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    Question Create polar coordiante system

    Hi all,

    I was wondering if anyone knows about a fast and accurate way of creating a polar coordinate system, perhaps even with doted lines as subdividers. I am by no means a mathematical creature so be gentle on me. I could eyeball it in PS but I think it would be a bit tedious. So I politly ask for suggestions?

    Greetings,

    Troedel

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    You can make a rectangular grid in Photoshopand then use the Polar Coordinates filter. There are also a few templates drifting around. Many mapping tools will also do this.

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    if you are referring to remapping a simple cylindrical map to the north and south poles

    gimp has had this built in for at least 10 to 15 years
    gimp 2.8
    filters / distorts/ polar coordinates



    as to a grid
    there are a few ways
    MMPS can do it easily
    http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~arcus/mmps/
    the input image is a all white image ( 2:1)
    Code:
    project stereographic -grid -lat 90 -f input.ppm -out NorthPole.ppm


    Code:
    project stereographic -grid -gridcolor 255:255:255 -lat 90 -f 2k.RGBworld.ppm -out p1.ppm
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    Thank you very much, i will look into that.

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