Glass orb tutorial

-Create a new document 200x200. Transparent background

-Rename “layer 1” to “Main” by right clicking and going to layer properties. Do not touch any of the other settings.

-Select the elliptical marquee tool. It looks like this
Apply these settings in the area at the top

-Now, in your document, click your mouse button. It should make a perfectly round selection. Move this selection to the center of your canvas.

-Fill the circle with a dark blue. I used #003366. Press contol+d on your keyboard to deselect and your image should look like this.

-Right click on your “Main” layer and go to blending options. Check the “Inner glow” box and apply these settings.

My image now looks like this

-Create a new layer (shift + ctrl + n) and name it ‘Glow’

-Select your elliptical marquee tool, like earlier and select an area like below by clicking and dragging. It may take a few tries for you to get it to fit the circle like so. If you don’t get it the first time, press ctrl+d to deselect and try again.
After you get it like below, go on to next step BUT DO NOT DESELECT

-Set your foreground color to a light blue. I used #99CCFF. Select your gradient tool INSERT GRADIENT TOOL IMAGE HERE and apply these settings at the top:

-Now, click and drag from the bottom to the top of your selection. If you did it right, your image will have a blue area at the bottom like this:

-Deselect your selection.

-Now, to smooth out the bottom of your glow so it doesn’t look so ‘perfect’ select your eraser tool with these settings:

-Erase (still on your glow layer) across the bottom of your glow very lightly until you get a smoother edge like below. If you messed up and erased to much, just go edit>step backward and try again.

-Next create a new layer and call it “Reflection”

-Again select your marquee tool, and select and area like you did before but this time on the top. Example in the image below.

-Set your forground color to white, and select your gradient tool again. Apply these settings at the top this time:

-Now, with drag from the top of your selection to the bottom this time. Press ctrl+d and there you have it, and completed orb!