Quick Digital Imaging Tip 36/101: Swirl It!

This is tip #36 of 101 digital imaging tips I plan to post here over the next few months. Stay tuned.

Today's tip: Swirl It!

It's fun and easy to create the swirl effect in Photoshop. Here's how to do it:

• Open an image.
• Go to Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates > Polar to Rectangular.
• Go to Image > Flip Canvas Vertically
• Go to Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates > Rectangular to Polar.

That's it.

Explore the light,
Rick