You wanna make a photoglobe? Okay! I tell you, it's really easy!
Of course you'll need a photo. I'll use this one. Download it and we can start.
1.
Okay. Ready? Fine! Open the image and select the Elliptical Marquee Tool and draw a circle with downholding shift, like this:
2.
Open a new image.
Width: 300
Height: 300
Resolution: 300ppi
Mode: RGB Color
Use background color, which should be black. You can use the transparent one, too, but I prefer black.
3.
Back to our picture. Copy the selected circle and paste it into the new black background.
Select the Magic Wand Tool and click on the background. Then Select -> Inverse.
4.
Now Filter -> Distort -> Spherize with an amount of 30.
5.
Copy Layer 1.
Choose the Magic Wand Tool, click on the background, Select -> Inverse and then right click on Layer 2 an Blending Options.
Enter these settings:
(I know, some things are difficult to read...
Altitude: 30)
(Distance: 10
Size: 15px)
Now it should look like that:
6.
Deselect the picture (Select -> Deselect<7B>), click on Layer 2 and press Ctrl + E two times.
Finished!
If you make a globe feel free to send it to me. I'd really like to see them.:)
More Tutorials:
Photoglobes