polar coordinates not giving me this effect with circular selection. How did I get it?!

[isatisdeep]

I like this effect but I can't get it now. The filter was applied to a circular selection. Now when I try all I get is a blank space. I tried it again in the original file and it worked fine, but won't in my new file. Many thanks for your help!

[Chuck Uebele · Accepted solution]

If the file flattened so that you're applying the filter to the entire image? Or are you sure that you have the correct layer selected?  Can you post a screen shot of the layers? What exactly are you trying to accomplish: appy tje filter to the circular part or the entire image?

[isatisdeep]

Thanks Chuck, I've just tried it with a flattened layer and it worked fine. I was trying to apply it as a smart filter to a smart object, I believe, consisting of about 100 layers of the vertical lines you can see. The effect I wanted was for the polar coordinates filter to effect the horizontal lines, but for some reason it didn't work. it works fine in a rasterized normal layer, so thats OK...

[isatisdeep]

to the circular selection

[Chuck Uebele]

Very good. Glad you got it to work.