We’ve all seen them! Those glass orbs that I myself am currently addicted to making but for all you Photopaint users, you were sh** out of luck finding a tutorial on how to make them! P2L itself has dozens of orb tutorials for Photoshop, but what about the few and proud Photopaint people?! Well I’ve come to put you out of your misery! Here is how I make my Glass or Shiny Plastic interface orbs in Photopaint! There are tons of variants when doing this, so feel free to play around as you go. Here’s what we’re going to make:

The orb has a number of subtle effects that combine to create the illusion of shiny glass or a plastic surface, so we’ll go through each filter step by step. Lets dance!

Step 1: Let’s start off by creating a new document. Here are my personal preferences whenever I’m making a new graphic that will be web or screen based. (Create a new document by clicking on File > New or Ctrl-N)

Step 2: Now to create the base gradient color of our Orb. Double-click on the fill color on your toolbox bar to open the Select Fill box.

Step 3: Once the Select Fill box opens, click on the gradient button and click edit

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