Tutorial day! This is the first time I am writing a photo-editing tutorial, so please excuse me if something is unclear, and feel free to ask questions in the comment section if you are having troubles going through the workflow! I am using Photoshop CC or CS6 for this and I am assuming you have a basic proficiency. Double check by going to ‘Window > Workspace’ to see if you have the Photography layout enabled, which makes things much easier when editing. For non-Photoshop users, the freeware suite GIMP has similar capabilities, so I am sure you can translate the steps for most of the major advanced photo-editing programs if you want to.

One of my favorite series of short Photoshop edits is polar panoramas, or 360 panoramas, or globes (or a myriad of other names). It is a quick and cool way to make the average panorama -be it…