Blue-Orb Effect

Step 1

Open up a new document with 300×250 pixels, transparent background. Fill the background up with black, #000000. We’ll be starting off with the orb base color next, from darkest blue to white. Click on the foreground color and replace the current color to #000066. Create a new layer named “Orb Base” and select the brush tool.

Select a brighter blue, #3399ff for the foreground color and click your mouse once on top of the previous 2 base colors.Adjust the diameter by right clicking on your canvas and turn the hardness all the way down to 0%. We’ll be using 120 pixels for the master diamter in this tutorial. Go ahead and left click the mouse once on the canvas.

Click on your forgound color and select a lighter blue, #0000cc using the color picker. Tune down the master diameter a little bit smaller. Click your mouse once on top of the previous base color.

Select a much brighter blue, #99ccff for the foreground color using the color picker and click your mouse once again on top of the previous 3 base colors.

Click on your forgound color and select white, #ffffff. Tune down the master diameter a little bit smaller and click your mouse once on top of all the previous base color. The following result is shown with the optional step added in.

Step 2

Select the smudge tool and turn your master diameter up to around 39 pixels for this tutorial.

The next step require some practice supposedly this is your first time using the smudge tool. Click and hold the left button inside the orb base colors while moving your mouse to drag out the tail.Then,click and hold the left button on the inner tail while dragging your mouse to increase the length of the tail. Repeat and play around until you get the desired tail.Good Luck^^

make image-drop-shadow

Step1
Take a new file of 400 pixels,400 pixels, of resolution 72 dpi in the RGB mode. Take the Shape Tool select this one. Then Create a new layer make the selection fill with Black color.














Step2
Go to Blending Option use the following settings.
Step3 Your image should be look like this.Then copy of the shape layer and Press Ctrl+T Transform Selection to Rotate your shape.

Creating Swirls Effect

step1
Create a new canvas. On a new layer, use the to make a circle and fill it with white.
Hold the CTRL Key and click on the Circle Layer. Then choose Select > Modify > Contract. Choose 20 pixels and delete the inside.








step2
Next, distort the ring by choosing Edit > Transform > Distort. It doesn't have to look exactly like the one shown at the left.

Then, Hold the CTRL Key and click on the Ring (Circle) layer. Choose Select > Modify > Contract and choose 1 pixel. After which, Choose Select > Modify > Feather and choose 10 pixels.








step3
Next it to Delete the selected area. Simply press the Delete key twice.







step4
duplicate the ring layer several times and simply varying it by scaling, rotating, adding a few filters (like blurs) and changing the opacities of each duplicate.
next, merge all the ring layers. Then used the gradient tool