Creating a Personal Mandala

Creating a personal Mandala can be both technically and spiritually satisfying.
a study in repeating symmetry
PhotoShop technique
Flash

Copy the template below into PhotoShop

Your Pathway :

After taking an interesting picture of yourself  at low resolution (640  x 480)  size it in PhotoShop to about 4" in Height ......

> Select ALL on the photo  ......(a marching ants marquee appears around the photo)

sorry about the bad hair

> Edit COPY .......(image is on the clipboard)

> Using the Magic Wand click inside the first  (upper blue) triangle .......(marquee appears)

> You have already copied the photo

- so now  Edit - PASTE INTO  (this places the photo into the triangle)
                             

> Your photo should appear in the triangle! 

> Move it around until you see an interesting view of your image

> use the Free Transform tool to allow you to rotate the photo (you be the judge)
> generally the center of a persons face will align with the edge of the triangle but .... whatever looks good

> Flatten the image

>  Next go to your photo  and FLIP IMAGE HORIZONTAL (this will create symmetry)
{ you will be using the same side of the face or object as the mirror side again for symmetry}

> SELECT  the photo again

> SELECT ALL 

> COPY

> EDIT > Paste Into

> You see the second photo is not angled right  so use Free Transform to align in a symmetrical manner

> Flatten Image again

> Repeat the process for the next 2 triangles remembering to Flatten the images after each placement

Now select and cut the background away

Duplicate 3 more copies and rotate them to "fill the pie"

assemble, save, upload, print, and laminate!.....meditate

Hey why not kick it up a notch with a dash of  FLASH!?
various Flash techniques can really make your
Mandala a real eye popper

Want to post your Flash to YouTube???
Try this info link for recoding from SWF to MPG (DVD)

Well that's it, you are now ready to communicate with the Dali Lama.