Awesome. Saw this one in panorama contest and wanted to give it a try. Looks to be pretty straightforward.
(297 days ago)Photoshop Tutorial: How To Create A Circle Polyorama
In this tutorial we're going to make such a polyorama with a bunch of photos. It is pretty basic and works for photoshop CS and over.

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Step 1
The first thing you'll need is a 360 degree panorama. This is made by using a camera on a
tripod and shoot. Then rotate the camera a bit and take the next shot until you have images
covering 360 degrees or more.
More info on panos can be found here:
http://augusteo.com/2009/05/06/tutorial-learn-how-to-do-panorama-photography-part-1-the-photo-
shooting/

Step 2
In this step we will use Photoshops built in panorama stitcher, Photomerge.
To open Photomerge go through File-> Automate -> Photomerge.

Step 3
When Photomerge is open choose "browse" and go to the folder your image is in. then select
the first image in the pano, hold shift and press the last one. this selects all the photos between
the first and the last image. To deselect one or more images hold CTRL and press the image you
want to select/deselect.

Step 4
The images will line up in the list ready to be stitched. Check "Auto", "Mix images" and
"Geometric distortion correction"
Then hit "OK"

Step 5
This will take some time (a lot if you have a slow/busy computer or a panorama that is hard to make for Photoshop) So don't try this at home (if you are busy or don't have time)

Step 6
This is what you should come up with. (There will be separate layers and layermasks for every single image.)
i merged them though.

Step 7
Now you have to crop the panorama into only a 360 degree one, or else you end result will look like...crap... If you have a panorama that is less then 360 degrees make sure the start and end of the image looks the same and fits "into" each other.

Step 8
Now you'll open "image size" image -> imagesize (or Ctrl+alt+i)
Make sure "keep proportions" are unchecked. Then insert the height number into the length one. This will give you a complete squared image (that looks like crap)

Step 9
Now rotate the image 180 degrees, image-> image rotation -> 180. You'll now have an crappy looking upside down image. So get ready for magic.

Step 10
The magic comes when you play around with the image coordinates (it sounds more fancy then it really is)
This is made by going into filters -> distortion -> polar coordinates.

Step 11
Make sure "rectangular to polar" is checked. Then hit OK and BOOM!

Step 12
Welcome to my world :)

Step 13
This is what i came up with after some cloning work and color corrections.
Try it out and show me your results! Good luck!

34 Comments:
its cool
(297 days ago)nice tut....worth to try it....!
(297 days ago)nice tut....worth to try it....!
(297 days ago)Great !!! I'll try it when I go back home !
(296 days ago)good
(296 days ago)it's polArama (as in Polar coordinates), not polYOrama
(296 days ago)Guest, it's polyorama:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/polyorama
Polarama can't be found in the dictionary.
Polorama, polarama or polyrama. doesn't really matters.
And thanks for the appretiation guys 
Nice job!(:
(296 days ago)its amazing.... thank you so much and it really was a great help....
(296 days ago)Thanks Lodd!...It really works! Congratulation and thanks again for your effort!
(295 days ago)good tut. i like it
(295 days ago)Thanks a lot! I've been trying to make a picture like this for a month now.. & now i know how.
(295 days ago)Great tutorial Lodd. Well Done! Did not think it was that easy 
nys one
(294 days ago)very amaizing
رائعه جدا
Can't wait to take some photos to try this on. Thanks.
(286 days ago)I am trying this, but I don't understand step 7 - Now you have to crop the panorama into only a 360 degree one.
How do you crop to 360 with the crop tool? I do understand the part about starting the stopping with the images that fit. Thanks.
Es genial,buen trabajo.
(282 days ago)Hi gigi, you have to crop it so the ends fits into each other. try not to crop and you'll notice the difference.
Gracie delma, Me no hablo espanol
) that's about the words i know in spanish 
cool
(265 days ago)amazing just amazing,
visit my site also http://www.OKApixel.com thanks 
it looks better if you clone out the centre where all the points meet. then it looks more genuine. look at Abduzeedo.com and check out make little planets tutorial. it explains this in more depth
(249 days ago)Great
(223 days ago)ooh....have wanted to do this for so long...as Christmas pressies for my friends - a polyorama of their neigborhood...neat! Now i know how. Excellent tutorial...and in my own language: Tusen takk!
(217 days ago)This is great! I'm going to give my mum one of her garden as a pressie. Thanks for taking the time to write this!
(197 days ago)I've been wondering for a while how to do this. Great tutorial, thanks so much!
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(140 days ago)great tutorial!
(123 days ago)Great!!!
(65 days ago)Thank you, thank you so much....
Awesome tutorial!!!
I'll try this soon!!
*excited*
Good one!
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