Cool orb tut

pker overkil · May 14, 2007

I got this off the internet its NOT mine do not give me credit

Glass Orb

Here is a quick and easy way to create those realistic looking glass orbs that you see everywhere.

Start of with a blank canvas 150x150 pixels. Create a new layer and fill it in with black (#000000).

Time to make a lens flare. Filter -> Render -> Lens Flare Put brightness to 100%, and set the lens type to 105mm prime and click ok.

Now go to filter -> Distort -> Polar Coordinates and choose Polar to Rectengular. Now we need to flip the image, to do this go to Edit -> Transform -> Flip Vertically.

Now go to Filter -> Distort -> Polar Coordinates again, this time select Rectengular to Polar, click ok. Now we need to cut out the orb you made. To do this select the eliptical marquee tool and make a selection around your orb. Now press CTRL+Shift+i to invert your selection, press delete to delete the excess around your orb.

Now all you need to do is change the color of your orb and it's finished. To do so go to image -> adjust -> color balance. That's it, your finished.

Sean · May 14, 2007

I think somone else may have posted this before, correct me if i'm wrong.

pker overkil · May 15, 2007

yeah your right as soon as i posted i saw someone else who did =P

Gribble · May 17, 2007

Who else posted it?

king noo2 · May 21, 2007

how do you do that ctrl+shift+i part can you take a pic of which thing i use for it cause i get a circile but it either goes a blig black circle or its a new layer help