Using Photoshop to make a realistic glass sphere

Here's how to make a realistic glass sphere using Adobe Photoshop. I am using CS2, but any version after 6 will work. (I have not tried on any previous versions before 6)

Step 1 What you will need...

You will need:

Adobe Photoshop
A desktop or laptop computer
...and that's it!

Comments

[ModernFilmFX]

You totally copied lotsaaentertainments youtube channel's upload

[dung0beetle]

No, I actually learned it in school. Perhaps my graphic design teacher "totally copied lotsaaentertainments youtube channel's upload."

[dung0beetle]

I was thinking maybe you were using a different version of photoshop, but I just did this again in CS4 and it worked just fine.  It sounds like you may be doing the Polar coordinates in reverse. 

[Kahli]

I was with you til the 180 rotation and the Polar to Rectangle filter.....
When I tried it, all I got was the original Lens flare only cut in half and shifted over, so the edges of the original image were in the centre :/
Any ideas why? I followed everything you said step by step, and even got a friend to double check that Iw asn't messing it up somehow, but all steps were followed 100%, so I don't know why yours worked and mine didn't :/

[BillyK12]

AWESOME! I've recently been messing around with photoshop and I've found that its fairly simple once you know how to work it. This is awesome and very easy_{, 5/5}

[Tarantulady]

Thanks for a great tutorial! I made a desktop background of my puppy with it! http://tarantulady.deviantart.com/art/Wallpaper-of-Charlie-119271667

[fwjs28]

CS4 baby! go to 3d>and you can make 3d images and layer the image over top of it :)

[timmy1234s]

really clever. 5 stars. never thought that you could do that

[ItsTheHobbs]

How do you change the color?

[maruawe]

under layer go to hue /saturation select colorize ( bottom right) move the top slider to the color you want then use the second to get saturation use the bottom slider for brightness

[maruawe]

that should be image not layer. my mistake

[dung0beetle]

Click "Image Adjust", then Hue/Saturation/Lightness.

[ItsTheHobbs]

OK, I'll try it!

[burzvingion]

Seems to me like step 3 is reinventing the wheel a bit... just use the elliptical marquee tool (with shift to select a sphere instead of an ellipse), then do Filter -> Distort -> Spherize. Your selection should stay, so you can copy just the sphere to another layer, or crop the unselected areas. This is a very creative way to use lens flare though!

[berky93]

spherize works. but it doesnt look as realistic. its good for things where you need it to properly reflect whats behind it, but with the lens flare method it looks more like a real sphere when there isnt too complex of a background, or if you need to give the effect of complex lighting situations.

[crazy_kid445]

we have photoshop elements v1.0.1, it came with a scanner and this Instructable even works on that

[PhotoshopMan]

I've known this for a while, but still, good instructable. P.S. This does work with version 6, i use it.

[=SMART=]

Nice but why is it in the BBQ contest?

[dung0beetle]

I dripped sauce on my keyboard. Anything is BBQ when its got sauce on it. :P I don't know, I may have clicked it without noticing.

[chaosfairy]

I love these. The one you made for me is awesome. xoxoxox

[laxman735]

why is this in the BBQ contest???