I did this work outside of lesson time as I had seen some panoramic circle images like these and wished to product some of my own. To create these little 'planets' I dragged a image into Photoshop that I had took myself in Kenya, below is a picture of the safari we went on whilst in Africa. All these images featured are my own photography and are from my trip to Kenya.
I then create a new document and dragged the same image into it. I flipped the image horizontally as this ensures when the two photos come together there is no line and the joint is seamless when it becomes a circle.
I went back to the first document and dragged the second horizontal image in so I had both images on the one document next to each other.
The next step I followed was to merge the two layers and rotate them 180' degrees so that they were upside down. As if you don't rotate them you will create a tunnel instead of a planet circle.
Then go to Image Size and change the Height to the same as the Width number. This turns the two images into a squished square. This ensures that when it is a circle the image is perfectly square and there is no need to adjust it.
Finally go to Filter, Distort and click Polar Coordinates. This will create a panoramic circle which looks like a planet and can create beautiful eye catching effects. I did this numerous times for a variety of images.
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