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geestring

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:08 pm    Post subject: circular shape Reply with quote

http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e/images/AE11_Step01_w_e.jpg

im doing a AE tutorial, and it calls for a material made in photoshop... says very briefly to use polar coord to get that....

I couldnt get a shape like that.
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ekosh

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

can we have a link to the actual tutorial you are doing so we can see how they have pretext it please :)
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geestring

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e/ae11_e.html

says use polar coord on line.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Polar Coordinates is found in the Filter Palette. There are only two variations on the theme I believe. You can always use F1 for help whilst in Photoshop if you are stuck.
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geestring

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sorry.... I know where the polar coord effect is... i've used it in different tutorials to create a swirly distrorted effect....

but how would i make a perfect circular effect with the polar effect... with a line?

you cant just apply the effect... theres more to it.
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ekosh

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hmm yeah im baffled as well as to how they created it. someone figure it out and teach us
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geestring

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i may have done it before without knowing... i believe it requires multiple polar and some rotating...
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Datameister

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's not too hard. Create a square document (not rectangular). Then make a horizontal line somewhere in the top half of the document and apply the Polar Coordinates filter, using the "Rectangular to Polar" option. The line should become a circle. You can apply this same principle to to other images. The horizontal length of the line affects how much of the circle it fills; the verticle width of the line affects how thick the donut is. How high up the line is affects the radius of the circle. Now just experiment with applying these principles to other images and you'll be on your way to creating images like the one in the tutorial.
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