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Glass Orbs; easier than you think
Topic Started: Jun 24 2005, 09:04 PM (2,046 Views)
chawk	Jun 24 2005, 09:04 PM Post #1
aka Kman / Xanthom Posts: 3,882 Group: Former Staff Member #2,230 Joined: October 19, 2003	Glass orbs are easier to make than most people think. There are 4 simple steps to creating them: Reminder: For all eliptical marquees, hold down shift to make it a perfect circle, and use the arrow keys after making it in order to align it in the center. Reminder: For gradients, hold down shift to make it a straight gradient. 1. Pick a color and use the paint bucket tool to fill the canvas completely in. 2. Pick two other colors -- one darker and one lighter than the original color. Center an eliptical marquee on the canvas. Remember to hold shift down in order to get a perfect circle. Use the gradient tool on an opacity of 100%, and point it straight (hold shift) in order to get the gradient to be darker to lighter from top to bottom. 3. Now pick two other colors -- preferably different hues from previously. Do the same thing as in Step 2, except with a smaller marquee tool inside of the first gradient. 4. Use the eliptical marquee tool slightly above the center, so that the top of the marquee touches the top of the second (red) gradient. Pick two colors -- one color should be slightly darker than the light color in step 3 (red), and one color should be almost white (if not purely white). Fill the marquee in with these colors, with a gradient of lighter to darker from top to bottom. Make sure the opacity is at least 50%. 5. Optional If you want to have a slightly blurred effect, make a slightly bigger eliptical marquee around the gradient produced in Step 4. Then go to Filter --> Blur --> Gaussian Blur and change the radius so it looks fine for the size you are doing. It's as easy as that. The first few tries may produce some weird results but with practice it will start to look more and more like an orb.
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Aaron	Jun 24 2005, 09:08 PM Post #2
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finch	Jun 24 2005, 09:09 PM Post #3
Posts: 22,713 Group: Former Staff Member #12,317 Joined: May 1, 2004	Great tut, Kman. It'll help alot of people. EDIT: ZOMG I made a reptile eye. xD
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chawk	Jun 25 2005, 11:39 AM Post #4
aka Kman / Xanthom Posts: 3,882 Group: Former Staff Member #2,230 Joined: October 19, 2003	Slayer Jun 24 2005, 09:09 PM Great tut, Kman. It'll help alot of people. EDIT: ZOMG I made a reptile eye. xD Freaky.
	My former username here and on other template design sites was Kman, but for several reasons I have changed it on the SZ to chawk. If you have one of my skins and the copyright is still addressed to Kman, it would be great if you could change the copyright holder from "Kman" to "chawk". Thanks.


~~Duoi~~	Jun 25 2005, 12:20 PM Post #5
p i x e l Posts: 1,172 Group: Disabled Account Member #81,709 Joined: June 16, 2005	That is exactly how i design my orbs. Nice work Kman. It is effective on MTs.
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Vettore	Jun 25 2005, 12:29 PM Post #6
DON VETTORE Posts: 23,050 Group: Former Staff Member #42,206 Joined: December 19, 2004	Nicely written, this goes very well upon skins.



~~Travisforums~~	Jun 25 2005, 12:41 PM Post #7
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.Ollie	Jun 25 2005, 12:41 PM Post #8
Sānh�hu� - 三合會i Posts: 5,387 Group: Members Member #74,154 Joined: May 15, 2005	Very nice! Its a big shame that i dont have photoshop, when i see tuts like these.. >.<



~~Travisforums~~	Jun 25 2005, 06:11 PM Post #9
SZ addict. Posts: 926 Group: Disabled Account Member #52,792 Joined: February 9, 2005	Too bad i can't make em. I don't under stand afew steps
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Zeus00	Jun 25 2005, 06:33 PM Post #10
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chawk	Jun 28 2005, 12:37 PM Post #11
aka Kman / Xanthom Posts: 3,882 Group: Former Staff Member #2,230 Joined: October 19, 2003	Travisforums Jun 25 2005, 06:11 PM Too bad i can't make em. I don't under stand afew steps Which steps don't you understand? I can clear them up.
	My former username here and on other template design sites was Kman, but for several reasons I have changed it on the SZ to chawk. If you have one of my skins and the copyright is still addressed to Kman, it would be great if you could change the copyright holder from "Kman" to "chawk". Thanks.


~~YoRone22~~	Jun 28 2005, 12:41 PM Post #12
4 Posts: 6,889 Group: Disabled Account Member #29,788 Joined: October 1, 2004	Nice tut. I used something like it and it turned out like the back of a PSP. :unaware:
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~~Travisforums~~	Jun 28 2005, 01:00 PM Post #13
SZ addict. Posts: 926 Group: Disabled Account Member #52,792 Joined: February 9, 2005	Kman Jun 28 2005, 12:37 PM Travisforums Jun 25 2005, 06:11 PM Too bad i can't make em. I don't under stand afew steps Which steps don't you understand? I can clear them up. I think its 3,4,5
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Astheria	Jun 28 2005, 01:10 PM Post #14
� Posts: 13,771 Group: Former Staff Member #51,929 Joined: February 5, 2005	Excellent tut for basic orbs. I may have a go at an aqua orb tutorial for those that want to go a little more in depth.



~~YoRone22~~	Jun 28 2005, 01:11 PM Post #15
4 Posts: 6,889 Group: Disabled Account Member #29,788 Joined: October 1, 2004	I used a different tut and got that. I'll try yours.
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chawk	Jun 28 2005, 03:08 PM Post #16
aka Kman / Xanthom Posts: 3,882 Group: Former Staff Member #2,230 Joined: October 19, 2003	Travisforums Jun 28 2005, 01:00 PM Kman Jun 28 2005, 12:37 PM Travisforums Jun 25 2005, 06:11 PM Too bad i can't make em. I don't under stand afew steps Which steps don't you understand? I can clear them up. I think its 3,4,5 Step 3 is basically like step 2 except with different colors, and a smaller circle. Step 4 is a circle slightly above center, filled with a grad of two colors: one color is similar to the color in step 3 (i.e. red), and the other one is white. Step 5 is optional and I wouldn't worry about it until you get steps 3 and 4 right.
	My former username here and on other template design sites was Kman, but for several reasons I have changed it on the SZ to chawk. If you have one of my skins and the copyright is still addressed to Kman, it would be great if you could change the copyright holder from "Kman" to "chawk". Thanks.


Lukazade	Jun 28 2005, 03:23 PM Post #17
Settled In Posts: 232 Group: Members Member #50,581 Joined: January 29, 2005	Nice Tut Kman
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sithshop	Sep 27 2005, 10:09 PM Post #18
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hybrid theory	Sep 27 2005, 10:19 PM Post #19
Unpacked Posts: 84 Group: Members Member #66,566 Joined: April 9, 2005	Sick tut Kman, I always wondered how to do these.
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rho	Sep 28 2005, 04:17 PM Post #20
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