- Open an image that you want to appear as though it was photographed with a fish-eye lens.
- Select the Crop tool.
- Click at the top of the image and, while holding down the SHIFT key, drag the tool to the bottom of the image. When you hold down the SHIFT key, you constrain the cropping box to a square, which is perfect for a fish-eye look.
- Click the Commit button on the options bar (it looks like a check box). Alternatively, you can press ENTER or RETURN.
Select the Elliptical Marquee tool and create a circular section that stretches from top to bottom and side to side, as shown next. Remember, to create a perfect circle, hold down the SHIFT key while dragging. Press the SPACEBAR momentarily to move the selection while creating it.
- Choose Filter | Distort | Spherize.
Drag the Amount slider to 100, as shown here.
- Click OK to apply the filter.
- Choose Select | Inverse.
- Choose Edit | Fill to open the Fill dialog box.
Click the down arrow to the right of the Use field and choose Black from the drop-down menu, as shown below.
- Click OK to fill the selection.
Choose Select | Deselect. The following image shows an image with this effect applied.
- http://tech.yahoo.com/gd/adding-a-fish-eye-lens-effect-to-your-digital-photos/191761;_ylt=Ai1X6XnIJ8v6q5uUjcw6kuYvLZA5
Monday, July 30, 2007
Adding a Fish-Eye Lens Effect to Your Digital Photos
