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This lesson demonstrates how to create a circular retrospect image. To work along, you can download the start images Here. Unzip the file and open the images onto Photoshop’s workspace. Additionally, you will find the Army font I am using Here.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open your start images onto Photoshop’s workspace.
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Then from the toolbar, activate the circular frame, then activate the Magic Wand Tool.
And set the following attributes into its Options bar.
Now, left-click once, inside the white outline, and it will immediately surround with a selection marquee. Note: If you select outside the white frame, Step Backwards, and reapply the selection marquee.
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The preparation is complete, and your frame is ready for its filter; therefore, from the top menu, choose Filter then select a filter - or plugin, of your choice. I am utilising an Eyecandy 5 (Impact) Chrome filter - and I chose the following (default) settings.
Press Ctrl then D to remove the marquee.
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If your filter has created an extra layer; from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Merge Visible. 
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It is time to fill each quarter with colour. Therefore, set the Foreground colour to a retro orange, as shown below - the HTML code for the orange colour is circled and is
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Now, activate the Paint Bucket Tool. 
And set the following attributes - ensuring Contiguous is ticked.
Then left-click inside the first quarter, and it will fill with orange.
Continue the above steps, and fill the remaining quarters with different colours - remembering to change the Foreground colour accordingly. These are the HTML colours I chose, and they are found at the right-side of the Colour Picker dialogue box.
  
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It is time for the next step; therefore, activate the Move Tool. 
Now, activate the skateboarder image, and drag it onto the circular image.
From the top menu, choose Edit then choose Free Transform - and resize the skateboarder. Transform Tutorial.
Complete the transformation by clicking the Commit transform tick. 
Or by pressing your Enter/Return key.
If necessary, activate the Move Tool, and reposition the skateboarder.
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To apply a drop shadow; from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Layer Style then choose Drop Shadow. Play with the settings and find a shadow you like.
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It is time to apply a filter to the skateboarder, I am applying a Glowing Edges filter; however, choose whatever works best for you. Ensure the skateboarder image is active in the Layers palette.
Then from the top menu, choose Filter, then choose Stylise, then choose Glowing Edges. In the subsequent Glowing Edges dialogue box, set the following (default) attributes, or experiment.
 
For impact, (for my final image), I applied this setting twice!
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Activate the quartered circle image. 
And from the top menu, choose Filter then choose Texture then choose Texturiser. Set the following attributes, then click OK. Create Textures Here.
 
Leave your image as it is - or experiment with different filters - applying a filter on top of another filter, can prove interesting.
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When you are satisfied with your image, activate the Horizontal Type Tool.
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And apply your type - my tutorial Here explains how.
11/ Saving your work
Your image is circular; therefore, it will have a transparent background. You can save it with the transparency intact: however, because a transparent Gif has a maximum of 256 colours, you will loose definition, and compromise the look of your work. Therefore, to keep the image as crisp, and as colourful as possible, flatten the layers, then save it as a Jpeg. My lesson Here demonstrates how to fill a (transparent) background with a Solid Colour, Pattern or Gradient.
My optimising/saving images lesson, can be found Here.
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