In this tutorial you will be taught a simple way to draw a metal mesh sphere. The original text from spyroteknik.com, I have been translated, sorted out, slightly changed.
1, a new 200*200 file, with a gray (#666666) fill, as shown
2, with the brush tool in the position point of a point (the brush size is 5), then use the rectangular marquee tool, such as the figure to drag a square selection, and define it as a pattern, and then select Edit--"definition pattern", in the subsequent dialog box, give it a name, OK.
3, select the entire gray interface, and then click the right mouse button, choose "Fill", fill in the content bar, using the "pattern", "custom pattern" in the selection just defined the pattern, determine. Now the effect is as shown:
4, deselect all, and then use the ellipse selection tool, with the SHIFT key, pull out a positive circle of the selection. As shown in figure
5, select "Filter"--"spherical", the quantity is 100%, then select "Filter"--"render"-"lighting effect", parameters and effects such as figure:
6, cut this layer to a new layer and fill the background layer with black, as shown in figure:
7, copy this layer, and in its upper left corner with a full light processing, let it a little brighter, as shown:
8, in the copy of this layer, select "Filter"-"fuzzy"-"radial blur", the number is 20, the fuzzy method is "rotation", the effect is as shown:
9. Change the blending mode of duplicate layer to "color dodge", the effect is as follows: