PhotoLine Tip 2: Create a Ball with a Shadow
 
1. Start with a new image, for example 80 x 80 pixel in size, RGB color. 

2. Create a Circle Lasso (click on the Free Lasso icon an hold down the mouse key. Select the circle from the popup. Press the Alt key and drag the circle at the document) 
 
3. Select a color of your choice from the color list panel for the foreground color, for example red. 
4. Select Tool/Lasso/Fill with foreground 
5. Select the Blend Tool from the toolbar. 

6. Create a blend from black, full transparent, to black no transparency. 
 

7. Apply the circle blend on the ball  

8. Select Filter/Special tools/Shadow. Set Angle 45, Intensity 50, Width 8, Soft 10 and press OK 

9. You can now take a small unsharp brush and place a little white point on your ball. 

10. Press Ctrl + D to remove the lasso and save the image 

 
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