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Making a Folding Circle

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Step 1: Create a new document of any size and draw a circle in there.

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Step 2:

Ctrl + Click the layer to make the selection and choose the Polygonal Lasso Tool image 2 and also choose the "Substract From Selection" Tool from the top menu:

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Step 3: Now cut the selection as shown in the image below

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Now right click and select "Layer Via Cut". It will cut the selection from the rest of the circle.

Step 4: Now select the layer of the top part of circle and press Ctrl T and right click > Flip Horizontal ... again Right click > Flip Vertical. It will give you an image something like this.

Put the TOP part's layer above of the bottom's part of the circle.

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Step 5: Go to Layer > Layer Style > Gradient Overlay and choose the gradient of these colors:

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Use Drop Shadow with following settings

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After doing the above settings, your image should look like this:

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Step 6: Now adjust the top part and fit it correctly. and your folding circle is ready.

Here is my image:

Making a Folding Circle