Add Spherical Filter to Video Clip in Photoshop CS6

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Video: Add Spherical Filter to Video Clip in Photoshop CS6

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You're watching VisiHow. In this video, we're going to show you how to add a spherical filter over a video clip on Photoshop CS6 on Windows 7.

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   In our demonstration, we already have Photoshop open, and we've imported a video

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   We have a preview in the middle, the timeline at the bottom and the layers on the right-hand side panel.

   

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   Because we want to apply a video clip filter, we should ensure that the clip we are working with is a smart object

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   We've shown how to do this in another video on this website. Once it is a smart object, this basically flattens the image as one whole frame. Although that means we can't change the speed or specific details of that clip, we can apply a filter to the entire frame, rather than just on a frame-by-frame basis, as it would be before.

   

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   We should click on the layer that we want to work with

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   Go to the top menu and click on "Filter"

   

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   Go down to "Distort"

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   Then choose "Spherize"

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   This brings up a preview box

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   We can zoom out using the minus sign.

   

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   We can zoom in using the plus sign

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   Alternatively, we can click on the arrow to choose a percentage

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   25 percent is preferred, in order to get an image of the entire clip.

   

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    Change the "Amount" by dragging the scroller left or right

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    We'll notice on the right-hand side that the contour lines are changing

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    When the "Amount" is further to the left, it goes inward

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    As we pull it to the right, it bloats out as a sphere

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    This is almost like a fish eye lens effect, so it can be really good for video clips.

    

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    We can select the "Mode", if we want it to be "Normal", "Horizontal" or "Vertical"

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    This will, of course, depend on our video.

    

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    Then we'll just click "OK" to apply to our canvas

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    Now, that entire video clip has the filter over the top.

    

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    If we'd like, we can hide it on the right-hand side by selecting eye and hiding the "Smart Filters"

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    We could also just select the eye next to the "Spherize" option

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    Alternatively, we could just step backwards to get ride of the filter if we decide we don't want it.

    

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    This is a VisiHow video, and we've just shown you how to add a spherical filter to a video clip on Photoshop CS6 on Windows 7

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    If you have any questions or comments, feel free to add them to the section below, and we'll do our best to get back to you.

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