sunsparkler orb

Was taught this trick by another fellow photo friend....

Start with a square-cropped image.

In photo editing software ( I use PS:elements) do these three steps;

1) Under the "Filters" menu, select "Distort"
> and then select "Polar Coordinates."
>> and the "Convert Polar to Rectangle" option

2) Flip the distorted image (180˚)
 to bring it back right side up.

3) Again, go under the "Filters" menu, and select "Distort"
> and then select "Polar Coordinates."
>> and this time use the the "Convert Rectangle to Polar" option.

Save your pretty orb.... ;-)