Textures polar distortion

[vh]

so the textures all have that polar distortion at the poles to make it look normal
can someone explain how this was done? like photoshop or something? i can't make my textures look right

[Bla]

I found this image on Google. It mentioned Photoshop in the description. I guess the text on it describes how to make polar distortions in Photoshop.

[vh]

i did that and i got a funky oval with wierd lines...thanks ill try it again anyway
off topic: i just did one of those anti spam things and it was to seperate the lolcats from the cars....wtf

edit: ahhh bla ish a genius  

polar>rectangular, nawt the other way around *hugs bla*

double edit: NO ITS AN UGLY UPSIDE DOWN LETTER U
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triple edit: OH WAIT i can just turn it vertical, spherize it horizontally and turn it back! *hugs self*

quadruple edit: oh noez, that only does the same as vertical spherizing, compresses image, nawt stretches!

5th edit : AHH THE MERCURY TEXTURE IS A FRAUD! its the same thing copied over...

6th edit : *everyone stares*