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Creating a Glass Orb (the Quick Method)
Copyright 2004 Ugur Akinci, Ph.D. (www.writer111.com)
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Create a new Photoshop document, about 4″ X 4″in size by selecting File > New. Select the “Transparent” radio-button for “Content” to make the background transparent. Also make sure the “Mode” is “RGB Color”. Click OK.
2.
Select the Elliptical Marquee Tool (M) and draw a circle while pressing on the Shift key. The circle should display “walking ants” around its circumference.
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Select a non-white foreground color. I choose RED for this exercise.
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Fill the selected circle with the foreground color by selecting Edit > Fill > Foreground Color.
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Select the Move Tool (V) (the arrow with black tip).
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Duplicate the Background layer by grabbing it and then pulling it over the “Create a New Layer” icon at the bottom of the Layers list.
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Select the Background layer and lock it by clicking the Layer Lock check-box on top.
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Select the Background Copy layer. Right-click and select Layer Properties from the pop-up menu. Change the name of the Layer to “Orb Base”.
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While the Orb Base layer is selected, click the “Add a Layer Style” icon at the bottom of the Layers list. From the pop-up list, select “Inner Glow.”
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In the Layer Style dialog box that displays, select the following settings:
Blend Mode: Normal.
Opacity: 75%
Color: select a dark color close to Black.
Size: Around 100-150, to taste.
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Click OK.
12.
Click CTRL + D to deselect the selection circle (the “marching ants”).
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Create a new layer on top by clicking the “Create a New Layer” icon at the bottom of the Layers list.
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Select the Elliptical Marquee Tool (M) and draw an ellipse towards the top of your circle-sphere.
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In the tool box, click on the Default Background-Foreground Colors icon to shift the colors back to Black and White.
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Click on the color-switching double-arrow to make White the foreground color.
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Select the Gradient Tool (G).
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From the Properties Bar on top of your screen, select White to Transparent gradient (second from top-left).
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While the top layer is still selected, click and pull the gradient from top towards the bottom to create a white-to-transparent gradient on your sphere.
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Select the Move Tool (V) (the arrow with black tip).
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Click Ctrl + T to activate the Free Transform function.
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By pulling on the corners of the transform square, reshape your gradient to something like this:
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Hit Enter to register the new shape. Click CTRL + D to deselect the selection circle (the “marching ants”).
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And you have your “Glass Orb.”
BONUS STEPS — How to Place an Object Inside the Glass Orb?
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While still in Photoshop, open any picture file you want. Let’s say we are using the photo of a metro train…
( Visit http://writer111.googlepages.com/creatingaglassorb-photoshoptutorial for the screenshots that accompany this tutorial.)
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Make sure you have selected the Move Tool (V) (the arrow with black tip).
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Click on the new photo and drag it on top of your Glass Orb window. This will import the new picture by automatically creating a new layer on top. Let’s say the new photo is just too big and it needs to be resized.
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While new layer is still selected, Click Ctrl + T to activate the Free Transform function.
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You will see the selection square around the picture.
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On the top properties bar, enter an appropriate percentage value (let’s say, “50″) for W (Width). Click on the chain icon to make sure the H (Height) will be scaled down by the same percentage as well. Make sure when you are finished the square picture covers the glass orb completely.
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Press Enter to finalize the scaling. Click CTRL + D to deselect the selection circle (the “marching ants”).
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Select the Elliptical Marquee Tool (M) and draw a circle while pressing on the Shift key. The circle should display “walking ants” around its circumference.
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Center the selected circle over your square picture.
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Press Ctrl + Shift + I to inverse the selection.
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Press Delete to delete the corners of the square.
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Click CTRL + D to deselect the selection circle (the “marching ants”).
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Make sure you have selected the Move Tool (V) (the arrow with black tip).
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Center your round picture over your glass orb.
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Click on the downward arrow right next to the “Blending Modes” field on top of the Layers box (which displays “Normal” by default).
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Select “Overlay” and Bingo! Your picture is captured inside the glass orb.
Feel free to experiment with other Blending Modes and Opacity settings.
Try for example “Difference” blending and 50% Opacity.
Your imagination is your limit. Enjoy!
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Ugur Akinci is a writer with 20 years of experience. Visit his web site http://www.writer111.com for more information.
photoshop quick tips Questions
Tips on How to Make a Manga?
I’ll be quick; me and a few friends are creating a manga. As me being the primary drawer, I have a pretty big load on my hands. I’m a pretty good drawer, and I know a bit about human anatomy. We’re all American, which is another setback because most Japanese publishers probably won’t even let our foot in the door. However, that’s not the thing I’m worried about.
I would like to know if there’s any tips/advice that any fellow manga artist would like to give. For example, do you use a computer program like Photoshop? do you use certain pencil/writing utensils? Would you consider using DeviantArt first to see if your artwork is any good? And if you did make a manga, who would you consider trying to get it published by? Any advice is appreciated.
As for me, the only tools I use is a pencil, paper, and GIMP. Thanks in advance.
Hello!
I am an manga/anime artist, and I use Paint Tool SAI and Photoshop.
With materials, they can vary a whole bunch. A lot of artists I know sketch on paper first, and then scan it into Photoshop and work from there, but there are also artists that draw directly on the computer with their tablet. With traditional, I’ve seen acrylics, watercolour, poster color, pretty much anything works, but if you’re creating a manga, I would say digital is much easier. Unless, of course, it’s a greyscale manga, which then pen or pencil works well.
I only do digital art, as I find that it is cleaner and glossier in general, and I have a WACOM Bamboo Pen tablet, which is the cheapest, but works really well. Oh yeah! And I also have several lining pens that I had from back when I did traditional, they’re Pigma Microns, which are probably the thinnest you can get in America.
DeviantArt is a huuuuge community, and it is THE place to go for artists. Everybody there is incredibly nice and supportive, and there are a lot of boards and forums, etc. I’m self-taught and pretty much learned everything by watching others. You can learn a whole lot this way! Also, I have the books Style School 1, 2, and 3, which is basically manga eye candy with some tutorials thrown in. It’s an incredible resource for any artist, but especially for manga artists.
If you plan to work digitally, I would highly recommend getting Paint Tool SAI, as it is what most manga artists use these days. It’s much simpler than Photoshop, but the brushes are all customizable and work just like they would in a traditional setting.
Feel free to follow me on DA if you ever get one! And good luck! ♥
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Bamboo Fun (Medium) Black Tablet with Pen, Mouse & Graphics Software $199.99 Now there’s a simple, easy, and fun way to harness your creativity. Bamboo Fun makes your computer your canvas, allowing you to freely express yourself by simply touching the pen tip to the tablet. Touch up digital photos, draw by hand, create artwork and paintings, and even write in your own handwriting. Bamboo Fun includes full editions of valuable creative software to help get your creative jui… |
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