Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements

Creating a 3D sphere from scratch

To further demonstrate the creative potential offered by Elements, the next few screengrabs take you through the relatively simple process of changing a perfect two-dimensional shape into a three dimensional object.

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Use the Custom Shape tool to draw a perfect vector circle (hold Shift when you do this to keep its proportions). I then used the Magic Wand to select the shape.

With the selection still active around the green circle, I used a large, soft brush, I painted a darker shade of green into the ...