Glossy+Orb

1. Create a new file: 250x250px. Fill the background with #828282. > click to enlarge > Now draw a gradient from top to the bottom of that layer. > > click to enlarge > > Again create a new layer. Fill it black. To do this very fast first press D then press CTRL+, > > Now follow these steps: > - Select / Shrink: 1px > - Select / Feather: 100px > After that press DEL two times to delete the selected part. > > click to enlarge > Go to Filter / Licht & Shadow: Drop Shadow. X/Y: 0/0, Tranparency: 60%. > > click to enlarge > Add a new layer. Choose white as FG-color. Take the "Gradient-Tool". In the preferences-box of this tool choose the fourth option in the drop-down-menu for the gradients: "FG to Trasparent". Apply this gradient from top to bottom. > > click to enlarge > - Activate the Scale-Tool > - Click the layer, when the popup-menu appears enter 175 as width and 150px for the new height. Click OK. > > click to enlarge > > click to enlarge
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 * 1) Take the Elliptical Selection-Tool and create an exact circle. After that create a new empty layer, take the Gradient-Tool (L). As a FG-color choose #571f00, for the BG-color choose #ff5a00.
 * 1) The selection should still be active.
 * 1) Activate the layer that contains the gradient.
 * 1) Activate the layer that contains the gradient. From the context-menu of the layers-dialog choose "Alpha to selection".
 * 1) - Select / None
 * 1) Take the Move-Tool now and move the white shine (the gradient ;)) to the top in the upper center of the sphere.
 * 1) Go to Filter / Blur / Ga