Create a glass ORB (quick method)
Copyright 2004 Ugur AKINCI, PhD. (www.writer111.com)
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You create a new Photoshop document of 4 "X 4" in size, select file > new. Select to make the radio button "Transparent" for "Content", transparent to the background. Make sure that the "mode" "RGB color" is. Then click OK.
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Select the elliptical marquee tool (M) and draw a circle while you press the SHIFT key. The circle should appear "walking ants" around its perimeter.
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Select a non-white foreground color. I choose red for this exercise.
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Fill the selected circle, with the foreground color via Edit > fill > foreground color.
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Select the move tool (V) (arrow with Black Lace).
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Duplicate the background layer of access it and then click the icon "Create a new level" at the bottom of the layers list auseinandergezogen.
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Select the background layer and lock by clicking on layer check box locks at the top.
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Select the background copy layer. With the right mouse button, and select from the pop-up menu layer properties. You change the name of the level to "ORB base".
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While the ORB base layer is selected, click the icon "Add a layer style" at the bottom of the layers list. Select from the popup list "Inner Glow."
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Layer style in the dialog box that displays, select the following settings:
Blend mode: normal.
Opacity: 75 %
Color: Choose a dark color close to black.
Size: to 100-150, according to taste.
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Then click OK.
12.
Click CTRL + D, the selection disable district (the "marching ants").
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Create a new layer at the top by clicking on the icon "Create a new level" at the bottom of the layers list.
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You select the elliptical marquee tool (M) and draw an ellipse in the direction to the top of your circle sphere.
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In the tool box, click the icon of default background foreground colors to shift the color back to black and white.
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Click on the color-switching double-headed arrow make white the foreground color.
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Select the gradient tool (G).
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Select from the properties bar above your screen white to transparent gradient (second from top left).
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While the top layer is still selected, click and drag to the course from the top down on your ball create a white to transparent gradient.
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Select the move tool (V) (arrow with Black Lace).
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Click on CTRL + T to the free transform function select.
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Reshape by dragging on the corners of the place transform your history to something like this:
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Press ENTER to register the new form. Click CTRL + D, the selection disable district (the "marching ants").
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And you have your "Glass ball".
Place BONUS steps - how an object within the glass ORB?
1.
While still in Photoshop, open image file that you want to. Let us say that we use the photo of a u-Bahn train...
(Visit http://writer111.googlepages.com/creatingaglassorb-photoshoptutorial for the screenshots, that with this tutorial.)
2.
Make sure that you have selected the move tool (V) (arrow with Black Lace).
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Click on the photo and drag it over your glass ORB window. This will import the new image, by you automatically create a new layer at the top. We take the new photo is simply too large and it must be changed.
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While new level is still selected, click CTRL + T to the free transform function select.
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You will see the selection of space around the image.
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On the top bar of the properties, type a corresponding percentage ("50" say) for the width (B). Click the chain icon to ensure that the height (H) by the same percentage as also be reduced. When completing the square image completely covers the glass ORB.
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Press the Enter key, the scaling is complete. Click CTRL + D, the selection disable district (the "marching ants").
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Select the elliptical marquee tool (M) and draw a circle while you press the SHIFT key. The circle should appear "walking ants" around its perimeter.
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Center of the selected circle of your square image.
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Press CTRL + SHIFT + I to inverse the selection.
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Press Delete to delete corners of the square.
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Click CTRL + D, the selection disable district (the "marching ants").
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Make sure that you have selected the move tool (V) (arrow with Black Lace).
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Center your round image on your glass ORB.
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Click on the arrow down right next to the "Blending modes" which in the levels box (shown in the "Normal" by default).
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Select "Overlay" and bingo! Your image is captured within the glass ORB.
Feel free with other blending modes and opacity settings experiment.
For example, "Difference" blend mode and 50%, try opacity.
Your imagination is your limit. Enjoy!
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