How to create 3D abstract circles in Photoshop CS4

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I'm an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop CS4, i work as Teacher, Graphic Designer and Web Designer.

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It looks cool, but no offense, it doesn’t look anything like you say it should. I see a bunch of circle- like shapes, colors and two highlight spots.
Nick December 2, 2008 at 9:18 am
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@Nick: Ciao Nick
yes, at first sight, i can agree with you.
But it was just an example of what you can obtain with 4 “flat” layers.
You can rotate them in 3D to create a more realistic effect, you can play with the opacity or with some filters.
That’s the basic result you can achieve in 5 minutes (really, 4-5 minutes).
Then, as i said before, you have to spend much more time and experimenting to have a realistic ball…
I think that we can’t ask more from an automatic tool in Photoshop ;)
Francesco Mugnai December 2, 2008 at 9:25 am
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UPDATE: I changed the title, now it’s better.
Glass ball was not the correct keywork.
Do you agree, Nick?
Francesco Mugnai December 2, 2008 at 9:41 am
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wow cool tutorial, keep the great work
alexy December 2, 2008 at 8:21 pm
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Cool, i have posted some stuff about your business cards collection on my blog, take a look, and i visit your blog almost everyday, thank you, good job.
Marcel Akiyama December 3, 2008 at 3:42 pm
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Great tutorial, I featured it on Tutorial King
Thomas | Tutorial King January 27, 2009 at 12:52 pm
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Good one dude! :)
soon, I’m going to buy CS4 :D
lawrence77 February 18, 2009 at 7:24 pm
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thanks on your sharing, if you wanna visit my web, my web is Malay In language
esanstudio.net March 3, 2009 at 2:54 am
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hey nice tutorial….i’m done till step 3, in step 4 i’ve grouped my layers but when i click on menu bar on 3D, the tools aren’t active…can u give me sum suggestions wat i can do to active my 3d tools..
thankss
HereCreativityBegins March 18, 2009 at 4:20 am
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Very cool and easy to follow for a beginner. Thanks!
Rick April 5, 2009 at 6:33 pm
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Normally I don?t comment on sites but your article was good.
marc andrew May 9, 2009 at 3:42 pm
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You’re so cool
Xanthe May 28, 2009 at 5:28 pm
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you did a good job
tunde July 1, 2009 at 3:21 pm
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Great work ! Congratulations Francesco !
MAGDAMMUS July 9, 2009 at 6:03 pm
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Hi
I am a Graphic Designer in Noida
Thanking
Govind Kumar
Graphic Designer
govind Kumar September 1, 2009 at 4:11 pm
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Nice tutorial!!! thanks 4 sharing!
CMYK September 14, 2009 at 5:43 pm
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hi
just wondered if you could help making a logo 3d for me i have an old one in tif
Steven Carmichael November 26, 2009 at 10:56 pm
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very very nice :)
bilgi rehberi December 30, 2009 at 5:50 am
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When I group the 4 circles I can’t go to the 3D menu ..
evert January 10, 2010 at 4:05 pm
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Thanks for this list.
zodyak February 6, 2010 at 8:16 pm
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Thanks for this great list.
zodyak February 6, 2010 at 8:21 pm
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I loved it thnx……
SAN March 6, 2010 at 11:49 am
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i did as u said n rendered it to a sphere but it isnt like urs its just a grey sphere with a hint of another shade of grey in it :(
evilkitty75 March 18, 2010 at 6:50 pm
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Hi I really liked your work with us, Thank you for sharing with us. I don’t know english so can not work these lessons, I’ll be glad to help me
sevgi April 1, 2010 at 9:07 pm