[MadJik]

You need the plugins:

-Rectangular to Polar Conversion plug-in http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=1849

-Seamless Texture Maker (ymd:070620) http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=5334

1.Choose a picture.

http://content.answers.com/main/content ... ldings.JPG

or

http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/international- ... _water.jpg

2.Resize the picture to make it square:

3.Use the seamless texture maker mode 0:

4.With the rectangle selection tool, select the middle of the image. Press M to switch to move mode. Drag the top-center nod up out the image:

5.Effect/Distort/Rect2Pol...

[Lpainter]

There is no Rectangular to Polar Conversion plug-in.

 

The link http://paintdotnet.1...opic.php?t=1849 404's

 

 

 

[Ego Eram Reputo]

That's because it's EIGHT years old. It even predates the current forum host. Which is one of the reasons we forbid posting on old threads.

 

You've been a member of this forum for long enough to know about Forum Rule #11

 

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