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Creating a Silver Alien Orb


1. Create a new document. Fill in the background with black. Then go to Filter > Render > Lense Flare. Use the 50-300mm Zoom. Repeat this four times in the locations indicated below.

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2. Go to Filter > Artistic > Plastic Wrap. Use these settings below.

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3. Resulting image below.

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4. Go to Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates. Be sure to go from rectangular to polar.

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5. Now change the hue / saturation by going to Images > Adjustments > Hue / Saturation. Use the settings below. Be sure to note that we did NOT check the Colorize box.

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6. Now go to Image > Adjustments > Brightness / Contrast. Change the settings until you get a similar image to that below. And when you are finished, you will have a VERY attractive silver orb.

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7. But we know that silver is a cool color, there are other good looking orbs too. Below are other versions of the tutorial that use different colors and brightness / contrast settings. Look below.

Creating a Silver Alien Orb Tutorial: Final Result

8. Below is a fiery version. These variations go to show that you can get many different results from the same tutorial. All of them look amazing!

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Author's URL: Mr. Smarty
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