hello everyone, welcome back to illphocorphics in today's tutorial i will show
you how can you create an awesome circular stretch effect in Photoshop I
show you all the steps tricks and all the method to create this awesome
circular stretch effect I try my best to explain all these things so that
everyone can create this awesome stretch effect if you are a beginner you can
also easily create this awesome effect help that you will like this tutorial so
watch the tutorial carefully until the end and learn how can you also create a
circular stretch effect in Photoshop don't forget to tell me your valuable
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yet so let's start today's tutorial
now we are here in the magical world of Photoshop I have downloaded this dancer
image for today's project I will use this image to show you how can you
create a circular stretch effect in Photoshop if you want to download this
image and also the PSD file of this tutorial you can check the link in the
description first press ctrl or command + J to make a duplicate layer go to the
tool bar and take quick selection tool now select the model take your time and
select the model properly
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now we just select the model next apply ask
invisible the background image
go to the tool bar and take crop tool increase the size
I took YouTube thumbnail size you can choose as you like
hit okay now we need to fill the background
create a blank layer back to the model go to edit
fill and fill it with white
invisible the model layer go to the tool bar and take gradient tool
go to the option and click shows a color that you like to use for the background
I will use this blue gradient for the background
okay now to the middle and drag to the outside
we will use the redial style gradient for the background not other styles
go back and n click to the middle and drag to
outside
you can see it creates a gradient visible the model image now we will
create our circular stretch effect for that first we need to get a sample to
create a circular stretch effect to get the sample go the toolbar and take a
rectangular marquee tool click and drag make a selection
now select the model we need to remove the mask from the
model image
select apply now or command + J to make a new layer with
the selection press ctrl or command + T and make the selection big at a length
if you are using Photoshop CC 2019 you need to press shift if you are using
less than CC 2019 you don't need to press shift hit okay
take that to the top
and go to filter distort and polar coordinates
select the rectangular to polar that okay for our project
okay now invisible the polar and select the model layer go to the toolbar and
tag ellipse tool create circle shape if you press shift it will keep its
proportion or you can create any size create the shape match the circle with
model top leg and bottom leg
now it's perfect next visible the a circle image press alt or option on
your keyboard and create a clipping mask press ctrl or command + T on your
keyboard and match the polar circle with the circle shape it will make the polar
as a perfect circle
now press alt or option on your keyboard and release the clipping mask and delete
the background circle shape take the polar circle back to the model now you
can see we created that circular effect next we will make all the adjustment to
make the circular stretch effect select the Polar Circle image layer and apply a
layer mask go to the tool bar and take gradient tool
click to the preset and choose black to transparent
click to the outside and drag
it will create that fade effect bah and take brush tool we are going to
remove the top area select the mask change the foreground color into black
increase the opacity and flow 100% now go closer and remove
be sure to increase the hardness 100% then remove this area
now you can see we create that circle stretch effect next we need to make some
final adjustments to make that effect more attractive and gorgeous create a
shadow first select the model image layer and press ctrl or command + J to
make a duplicate layer select the down layer press ctrl or command on your
keyboard and click to the thumbnail of the layer it will create a selection for
the model go to edit fill and fill it with black
okay press ctrl or command + D to deselect use your keyboard to position
the black layer
goto filter blur and take Gaussian blur in
prease the blur to create that shadow
it's perfect okay
to the toolbar and take the arrays of tool increase the size be sure the
hardness 0% and remove the top area shadow
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now that's perfect and I am happy with that shadow you can make the adjustment
as you like next we will colorize the effect create a blank layer
Toolbar and take brush tool choose a deep blue color
change the blending mode of the layer into color dodge
decrease the opacity adjust the brush size press the right button on your
mouse and decrease the hardness 0% and apply apply the color where you like to
apply
now select the background layer and create a blank layer
blending mood into color dodge
change the color choose a blue cyan color
and apply the color to all over to the image
make some adjustments
now we will color pop up to out circular effect
select the polar image layer go to the adjustment layer and take vibrance press
the right button on your mouse and create a clipping mask increase the
vibrance then select the top layer go to the
adjustment layer again and take vibrance increase the vibrance
go to the adjustment layer again and take brightness and contrast increase
the contrast
the shadow go to the toolbar and take the ellipse
tool
at a circle change the color into black
go to the filter blur and take Gaussian blur select rasterize adjust the blur as
you like
it okay press control or command
and adjust the size be sure to press shift on your keyboard take the shadow
to the bottom
decrease the opacity
and that's done next and the final step we will
turning to the image to do that select the first layer press Shift + ctrl + Alt
+ E to merge all the layer into one layer if you are using mac you need to
press Shift + command + option + E to merge all the layers into one layer
press ctrl or command + J to make a duplicate layer go to filter others and
take high pass crease the radius
okay
into soft light now we are done we create our circular stretch effect in
Photoshop let's see our final output
now I just show you all the process to create an awesome circular stretch
effect in Photoshop I try my best to show you all the process so that you can
understand the tricks to create this awesome effect you can use your own
image to create this effect follow my step to create that effect I hope you
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