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This tutorial shows how to create a "glass" ball from scratch in a few steps. It is so simple! |
| First open a new document, eg. 300 x 300 pixels: |
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| Create a new layer and make a circle selection in the middle at eg. 200 pixels diameter: |
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| Fill it with black color: |
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| Create a new layer, choose your favorite bright color and select Brush tool, brush size the same as the selection diameter (200 pixels) and 100% opacity & flow: |
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| Put the brush cursor in the middle of the circle and a little below, and click to flow color just 2 times: |
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| Now create a new layer and select the Gradient Filling tool, choose white color and Foreground to Transparent mode: |
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Click on top of the circle and holding the Shift key, make a vertical line untill the other end of the circle, like shown below: |
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| De-select, and Free Transform the leyer with the white gradient. |
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| Make it a bit smaller and squeeze it vertically. Put it on top of the circle like shown below, and change the opacity to 90%: |
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The "glass" ball is ready and you can use it in the way you like! |
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