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There are those special moments in the life of a photographer that suddenly change your view on your hobby (or profession). Here are some of the more notable for me: getting my first analog SLR ( Nikon N2000/F301 in 1988) getting my first digital camera ( Kodak DC120 in 1997) Discovering a software that could stitch together photos into a seamless panorama (MGI PhotoVista 2.0 in 2002) Discovering the rather simple instructions on “How to create your own planets” To make a long story short: The “Polar Panorama Effect” is one of my favourite ways to process photos into unique pieces of art. It takes a panoramic (or at least a landscape-ish) photo and uses the Polar Coordinates filter of Photoshop or The Gimp to create a circular image that seems to wrap the panorama around a planet. Here are two samples for you to get an idea:
detailed tutorial "how to create your own planets"
last update: August 18 th 2007 Table of Contents What is that? In case you haven't already used it, prototype.js is a JavaScript library initially written by Sam Stephenson . This amazingly well thought and well written piece of standards-compliant code takes a lot of the burden associated with creating rich, highly interactive web pages that characterize the Web 2.0 off your back.
Using Prototype 1.4