Polar Distort by CFandM

Polar Distort by CFandM
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/10289.html

And one the variations available that gets a very good effect

For more examples, see this thread here

http://www.filterforge.com/forum/read...5&TID=9300

A checkerboard composition collage converted with this great filter

And here is what this filter is mainly supossed to be used for

And here is the same image but using the the inverted polar distortion to create a ring

Thanks Morgantao, here is another one with the Hong Kong Panoramic view from the Peak Tower mountain.

And here another one

And this simple one

The sources photos for the Paint Splashes are this ones here in the same order as above

This one is from a very old metallic bridge very rusted, aged and worn

Here is the original source photo of the bridge before the polar distortion

And this is a large group of colorful crystal Agata stones joined toghether

And here is a beautiful Amethyst crystal stone polar distorted to a ball

Wow! Fantastic examples, SpaceRay!

And using the inverted option

VERY IMPORTANT WHEN USING THIS FILTER

Please be aware that when using this filter is VERY IMPORTANT the orientation of the photo you are going to use !!!

Look at the above concert photo, ALL is straight and have a horizontal layout, so with this kind of photos is the best ones to get the best from this filters. Also is the same for Skylines landscapes of cities.

USE PHOTOS THAT ARE HORIZONTAL

Like the concert above or also this examples









AVOID USING VERTICAL PHOTOS - ROTATE THEM TO HORIZONTAL TO USE

You will get very bad results from VERTICAL oriented photos, and will not work right. Please if you have vertical photos, rotate them 90º to make them horizontal and then you can use this filter.

NOT RECOMMENDED HORIZONTAL PHOTOS

As said above I had this source photo as a vertical photo originally, but then I rotated it and could be able to use it to create the above ring of fire, that would not be possible if the photo is not horizontal.

This excellent fire photo is taken from the very high quality and great photos found in the huge collection of www.cgtextures.com

This one here is a composition collage I have made from 4 different photos joined toghether.

Here is the original source photo

SpaceRay: Thank you so much for the extra examples and very useful tips!
Impossible seeing all this and not being tempted to use this magnificent filter!

And perhaps you might think, well, and what happens if you use THIS NEW PHOTO with canvas enlarged inside this Filter Forge Filter ?

Well you can see for yourself here below, for this one I have used the image that is on the post just here above

Here I put a polar distortion using this great filter from CFandM with one of the skyline horizontal photos I have just put in the above posts and is something that this filter makes better than Photoshop

And one last comparison to show ALSO how much better is this filter VS the Polar Coordinates from Photoshop

You can see the bad result that you can get with Photoshop shown here below when compared to the cleaner and less distorted version of CFandM filter in the next post

PHOTOSHOP VERSION HERE

Thanks SpaceRay..Guess you like this filter then.. Might want to post other images thou besides the ones with the watermarks.... They are there for a reason...

Yes and No... Yes because its there logo on that image and then its known where it came from, so free publicity there....Then no because it will be taken off the site quicker then if it did not have a watermark, that is if the stock company decided to send a take down.....
Then there is no image for that post or in some cases a blank spot with a "Image Not Found" or "Blah blah Company made us take this down Blah Blah"...