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Making a ball
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Hi,
I would add a little more to jimoblak's suggestions.
Create some picture with a lot of white in it or take an existing picture of something that could appear in the reflection of the glass and then boost the contrast up to around +50. Then Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic (10 cells and up, but not too big) then on a new layer draw a black grid where the big pixels join, then merge all the layers and then Filter > Distort > Spherize (100%, normal) then use the ellipse marquee to cut out the circular ball.
Then you will just have to experiment with a bunch of different thing to get the ball look shiny and make light refract off it. Mess around with some quick masks and lens flares and lighting effects.
Hope this helps!
I would add a little more to jimoblak's suggestions.
Create some picture with a lot of white in it or take an existing picture of something that could appear in the reflection of the glass and then boost the contrast up to around +50. Then Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic (10 cells and up, but not too big) then on a new layer draw a black grid where the big pixels join, then merge all the layers and then Filter > Distort > Spherize (100%, normal) then use the ellipse marquee to cut out the circular ball.
Then you will just have to experiment with a bunch of different thing to get the ball look shiny and make light refract off it. Mess around with some quick masks and lens flares and lighting effects.
Hope this helps!
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