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Alright. Heres my tutorial on how to create an orb which can be used in web interface design.


Step One:
Create A New Composition. (500x500)

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Also, delete the background, so it will be better in a .PNG


Step Two: Using your circle tool, draw a circle by holding shift and dragging it across the comp. Add the standard gradient overlay to it.

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Step Three: Duplicate the layer, reverse the gradient, and make it a little smaller.

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Step Four: Merge the two layers, and make the copy a little bit smaller.

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Add these effects to it.

Gradient overlay:
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Inner Shadow:
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Inner Glow:
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NOW IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS:
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Step Five: First, take off your inner glow and shadow, convert that layer to a smart object by right clicking it and hitting convert to smart object, and add them again.

Then,create a new layer, take your eliptical marquee tool and make a selection halway in the circle. Inverse that and then fill it with a white, so it looks like this:



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Step Six: Create a clipping mask with that and turn the blend mode to soft light. Turn the opacity to 80.

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Step Seven: Change your foreground color to white, and make a selection with the eliptical marquee tool at the top of your circle. Make sure its on a new layer.
Once you have the selection use the gradient tool and drag down from the top of the selection to the bottom of it.

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And thats it! Feel free to add text and expiriment with colors etc..

Please thank the topic and keep it alive by posting. I hoped this helped.

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