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[WALNUT]

first tutorial and stuff so stick with it

now most tutorials say blah blah blah with orbs, so much messing around with soddin gaussian blur its unbelievable


(ignore teh dumb spellings im young!)

ok first start ur new doc as a 400x400 doc n insted of filling with black i want you to use a gradiant and i decided to use a black with a darkish grey with the dark grey on the bottom its so that the next effect shows up well



then do the unexpected, click filter-render-lighting effects

now default looks cool as it is but choose your colour if you want, i guess i can let u do that and try to stick to what ive used.


now that may look pretty as it is but who care tbh its not an orb quiet yet but as u might well guess its just missed out the things like gausian blur and stuff and already set out your colours

so grab your marquee tool hold down n select the circle for those who do not know and hold shift whilst you drawn a pretty circle round the bit you want...



mine dusnt look great i know i guess if the circle in the middel is a bit bright you can always tweek the settings

anyway go to selections then click inverse tab the delete button on your keboard press CTRL+d to deselect then make a new layer fill it black move it behind the orb layer and move your orb into the middle


now just add some little details to make it look a tad shiney like glare of a window or a big shine or what ever u feel like doing i just decided to stick with a big glare


it seems a bit blank so if you want add a border by doing ctrl+click on the orb layer make a new layer thengo to edit then stoke click outside and the rest is up to u

mess with the blending options of the layer with brevel and stuff and voila orb i went ahead and used this effect for a logo for myself

[MK_LAGI]

not bad bu t u cam get betta results jus y followin my much easier steo here btw i made this tut!

[Armada]

great job , nice tut

[Jeepinator]

MK_LAGI, on Aug 7 2005, 05:34 PM, said:

not bad bu t u cam get betta results jus y followin my much easier steo here btw i made this tut!

yeah um not only was that rude but plugging your own tuts is low.

anyway this is a good tut even though its not the best written. Good results and very fast.

[Rubber Duckie]

It could be written a bit better.. anywho good for your first tut.. gotta start somewere.. I always say..

[Arutha]

MK_LAGI, on Aug 7 2005, 10:34 PM, said:

not bad bu t u cam get betta results jus y followin my much easier steo here btw i made this tut!

dont agree with you there, nice tutorial m8

[MURDERER]

not bad

[Netcades]

One of the most recycled tutorial every 6 months, the orb

[d2Squared]

hehe, orbs are awsome! and the funniest thing, its not anything special, meaning, designs dont use them for something specific than decoration. hehe.
Nice Tut.

[MK_LAGI]

MK_LAGI, on Aug 7 2005, 11:34 PM, said:

not bad bu t u cam get betta results jus y followin my much easier steo here btw i made this tut!

I didn't write this , Must have been my friend who I gave my account details to a long time ago, I apologize for the comment although it wasn't me... Great tutorial though

[d2Squared]

lol! why would you give your friend the password? lol. ok,

[MK_LAGI]

well i didnt exactly give it to him, he kinda guessed it as my name.... which it was