How do I Draw a Sphere With Photoshop Elements?

Learn to create a sphere in photoshop.

Photoshop Elements is a versatile graphics editing and creation program created by Adobe. One of the many things you can do with Photoshop Elements is draw a sphere.

Things You'll Need

• Adobe Photoshop Elements

Instructions

1. Press "Ctrl"+"n" on your keyboard to create a new image. Leave the size and pixel density at their default settings. Press "Ctrl"+"alt"+"n" to create a new layer and then press the "u" key on your keyboard to enter the "shape" tool. If the "shape" tool is not set to "ellipse" right-click on it with your mouse and click on "ellipse" on the drop-down menu that is revealed.

2. Click on the downward-pointing arrow next to the picture of the ellipse on the "ellipse" toolbar and click the "Circle (draw diameter or radius)" radio button. Click anywhere on the image you have created and drag the mouse until you have created a circle of the size you want your sphere to be. Press "Ctrl"+"alt"+"n" to create a new layer. Press "g" to select the "gradient tool."

3. Click the "radial gradient" option in the "gradient tool" toolbar and select the color that you want your sphere to be for the foreground color and select black for the background color by clicking on the color palette in the main toolbar. Click and drag the mouse icon over the top, right part of the circle you created earlier and release it when you have created a radial gradient effect where the core of the radial gradient is slightly less than half the diameter of the circle you initially created.

4. Click on the "opacity settings" in the "layers" toolbar and set the opacity of the gradient layer to 0 percent using the opacity gauge. Press "Ctrl"+"alt"+"n" to create a new layer and press the "k" key to enter the "Paint Bucket" tool. Fill the new layer with white color.

5. Click the circle layer in the "layers" menu and press the "w" key to select the "magic wand" tool. Use this to select the circle. Click the "OK" button on the "simplify layers" dialogue box that appears. Return to the "fill layer" and delete the area of the "fill layer" outlining the circle.

6. Click the "circle" layer and set the opacity of the "circle" layer to 0 percent. Click on the "gradient" layer and set the opacity of the "gradient" layer to 100 percent. You should now have an image of a shaded sphere in the color of your choice against a white background.

Tips & Warnings

• You can mix and match which colors you use to achieve different effects.

• You can use different sizes of gradient tool settings to achieve different effects.

References

• 3D Sphere in Photoshop: Unknown Author; 2005