Photoshop makes a beautiful green crystal ball

The crystal ball is divided into two parts: a sphere and a border. The sphere is slightly more complex, with more light and dark detail, each of which needs to make a selection first, then fill the color, then use the mask to control the range.

　Final effect

1, a new 900 * 650 pixel, resolution of 72 of the canvas. Select the Gradient tool, the color settings are shown in Figure 1, and then pull the radial gradient shown in Figure 2 from the center to the corners as the background.

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2, press CTRL + R to pull out the ruler, and then pull out two intersecting reference lines with the Move tool, as shown below.

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3, create a new group, named "Sphere", select the elliptical Marquee tool, with the intersection point of the reference line as the center, hold down ALT + SHIFT + Press the left mouse button drag.

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4, pull out the appropriate positive circle and release the mouse and shortcut keys, and then add a layer mask to the group.

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5, in the Group A new layer, fill green, the effect of the following figure.

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6, a new group on the background layer, named "Frame", the same method pull a slightly larger positive circle, add a layer mask to the group, and then create a new layer in the group, fill Gray: #B5B3AE, the following figure.

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7. Create a new layer within the "sphere" group, select the Gradient tool, color settings like Figure 8, and then pull down the radial gradient shown in Figure 9 from the middle position.

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8, a new layer, filled with yellow-green: #E4F001, the effect of the following figure.

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9. Use the elliptical marquee tool to pull out the oval selection shown in the following figure, feather 20 pixels and press DELETE to delete.

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10, remove the selection after adding a layer mask, with a lower transparency of the black brush to the top of the transition to paint.

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11, create a new layer, with a pen to check out the left edge of the high-light selection, feather 3 pixels after the fill of yellow-green: #E1F202, remove the selection after the layer mask, with a black brush to the top area of the transition to the natural, and then layer opacity to: 50%, the effect of

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12, create a new layer, with a pen to check out the selection shown in the following figure, feather 2 pixels, fill the same yellow-green, remove the selection after adding a layer mask, with a less transparent black brush to remove some unwanted parts, and then reduce the layer opacity, the effect of the following figure.

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13, the new layer, the same method to the left, the right side, the bottom to add some high light, the process as shown in Figure 15-18.

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