1. New Document (500x500) Fill it with Black.

2. Go “Filter > Render > Lens Flare” (default settings) and place it in the center of your canvas.



3. Press “Ctrl+J” to duplicate the layer.

4. Now select the bottom layer, and go “Filter > Sketch > Chrome” (Detail: 5 | Smoothness: 10)

5. Now select the top layer, and go “Filter > Sketch > Chrome” (Detail: 10 | Smoothness: 0)

6. Set the top layers blending mode to “Screen”



7. Now go, “Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation” with these settings:




Should now look something like this:



8. Now Duplicate the layer right below your Adjustment Layer, by pressing “Ctrl+J”

9. Go, “Filter > Distort > Twirl” (Angle: 450)

10. Set it’s Blending mode to “Soft Light”



10. Now go, “Layer > Merge Visible”

11. Now press “Ctrl+J” to duplicate the layer.

12. Go “Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur” with a “4.0 Pixel Radius” and set the blending mode of that layer to “Screen”



13. Now its time to add a gloss to it. If you don’t know how to do the Gradient Gloss, Follow this tutorial.

Gloss Tutorial

14. Your finished orb should resemble something like this.



After messing around with it, I got this:



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Man... Nice Tut again!

Here's mine.

thanks ^-^ You seem to understand it all cause all of your results look pretty freakin sweet, so i must be doing something right eh? :DanceDance?:

i like the little "Red Wave" thing ^-^