How To Create a Spherical Collage in Photoshop
Learn how to make a spherical photo collage using the Elliptical marquee tool and spherize filter in Photoshop.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:18 Resize all images
02:14 Create Contact Sheet
03:41 Draw circle selection
03:59 Copy selection to a New Layer
04:33 Apply Spherize Filter
05:21 Create Reflection
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Steps to make a spherical collage in Photoshop.
1. Open an image.
Choose File-Open.
2. Create an action to resize images.
Open the Action panel, choose Windows-Actions (or Alt+F9).
Click the Create new Action icon in the Action panel.
Named the Action "Images-resize", set to Default Actions then click Record.
3. Perform operations to resize image.
Choose Image- Image Size (or Alt+Ctrl+I).
Enter the following information:
Width 1 cm, Height 1 cm, Resolution 200 px, tick Resample Image, select Bicubic Sharper.
Click OK.
Stop recording by clicking the Stop Playing/Recording button (or press the Esc key).
Close the image, no need to save the resized result.
4. Start resizing all images.
Choose File-Scripts-Image Processor.
Select the source folder that contains your images.
Select the location to save the processed images.
Tick the Save as JPEG checkbox.
Tick the Resize to fit checkbox.
Enter 79px for W and H value.
Tick the Run Action checkbox.
Choose Default Actions and your Action, “Images-Resize”.
Click Run. Wait for a moment until all of your images get resized.
Go to Windows Explorer, double-click the “Resized” folder.
You'll see all the resized images there.
5. Create Contact Sheet.
Choose File - Automate - Contact Sheet II.
In the dialog, under Source Images, choose Use: Folder.
Click Choose...and navigate to the folder that contains your images. Click OK.
6. Document settings.
Under Document, choose Width, Height, and Resolution values for the contact sheet file,
and also choose Mode, Bit Depth, and Color Profile settings.
Uncheck Flatten All Layers if you want to have a separate image layer (with a mask) for each image.
7. Thumbnails settings.
Under Thumbnails, choose a Place option for the order of thumbnails,
and the desired number of Columns and Rows.
Check Use Auto-Spacing to let Photoshop calculate the spacing between images.
Uncheck Rotate for Best Fit to have the images keep their original orientation.
8. Caption settings.
Uncheck Font if you don’t want to have a caption containing the file name appear below each image.
Click OK. Please wait for a moment, while Photoshop opens each image and creates the contact sheet.
9. Merge all the layers.
While holding the Shift key, click all the layers in the Layer Panel then choose Layer-Merge Layers (Ctrl+E).
10. Draw a circle selection.
Select the Elliptical Marquee tool.
To draw a circle selection, drag the mouse in the document window
while holding down the Shift key to keep the circle selection does not distort.
If you want to move the selection, drag your mouse while pressing the space bar.
11. Copy the selection to a new Layer.
Choose Layer-New-Layer via copy (Ctrl+J).
In the Layers panel, the selection is copied in a new layer just above the Background layer.
12. Add canvas size (Optional).
Choose Image- Canvas Size.
In the pop-up window, I’ll change the Width with 3000 pixels,
click the Relative checkbox and choose center Anchor.
13. Load selection.
Click the new layer to make it active then Ctrl+Click on its thumbnail to load selection.
14. Apply Spherize filter.
Choose Filter- Distort-Spherize.
Set 100% for Amount and Normal for the Mode. Click OK.
Choose Select-Deselect to remove the selection.
15. Duplicate layer to create reflection.
Choose Layer-Duplicate layer.
Select the duplicate layer on the Layers Panel.
You can change its size using Free Transform (Ctrl+T).
Select the Move Tool from the Tools panel.
Move the duplicate layer down below the original layer by click and drag, while holding down the Shift key.
Choose Edit-Transform-Flip Vertical to flip it vertically.
16. Add a layer mask.
Choose Layer-Layer Mask-Reveal All to add a Layer Mask to the reflection layer.
17. Create a reflection.
Select the Gradient tool.
Choose Black to White color and Linear Gradient in the options bar.
Make sure the layer mask is selected by clicking on it.
Drag mouse in the document window to create a reflection effect.
18. Group Layers.
Click the sphere and reflection layer while pressing the Shift key then choose Layer-Group Layers.
19. Duplicate the Spherical Collage.