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Next we'll create a circle which we will use to give the studded chrome sphere some shading. Using the Ellipse Tool (Shift F4), and holding down the Ctrl key to constrain the ellipse to a circle, create a 270 pixel circle. Select the circle with the Fill Tool (F5 ). From the drop down list of Fill Types, select Circular. Drag the center of the fill upwards as shown above and change the colors to 30% and 80% Black. Click the Profile arrow on the Infobar and from the drop down list, select Profile 2. As you may have noticed, this accentuates the difference in the two colors.
Before we go any father, marquee select all the elements on the chrome sphere and group them Ctrl g or Arrange > Group). Do not add the circle you just created to the group however. TIP: Cut the circle with the circular fill to the Clipboard. Group the objects for the chrome sphere, then Paste the sphere back onto the page. Center the circle over the studded chrome sphere. Select the circle with the Transparency Tool (F6). Apply a Flat, 0%, Brightness transparency (select Brightness from the drop down list of Transparency Types). You may have noticed a slowdown in redraw time with all these chrome effects. To speed things up, select the circle and the chrome group and Arrange > Create Bitmap Copy... Leave the Color Depth as is and in the Bitmap Size tabbed section, set the Resolution to 300dpi. Delete the other objects unless you're sentimental in which case save your drawing and then delete all but the bitmap and save your drawing again with a new name.
The last step is to create a background over which to float the studded chrome sphere. Create 2 rectangles to the sizes shown above and let the middle edges overlap some as indicated above with the red dashed lines. Select the top rectangle. Open the Fill Gallery (Shift F11). From the Non Repeating Color Fills section, select Sky and press Fill. Switch to the Fill Tool (F5 ). 2 connected arrows will appear. Click on either of the small boxes at the end of the arrow and then press and hold down the left arrow key to scale down the fill until the width just fills the rectangle. Apply Ripples 2 from the same folder to the lower rectangle and resize it using the same process just covered. TIP: You can also drag any of the fills from the gallery and drop them onto an object to apply the fill.
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